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garykasparov
Joined: 27 May 2007
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| The beer in Korea tastes like mule piss and the soju tastes like lighter fluid. I like to eat spicey food so I have no complaints. |
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debbiedowner
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
Location: far from heaven
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:26 am Post subject: |
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korean food is fine. satisfying.
the food that has to be the most overrated though, is mexican. that shyte is more lame than a blind cripple leper. what the fUkc? it's just beans and beef or beans and corn or beans and chicken or beans squirting out my @ss... that is poor mans food there. when i lived in texas, all those dumbasses used to go apesh1t over the nuances of salsa. jeebus f christ, its a frikkin condiment. or queso or chiptole? holy jiminy frikken cricket. the avocados are the only redeeming thing. the crappyness of mexican food must be the reason why it isn't popular anywhere besides mexico or america. |
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Cerriowen
Joined: 03 Jun 2006
Location: Pocheon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Healthy, and satisfying.
But for me... after 18 months... I still don't exactly have my mouth water for anything in particular.
I have started to develop an appreciation for some dishes, but still not to the point where I want to savor each bite. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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nateium
Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Bailsibub wrote: |
If you are into fermented everything, then Korea is your place.
There is a growing body of research against fermented foods. It makes sense to avoid them. When you compare how long humans have been fermenting foods and how long it takes for the human body to make adaptations through evolution, it's pretty clear that humans have evolved to eat foods nature offered. And I have never seen a tree growing kimchi pots from its branches.... |
If you are going to claim that your opinion is based on research, you had better provide some evidence. Where are the links that say most fermented foods are unhealthy? Seriously, I doubt this. |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| nateium wrote: |
| Bailsibub wrote: |
If you are into fermented everything, then Korea is your place.
There is a growing body of research against fermented foods. It makes sense to avoid them. When you compare how long humans have been fermenting foods and how long it takes for the human body to make adaptations through evolution, it's pretty clear that humans have evolved to eat foods nature offered. And I have never seen a tree growing kimchi pots from its branches.... |
If you are going to claim that your opinion is based on research, you had better provide some evidence. Where are the links that say most fermented foods are unhealthy? Seriously, I doubt this. |
Not unhealthy as such, but: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070307152917.htm |
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colonel sanders
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
Location: the middle of the middle of nowhere
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="garykasparov"]The beer in Korea tastes like mule piss and the soju tastes like lighter fluid. I like to eat spicey food so I have no complaints.[/quote]
Frankly, this guy is the idiot. He has tasted mule piss!
As far as the food, I love spicey food but most korean dishes all taste the same. "red" spice. The korean dishes I ate back in the states were much better btw. Quality meet without all of the bones. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, that article said it was either or. Sure, if you eat a lot of salty broiled fish and meat, you're going to have an increased risk of problems. However, the food my significant other's family primarily eats: soups, fresh vegetable dishes, a few herbs and roots here and there, are all pretty healthy. Ah, and beans. Beans have fiber.
I'm willing to bet that most of the people who say it's unhealthy are basing their finds on retaurant food. Sure, if Choi salaryman goes out and slugs soju and whiskey, then tries to neutralize the flavor with salted meat and garlic, it's going to rot out his stomach. Tack on some ramyeon at the PC bang to kill the buzz, then a Bacchus in the morning to recover from 3 hours of sleep, well....
Just like Joe American eating those aforementioned fried twinkies, fatback, fries, and beer is going to have a big belly and heart problems.
There's a balance that has to be found, no matter what you eat.
Korean food does have some weirdness to it, it's very earthy, and some of it is earthy to the point that it seems like someone pulled slugs from under a rock and decided to slather some gochujang and garlic on them. We've all had those moments in Korea. Like when you're eating some green vegetable and you're like "Is this spinach? Why is it so tough and causing fibers to get stuck in my teeth?"
Some of it is great as well. Definitely an acquired taste. I hate mee-yeok. Kim is good though. |
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nateium
Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| The_Eyeball_Kid wrote: |
| nateium wrote: |
| Bailsibub wrote: |
If you are into fermented everything, then Korea is your place.
There is a growing body of research against fermented foods. It makes sense to avoid them. When you compare how long humans have been fermenting foods and how long it takes for the human body to make adaptations through evolution, it's pretty clear that humans have evolved to eat foods nature offered. And I have never seen a tree growing kimchi pots from its branches.... |
If you are going to claim that your opinion is based on research, you had better provide some evidence. Where are the links that say most fermented foods are unhealthy? Seriously, I doubt this. |
Not unhealthy as such, but: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070307152917.htm |
Well at least someone has some useful information. The article says briefly, that some fermented foods may contain traces of naturally occuring carcinogens.
It does not however comment on the general nutritional an health value of fremented foods. It also doesn't comment on how those traces carcinogens compares in quantity to other natural and synthetic carcinogens found in most processed food.
Every food has it's good and bad points in relation to health and nutrition. It's the individuals job to balance and sort it all out....
Unless you're eating massive doses of Kimchi daily, for most of your life, it's unlikely your going to have a much a higher risk of stomach cancer.
For most people the health benefits outweigh the risks.
http://www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/KimchiHealthy.html |
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newton kabiddles
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| I never really cared about food |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| newton kabiddles wrote: |
| I never really cared about food |
Me neither. |
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squat toilet
Joined: 08 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean food is borne out of necessity and not out of love. I am not criticizing it for this fact, but simply for the fact that its purpose has been served and the Korean people need to move on. |
This is a good point. It's interesting that Korean "traditional" food (99% of everything served) is pretty much the exact same anywhere you go and has been for the past 500 years. I don't buy the whole "XXXX is amazing in this town...and the kimchi chigae in this area of seoul is the best!" bullshit. It all tastes the same and anyone who says otherwise is a stupidhead.
A few weeks ago I was eating lunch in my company cafeteria. They were serving bibimbap along with a separate bowl of cubed, spicy pork. I decided to mix it all together and lemme tell you, it was INCREDIBLE. I'm talking last meal on death row incredible. I announced my discovery to the Korean dudes at my table. They reacted as if i wiped my balls with the communal kimchi. I turned to one of the younger guys and said "Hey, seriously man, try it!" He begrudgingly took a spoon of bibimbap and tossed a chunk of pork in his mouth at the same time. His eyes lit up and he nodded his head. He immediately got blasted by every other man at the table -- something about disrespecting Korean food or something. The kid put his head down, turned to me and said "sorry, i just.....I.....can't."
I finished my meal, stood up, casually wiped my mouth with a tissue, turned around and ripped the biggest, longest fart of my life right in the faces of all the men sitting there eating -- crop dust style. The weird thing is that they all opened their mouths like baby birds and graciously inhaled my ass fumes like it was an after dinner Souffle. I guess ass nicely compliments Korean food. Who knew? |
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kiwiliz
Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| nateium wrote: |
| The_Eyeball_Kid wrote: |
| nateium wrote: |
| Bailsibub wrote: |
If you are into fermented everything, then Korea is your place.
There is a growing body of research against fermented foods. It makes sense to avoid them. When you compare how long humans have been fermenting foods and how long it takes for the human body to make adaptations through evolution, it's pretty clear that humans have evolved to eat foods nature offered. And I have never seen a tree growing kimchi pots from its branches.... |
If you are going to claim that your opinion is based on research, you had better provide some evidence. Where are the links that say most fermented foods are unhealthy? Seriously, I doubt this. |
Not unhealthy as such, but: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070307152917.htm |
Well at least someone has some useful information. The article says briefly, that some fermented foods may contain traces of naturally occuring carcinogens.
It does not however comment on the general nutritional an health value of fremented foods. It also doesn't comment on how those traces carcinogens compares in quantity to other natural and synthetic carcinogens found in most processed food.
Every food has it's good and bad points in relation to health and nutrition. It's the individuals job to balance and sort it all out....
Unless you're eating massive doses of Kimchi daily, for most of your life, it's unlikely your going to have a much a higher risk of stomach cancer.
For most people the health benefits outweigh the risks.
http://www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/KimchiHealthy.html |
If this is all so healthy can you explain the recorded fact..which I must go find a link for..that Korea has one of the highest rates of stomach cancer in the world?
If fermented foods are not linked to that, as scientists have indicated, what is the cause? Peole here do eat huge quantities of Kimchi and such, every meal.
And if its so dam healthy why do people in some western countries, accordign to the longevity tables, live longer?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042000b.htmStomach_cancer |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: all roads lead to where you are...
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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i can't live without it when in the Korea, baby! 
i've genuinely learnt to love it. |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| kiwiliz wrote: |
| nateium wrote: |
| The_Eyeball_Kid wrote: |
| nateium wrote: |
| Bailsibub wrote: |
If you are into fermented everything, then Korea is your place.
There is a growing body of research against fermented foods. It makes sense to avoid them. When you compare how long humans have been fermenting foods and how long it takes for the human body to make adaptations through evolution, it's pretty clear that humans have evolved to eat foods nature offered. And I have never seen a tree growing kimchi pots from its branches.... |
If you are going to claim that your opinion is based on research, you had better provide some evidence. Where are the links that say most fermented foods are unhealthy? Seriously, I doubt this. |
Not unhealthy as such, but: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070307152917.htm |
Well at least someone has some useful information. The article says briefly, that some fermented foods may contain traces of naturally occuring carcinogens.
It does not however comment on the general nutritional an health value of fremented foods. It also doesn't comment on how those traces carcinogens compares in quantity to other natural and synthetic carcinogens found in most processed food.
Every food has it's good and bad points in relation to health and nutrition. It's the individuals job to balance and sort it all out....
Unless you're eating massive doses of Kimchi daily, for most of your life, it's unlikely your going to have a much a higher risk of stomach cancer.
For most people the health benefits outweigh the risks.
http://www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/KimchiHealthy.html |
If this is all so healthy can you explain the recorded fact..which I must go find a link for..that Korea has one of the highest rates of stomach cancer in the world?
If fermented foods are not linked to that, as scientists have indicated, what is the cause? Peole here do eat huge quantities of Kimchi and such, every meal.
And if its so dam healthy why do people in some western countries, accordign to the longevity tables, live longer?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042000b.htmStomach_cancer |
I would hypothesise that it is possibly the vast amounts of engine cleaning fluid that they wolf down (I belive they call it 'soju'). |
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