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Why do Koreans restrict their diet to mostly cheap food like cabbage, radishes, carrots and soybeans, pay at least twice as much as people do elsewhere, and then throw at least half of it away?

[Ilsanman]

Because you don't understand Korean culture!!!

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Ilsanman wrote:

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1) Because these are the foods that there diets have traditionally consisted of and still do today (plus rice).

2) Because Korea has high import tariffs in order to protect local farmers.

3) Wasting food is hardly a Korean phenomenon. I find Koreans tend to finish what they take much more often than I was used to before I came here. Everyday more than enough food is wasted in the U.S.A to feed all the starving people in the world.


Done. This topic can be trashed now.

[Scotticus]

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Scotticus wrote:

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[betchay]

i don't think they waste a lot of food... if you have lived in a korean household, you'll know that koreans serve and eat the same side dishes they had for breakfast, lunch and dinner...

[IncognitoHFX]

Why do Americans restrict their diet to mostly cheap food like McDonald's, French fries, greasy food, chocolate and Coca-Cola, pay at least twice as much as it's worth, and then throw at least half of it away?

[Ilsanman]

Because they don't.

[samd]

The kimchi and danmuji you don't eat gets thrown back into the pot at the cheap places.

Since when are carrots a Korean staple? What about lettuce, cucumbers, onions, peppers and mushrooms? What about all the fruit?

Where is food half the price of here? Where else do I get a full meal of comparable quality for under $2.50 (half of the 5000won which is the max I normally pay for lunch or dinner)?

[IncognitoHFX]

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