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bogey666
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 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:59 am Post subject: how about "brown rice" in Korea? readily available |
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after going thru the relative nutritional values of the two, if I'm going to eat rice in Korea almost daily (and I'm sure I will), I want it to be BROWN.
difficult?
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expensive?
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:10 am Post subject: Re: how about "brown rice" in Korea? readily avail |
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| bogey666 wrote: |
after going thru the relative nutritional values of the two, if I'm going to eat rice in Korea almost daily (and I'm sure I will), I want it to be BROWN.
difficult?
impossible?
expensive?
or not? |
Go to the red door (black market store) and buy some brown rice.
It will last you a while. A friend of mine did that. I am considering that myself. |
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bogey666
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:12 am Post subject: Re: how about "brown rice" in Korea? readily avail |
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| Adventurer wrote: |
| bogey666 wrote: |
after going thru the relative nutritional values of the two, if I'm going to eat rice in Korea almost daily (and I'm sure I will), I want it to be BROWN.
difficult?
impossible?
expensive?
or not? |
Go to the red door (black market store) and buy some brown rice.
It will last you a while. A friend of mine did that. I am considering that myself. |
I'm reading though that in Korea they make a wide variety of rices..even a black bean rice (or something like that) which sounds top notch.
my problem is I am a shitty cook with little patience or tolerance for the process.
not in Korea yet, so not quite sure what you mean about "black market" stores. or their descriptions/locations. |
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bondjimbond
Joined: 29 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:53 am Post subject: |
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You can find it in Homever and Emart.
And for the shitty cook: Get a rice cooker. Makes life dead easy. |
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bogey666
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| bondjimbond wrote: |
You can find it in Homever and Emart.
And for the shitty cook: Get a rice cooker. Makes life dead easy. |
that's me.. shitty cook.
Rice cooker eh? I'll look into it  |
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articulate_ink
Joined: 23 Mar 2004
Location: Left Korea in 2008. Hong Kong now.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:08 am Post subject: |
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I usually cook brown rice now, for the same reason: it's healthier, higher fiber, lower glycemic index, etc. In Korean, it's 현미. You can get it at the big supermarket chains, no problem. There's no reason to visit the black market stores; they're unlikely to sell it.
The black market stores are little places that sell Western/foreign food, over-the-counter medications, and other products. Check the Galbijim wiki on them; that is a good source of information, if you can access it. (I haven't looked recently.)
And yeah, get a rice cooker. |
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bogey666
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:12 am Post subject: |
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| articulate_ink wrote: |
I usually cook brown rice now, for the same reason: it's healthier, higher fiber, lower glycemic index, etc. In Korean, it's 현미. You can get it at the big supermarket chains, no problem. There's no reason to visit the black market stores; they're unlikely to sell it.
The black market stores are little places that sell Western/foreign food, over-the-counter medications, and other products. Check the Galbijim wiki on them; that is a good source of information, if you can access it. (I haven't looked recently.)
And yeah, get a rice cooker. |
I assume I"m better off buying one at E-Mart than lugging one from here, right?
which begs the next question - I'm ready to lug a George Foreman grill in my luggage - UNLESS I can buy it at E-mart.
can I? |
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articulate_ink
Joined: 23 Mar 2004
Location: Left Korea in 2008. Hong Kong now.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| bogey666 wrote: |
| articulate_ink wrote: |
I usually cook brown rice now, for the same reason: it's healthier, higher fiber, lower glycemic index, etc. In Korean, it's 현미. You can get it at the big supermarket chains, no problem. There's no reason to visit the black market stores; they're unlikely to sell it.
The black market stores are little places that sell Western/foreign food, over-the-counter medications, and other products. Check the Galbijim wiki on them; that is a good source of information, if you can access it. (I haven't looked recently.)
And yeah, get a rice cooker. |
I assume I"m better off buying one at E-Mart than lugging one from here, right?
which begs the next question - I'm ready to lug a George Foreman grill in my luggage - UNLESS I can buy it at E-mart.
can I? |
Never seen one there. Western products in general, you can pretty much forget. There are more all the time (I saw avocados at E-mart tonight) but it's going to take some adjustment. You might be able to buy one online. Rather than taking it in your luggage (excess baggage charges), just post it to yourself. Much cheaper that way. |
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bogey666
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| articulate_ink wrote: |
| bogey666 wrote: |
| articulate_ink wrote: |
I usually cook brown rice now, for the same reason: it's healthier, higher fiber, lower glycemic index, etc. In Korean, it's 현미. You can get it at the big supermarket chains, no problem. There's no reason to visit the black market stores; they're unlikely to sell it.
The black market stores are little places that sell Western/foreign food, over-the-counter medications, and other products. Check the Galbijim wiki on them; that is a good source of information, if you can access it. (I haven't looked recently.)
And yeah, get a rice cooker. |
I assume I"m better off buying one at E-Mart than lugging one from here, right?
which begs the next question - I'm ready to lug a George Foreman grill in my luggage - UNLESS I can buy it at E-mart.
can I? |
Never seen one there. Western products in general, you can pretty much forget. There are more all the time (I saw avocados at E-mart tonight) but it's going to take some adjustment. You might be able to buy one online. Rather than taking it in your luggage (excess baggage charges), just post it to yourself. Much cheaper that way. |
nah.. it's not that big.. and I don't mind paying a little extra for luggage.
since they stopped land deliveries to many places overseas, it's not that cheap anymore.
and re most Western products.. not seeing them will be good I think. 90% of them basically make you fat. (unless you have the rigid discipline/self control to only buy/eat the good stuff)
p.s. I AM assuming I can buy a rice cooker IN Korea though right? you'd think they'd be extremely popular/available. |
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Kimchi Cowboy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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| bogey666 wrote: |
| I'm ready to lug a George Foreman grill in my luggage... |
Keep in mind that Korean voltage is 220. If you're from N. America, your sandwich cooker won't last 5 seconds. |
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bogey666
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Kimchi Cowboy wrote: |
| bogey666 wrote: |
| I'm ready to lug a George Foreman grill in my luggage... |
Keep in mind that Korean voltage is 220. If you're from N. America, your sandwich cooker won't last 5 seconds. |
bien sur!
that's why I'll purchase/use a transformer/converter.. whatever the case may be. |
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articulate_ink
Joined: 23 Mar 2004
Location: Left Korea in 2008. Hong Kong now.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| There's a dazzling array of rice cookers, no worries. And it's not hard to find a transformer, either. |
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