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mindmetoo
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 Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:25 am Post subject: "Too greasy" maps onto our "too rich"? |
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It's been noted Koreans seem to label other people's foods "too greasy" although a) they do not appear greasy b) there are a lot of greasy Korean foods like samgyupsal.
Yesterday my GF proclaimed some Japanese style fish battered cutlet "too greasy". I noticed no obvious greasy dripping off the cutlet. So I tried it. It was darn hard to swallow but because I would proclaim it "too rich". Ergo, it's not dripping with grease but it has the quality of crispy bacon. |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:47 am Post subject: Re: "Too greasy" maps onto our "too rich" |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
It's been noted Koreans seem to label other people's foods "too greasy" although a) they do not appear greasy b) there are a lot of greasy Korean foods like samgyupsal.
Yesterday my GF proclaimed some Japanese style fish battered cutlet "too greasy". I noticed no obvious greasy dripping off the cutlet. So I tried it. It was darn hard to swallow but because I would proclaim it "too rich". Ergo, it's not dripping with grease but it has the quality of crispy bacon. |
Crispy bacon is pretty greasy. Plenty of foods are very greasy without "dripping with grease." |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| "Too rich" means roughly "too sweet", no? I wouldn't use it to describe fish. |
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mercury
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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actually my friends used to say
too oileeeeey. |
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jindodog
Joined: 31 May 2007
Location: not seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, i think this could be the case. too rich does not equal too sweet. I think richness correlates with fat content. like a really fudgey, chocolatey, cake can be rich, but so can cheese. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| jindodog wrote: |
| yeah, i think this could be the case. too rich does not equal too sweet. I think richness correlates with fat content. like a really fudgey, chocolatey, cake can be rich, but so can cheese. |
Apparently 'rich' is not a very well-defined word. I dunno if i'd ever call cheese or fish rich, but some stuff like gravy can be rich. At any rate, I don't think his girlfriend calling fried fish 'greasy' calls for a radical rethinking of the word. |
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