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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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 Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:27 am Post subject: So you can't buy a can of orange pumpkin from the west? |
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I checked the stores, the web sites, and haven't seen any. I haven't checked the Red Door in Itaewon as it's so gosh darned far requiring 12 hours round trip bus travel, 2 hours subway, and 65,000 won. I seen EasyshopKorea.com sells pumpkin pies if you're interested which appear to be made from American canned pumpkin.
So, I want to bake a pie as well as make sweet pumpkin bread. I'd love to share it with the Koreans I know to get their reaction and opinion to something so delicious they haven't ever seen. They loved my oatmeal raisin cookies as well as chocolate oatmeal cookies. Yummy. Send me some more oatmeal and pumpkin pie spice too, please. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:55 am Post subject: pumpkins |
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| you can find them, but they are normally in the rural areas. We have a lot around our home between Seoul and Chuncheon. You just have to take a trip into the country where the locals tend to have more things for sale than you'll find at the markets. Check out a local street market in a community around you. They do have them here. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:11 am Post subject: |
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pumpkin in a can? *ew* I never realized... assumed it was always fresh
(only have eaten pumpkin dishes between thanksgiving and christmas anyways)
can't be very tasty |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:36 am Post subject: Re: pumpkins |
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| tob55 wrote: |
| you can find them, but they are normally in the rural areas. We have a lot around our home between Seoul and Chuncheon. You just have to take a trip into the country where the locals tend to have more things for sale than you'll find at the markets. Check out a local street market in a community around you. They do have them here. |
Wow, I'm in rural Gangwon country between Gangneung and Wonju and don't see anything like that, but these weird pale skinned pumpkins and bundles of strange seaweed as well as weird mushrooms and tiny hand sized bundles of wood at the 5 day market. It's all traditional wares. It's extremely limited and reflects what old Korea was like.
Your serious? Orange classic pumpkins are grown in Korea? I've never seen them in all of my explorations and experiences of Korea. That's great if they got a hold of some American seeds and grow them, but I want in on it too. |
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NeonRain
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:14 am Post subject: |
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http://livingwell2u.com/
3,500 won. |
Genius. Sincerely thank you. Been searching high and low. |
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kimbabworld
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I saw them at Haddon House Market in Hannam but they were crazy expensive. |
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kimbabworld
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| I can't seem to sign up on this livingwell2u.com website. It keeps rejecting my alien card number and even my husbands. Any ideas?[/quote] |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| NeonRain wrote: |
| NightSky wrote: |
http://livingwell2u.com/
3,500 won. |
Genius. Sincerely thank you. Been searching high and low. |
you're welcome, just don't buy ALL the good stuff. 
re signing up, I don't know, perhaps shoot them an email? I had no problems... |
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Spiky
Joined: 29 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:56 am Post subject: pumpkin |
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Most vegetable markets have a small green round pumpkin, it's called Dan Hobak in Korean (sweet pumpkin). Just bake it for about an hour and scoop the insides out and use it to make your pumpkin pie/whatever. It's about 2-2500 for one and that'll make two 10" good-size pies.
Good luck! |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| NightSky wrote: |
http://livingwell2u.com/
3,500 won. |
Yes, you just enter, "pumpkin," into the search, but you can't actually buy it as it doesn't let you. I'll enter 3 or 4 in the # of cans and I get an error message pop up and then the number resets to 0. Try it and see. Might not be in stock.
I'm not sure how I'd pay on this site or if it takes ARC numbers for registration. You'd think Gmarket would have canned pumpkin and pumpkin pie since Costco sells it as almost everything Costco has is on Gmarket in small quantities. Gmarket actually has more foreign food stuffs than Emart and Homeplus stores carry, but it's still limited selection and the site is not as user friendly as eBay and other Ecommerce sites. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| You can find it at Hannam Market. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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livingwell seems to be dead, which sucks. guess they're not living well for us anymore.  false friends... false advertising... |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:30 am Post subject: Re: So you can't buy a can of orange pumpkin from the west? |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| So, I want to bake a pie as well as make sweet pumpkin bread. I'd love to share it with the Koreans I know to get their reaction and opinion to something so delicious they haven't ever seen. They loved my oatmeal raisin cookies as well as chocolate oatmeal cookies. Yummy. Send me some more oatmeal and pumpkin pie spice too, please. |
Pumpkin Pie Spice = Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Mace, Cloves.
Make sweet potato pie and spice it properly, it's not the same, but it's damn awful close and a fair sight cheaper. |
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