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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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 Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| ella wrote: |
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| Unfortunately even tofu in this country is thoroughly cooked with meat products. |
Yikes. Can you explain this a bit more, please?
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It's the same as with kimchi and most other things that look meat-free. Koreans tend to prepare everything with fish paste, egg, or ham, and have no concept of vegetarianism. If you get tofu soup, chances are there's meat in it. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| Dishes in which there is tofu aren't necessarily vegetarian. The tofu by itself still is, I hope. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| ella wrote: |
| Dishes in which there is tofu aren't necessarily vegetarian. The tofu by itself still is, I hope. |
If you get it directly from the store and cook it yourself, yes. If you order any tofu in a restaurant that isn't strictly Buddhist, you're probably eating some sort of meat in it. |
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jmbran11
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Location: U.S.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:51 am Post subject: |
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The week I moved to Korea I also got married to a carnivore. I admit that I have been weak and do eat fish 1-2 times a week. It seems even a lot of the soup has some sort of fish broth. It's been a compromise. My husband cut back to only eating fish in the house (he can get steak when we go out), and I try not to constantly feel guilty for causing the death of innocent sea creatures, especially yummy ones like salmon.
I don't find it particularly hard here to stay (mostly) vegetarian, except I tend to eat the same things because I'm not sure what I'm ordering if I branch out. I happen to love the tofu, and I never really like meat, so I'm happy to go out with my friends for kalbi and just eat the side dishes. |
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