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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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 Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject: The Beef is Back |
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http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2897816
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Big outlets to begin selling U.S. beef
November 26, 2008
Korea�s leading discount stores Lotte Mart, E-Mart and Homeplus will resume sales of U.S. beef starting Thursday, according to the Korea Chainstores Association.
�Retailers no longer saw a reason to deny customers the choice to buy inexpensive U.S. beef as the real economy is suffering and commodity prices are going up,� said the association in an official statement yesterday.
The three discounters stopped selling U.S. beef after October of last year after bone fragments were found in some U.S. beef cuts. Although the Korean government resumed U.S. beef imports earlier this year, the companies have not resumed selling the beef because of concerns that public sentiment about U.S. beef is still hostile. �We stopped selling U.S. beef last year, when bone fragments were found. However, because we had already imported in bulk, small portions were sold until early this year,� said Kim Yun-sup, a manager at E-Mart.
U.S. beef in the three retailers is expected to sell in a similar range as pork belly, or samgyeopsal. �We estimate that LA galbi will be sold at around 1,700 won [$1.13] and chuck eye for 1,400 to 1,500 won per 100 grams in Lotte Mart,� said Na Geun-tae, a manager at Lotte Mart. Lotte Mart�s samgyeopsal goes for 1,880 won while their Australian chuck eye sells for 2,350 won per 100 grams. Until now, the amount of U.S. beef that passed quarantine was much higher than the amount that passed through customs, which means that Korean importers were warehousing American beef. Until October, around 36,000 tons of U.S. beef had passed quarantine here although only 7,541 tons passed customs. The Korea Meat Import Association estimates that after the three discounters resume U.S. beef sales, U.S. beef consumption will quickly increase by around 20 percent. |
I'm looking forward to seeing a juicy rib-eye.
However, I'm curious as to what the locals will do. The manure protest last time was quite amusing. |
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yunikim
Joined: 10 Nov 2008
Location: the bundangs
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject: YAY! |
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So does this mean that at restaurants they will now sell LA galbi too?!
im from la and the galbi back home is a thousand times more delicious than this crappy hanoo i've had here.
I'm so happy!!! |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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The girl who get pulled from underneath the schoolbus and got the boot to her grill is thinking to herself "It was all worth it, and I would do it again".
HA HA |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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"So does this mean that at restaurants they will now sell LA galbi too?!
im from la and the galbi back home is a thousand times more delicious than this crappy hanoo i've had here.
I'm so happy!!!"
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but LA Kalbi is the cut, not the origin. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: YAY! |
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| yunikim wrote: |
So does this mean that at restaurants they will now sell LA galbi too?!
im from la and the galbi back home is a thousand times more delicious than this crappy hanoo i've had here.
I'm so happy!!! |
Seems to be a common misconception.
LA Galbi just refers to the way the meat is cut. It doesn't stand for "Los Angeles Galbi". |
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