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[Wombat]

Maybe I'm just being oversensitive.

I love Korean food. I eat it 90% of the time. Even the weird, smelly stuff. So why is it that, on the rare occasion I go to Macca's*, I feel scrutinsed? I mean, Koreans seem to love it. Why should I feel like a non-integrating yokel just because I want some chips every now and again? Anyone else ever feel like this? :S

Wombat

*McDonald's.

[gang ah jee]

There're probably thinking 'lucky we're cosmopolitan enough to have MacDonalds - otherwise, how would that poor foreigner eat?'

[Wombat]

I think I know why it bothers me. It's because Koreans seem to have this notion that foreigners can't comprehend their culture, or that ours is so vastly different that never the twain shall meet.

Maybe it's the sterotype thing as well. "Oh look at the American (cos we're ALL American). Eating chips. Can't use chopsticks, I'll bet. Hates kimchi. Feh."

An odd thing happened the other day in the grocery store. I went to the vegetable section, picked out some green chillies, and took them to be weighed. The woman made an ENORMOUS fuss, and although I couldn't understand her entirely, I think it went something like this:

"OH MY GOD! ARE YOU BUYING CHILLIES?!?!"

"Yes."

"WOW! JEEEEZUS! BUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON'T EAT CHILLIES."

"Chillies. Delicious."


"HEY SIS, C'MERE! CHECK THIS OUT! THE WEIGUK IS BUYING CHILLIES!"

"Umm..."

"GREEN ONES! I'LL BET THESE BABIES ARE HOT! I WONDER IF SHE KNOWS THAT THEY'RE CHILLIES? Hey, these are chillies you know..."

"I know. I eat a lot of Indian food. It can be far hotter than Korean food."

"NO WAY! KOREAN FOOD IS POWERFUL!"

"Gimmee my goddamn chillies."

**

Weird.

Wombat

[weatherman]

[yodanole]

I had a housewife physically try to confiscate my chilis in the vegetable section of the market once. She kept telling me that they were spicy. I told her that that was why I wanted to buy them. Adjummas are very protective of children.

[blackbird]

My boss started that crap about Korean food being spicy. I asked him what the Koreans ate before people from the Americas brought hot peppers to Korea. He was speachless. Then I pointed to the bottle of hot sauce that he was holding up. It was made in Louisiana, USA. What a bunch of idiots.

[OiGirl]

I was going to ask what a blowfish looks like in the store, but decided to answer my own damn question.

In the ocean:


In the store:


On your plate:

[HardyandTiny]

"Did you know that eating food from McDonalds is bad for you? You should eat vegetables and rice they are good for you. Garlic is good for you and ginseng will make you strong. Inexpensive rice from America is no good, that is bad rice. Food is very important. Why you drink so much water? Burnt meat gives you cancer. Pork is very good very strong. Salt is good for you , here take more salt. Don't drink soda, drink nothing just eat this, this is potatoe it is good for you. Take off your shoes! Please take of your damn shoes! Oh your feet are dirty, go clean your feet, use water, water is good for cleaning your feet."

[The Lemon]

[HardyandTiny]

Eating any meat or oil which is simply HEATED increases your chance of getting cancer!

[Circus Monkey]

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

HardyandTiny Wrote:

[EFL Teacher]

As far as cancer goes, just living basically exposes one to a million carcinogens.

[katydid]

[Arthur Fonzerelli]