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JustJohn
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 Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject: Cheap food or healthy food |
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I was looking for some cheap and healthy foods I can get here, but at this point I'd be satisfied with cheap OR healthy. (Never thought I'd say it, actually really missing oatmeal right now.)
Seems like all the food is loaded with sodium, most of it with saturated fat. There have to be some foods here that are good for you, right? Also looking for cheap foods that won't kill me in less than a year.
So, what are they, and where can I find them? |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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"cheap" is a relative term.
yeah, lotsa crap food out there.
toufu is still cheap. red beans. those green leafs they put everything in. marked down produce. fish.
eschew soft drinks and juices. pretty much the same thing: crap.
anything made from white flour: just don't do it. expensive and the nutritional return is minimal...more for stuffing the gut than providing vitamins/nutrients. same for most noodles/white rice: they are everywhere because they are cheapish but cheap doesn't equate to healthy.
if it ain't food, don't eat it. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Koreans love salty foods. |
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Adventurer
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
| Koreans love salty foods. |
Actually, Wylies, I am not sure you can simply make that statement.
Koreans have this love for salt and sugar in some cases. Many of their traditional foods are very salt and spicy. However, many of the foods they have borrowed, like pasta, are sweet. Pasta in Korea is often quite sweet unlike pasta in Italy and the U.S. Also, if you've had garlic bread in Korea, it doesn't taste like authentic garlic bread. For some reason, Koreans don't like garlic bread that is salty. It is sweet for some reason. I guess if Koreans like it that way, they like it that way. I don't quite get it since their traditional foods are salty in many cases, why not leave garlic bread salty? Any ideas? Anyone? Bueller? Anyway, I would consider making my own garlic bread. Korea has awesome, strong garlic. |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| a student's mother has opened a bakery. i'm gonna see if real bread is available anywhere. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| mistermasan wrote: |
toufu is still cheap. red beans. those green leafs they put everything in. marked down produce. fish.
eschew soft drinks and juices. pretty much the same thing: crap.
anything made from white flour: just don't do it. expensive and the nutritional return is minimal...more for stuffing the gut than providing vitamins/nutrients. same for most noodles/white rice: they are everywhere because they are cheapish but cheap doesn't equate to healthy.
if it ain't food, don't eat it. |
Thanks for the input!
White rice is probably my main food source right now because it's the only thing I've found that's not loaded with fat and salt. Similar story with juice, though it seems it's either fake or pricey.
I'll have to look at tofu, and "salad" but red beans are like 3k for a small bag at my GS Supermarket. At least 3x more expensive than back home.
P.S.
Does anyone know what "high fructose corn syrup" will show up as on nutrition labels here? |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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my homeplus has cans of red beans "fit for vegetarians" for about 650 per can. right next to the pork and beans. i open, drain the can and rinse the beans to get rid of as much of the "caning juice stuff" as possible
red beans, a little salsa on the green leaf. good eatin'. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| hansot's 1,000 won kong na mul bap |
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htrain
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I order 9 lbs of old fashioned Quaker oatmeal from www.speedns.com for 26,000 won. It lasts forever. I throw a cup raw in the blender with that black bean milk and protein powder in the morning. |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| don't buy iceberg lettuce (the kind at home). it is crap. google it up. it was developed to be light and travel well. that is why the fast food industry loves it. nutritionaly down there with celery. look for darker leaves. the greener/darker the better. |
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bondjimbond
Joined: 29 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| If you need a sweetness kick, strawberries are (or at least, can be) pretty cheap lately... found a kilogram of 'em at Homever yesterday for 3,000 won. |
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JustJohn
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| Hmm, sounds like I need a homever. Pretty sure there isn't one for miles though. Unless maybe there's one in Uijeongbu I haven't heard about. (Which is actually still miles, but fairly doable.) |
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