Chapssalddeok: What could have been

Queries from friends and family, and my dismally small amount of playing money for Korea, have started me thinking about fundraising again.  My friends are excellent bakers, and I, despite refusing to follow a recipe, can hold my own as well.  It seems to only make sense to hold a bake sale to try to make a little bit of extra money so I can afford to leave my dorm room during my time in South Korea.

Though I am sure I will make cupcakes, cookies, muffins, and other popular baked goods, I thought it would be wonderful to make some traditional Korean desserts as well.  One of the desserts I was looking to make was chapssalddeok (Korean mochi).

The wonderfully descriptive recipe that I found was this one: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/chapssalddeok.

Despite how seemingly simple and well laid out this recipe was, it stood no chance against my first attempt.

I did not get through the entire recipe.  When I had "finished" the filling portion, I realized that something had gone horribly, horribly wrong...

This is what the innards should have looked like:

This is what mine looked like:

It was chunky and runny.

And tasted like what I would imagine kidney bean butt tastes like.

Yes, I said kidney bean and not red bean.  The internets told me that the difference between kidney beans and red beans is negligible.  I would like to say that this is a lie as to not take responsibility myself.  In the end, the awful concoction ended up in the garbage.  Just for the sake of hammering the point home, this is what it looked like going into the garbage.

YUM!

Perhaps I will try again...but not today...