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[poet13]

I'll start with an exclamation. Something like, WTF? Or Fecking hell?, or "Holy Shit, I can't believe they do that!"

I have read about it here on Daves, but I've never seen it.

At first, watching the high school or maybe they were middle school boys do it, I was like, "whatever." But then to see adults, nay, whole families, some members of which were wearing jewellery, scarfing down entire plates of kethcup and mustard covered onions, was a whole 'nother thing.

Have they no shame?

While my son and I had a slice of pizza and a hotdog (pretty good, especially for a buck!) I saw the attendant refill the onion dispenser 4 times. I think she put two bags (about 6 cups per bag??) of chopped onions in there each time. While she was filling in from the top, people were still grinding away. Ever try pushing a hungry puppy away from food? It's useless. They're relentless.

Wow. Just WOW.

[wylies99]

It's been discussed in many threads like this-
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=85512&highlight=onions

They LOSE THEIR MINDS over those chopped onions. I've seen ajummas with large platic containers in their pocket books, fill them up with chopped onions at Costco.

Many Koreans get a plate and eat those chopped onions with mustard as a MEAL.

[poet13]

Yup, amazing. And the thing that was so amazing is that they bought nothing, no hotdog (1000 won), drink (500? won), nothing. Shameless. Even worse than the people gathered at the beef section waiting for a free morsel.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Amazing!

You'd think they'd get their fill of onions when they eat 삼겹살 and the ajumma brings those bowls of onions with a bit of brown sauce in the bottom and sometimes a small dab of green mustard. How many bowls of that stuff do they have to eat before they learn that raw onions alone aren't a dish.

[Juregen]

Hahahahahahahahaha

These people crack me up every time.

I wonder what is so damn good about those onions, i can't even put them on my hotdog.

I wonder if i puked on a plate and mixed it with those onions, that the taste would change.

Anybody try to taste that weird mix?

[Gollywog]

I dunno. Yes, I saw the onions and mustard thing at Costco, but I didn't see them getting too carried away. I don't think Costco in Korea is going to go broke due to onion abuse.

What really drove me nuts was seeing them putting packets of relish on their pizza. I kept trying to tell them it was for the hot dogs, but they just wouldn't listen -- what does some White guy know?

And I tried to explain how to eat a slice of pizza with your hands. Wouldn't think of it. Ever see someone try to eat a slice of pizza with chopsticks?

Costco ought to replace the onions with sauerkraut. That would save them a lot of money. And put up a sign saying the sauerkraut goes on your hot dogs, along with the relish, not on the pizza.

Of course, there are Americans who have been known to stack quite a bit of sauerkraut on their hot dog, but that's another matter.

[bangbayed]

[Scotticus]

[Newbie]

Don't mess with Koreans and free food.

Next time you're going to Costco in Daegu, head for opening time. You'll see a long line of folks make a mad dash to the entrance in order to get yesterday's free bagels/muffins etc. Makes me laugh. Next time, I should check to see how many of them are actually going shopping and how many just turn back around and head home.

[poet13]

Well, you're right in a way scotticus. When you see something that defies belief for the first time....

It is bizzare in the sense that this is something that I would expect of a homeless person, check that, a starving homeless person. But these are people who have money, or at least pretend too. The other part that I think must be a cultural difference, is that there is simply no shame in taking what is intended as a condiment and making it a meal...all in the name of saving a dollar. Then again, getting stuff free in Korea is like the holy grail of shopping...

The funny part was the Filipinos at the next table who were discussing the Koreans and their onions. They were saying much the same as I posted here.

Damn, I should have cut a video with my phone....

[Are they the lemmings]

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[Return Jones]

[wylies99]

[aka Dave]

One thing that really turned my stomach was the yellow mayonaise mystery sauce (you don't know whats in that stuff!!) used on pizza. Like Korean pizza isn't greasy enough as is.

[bluelake]

I received the following in an e-mail early last month. I have no idea about its validity, but I guess it's plausible: