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aquaponics08
Joined: 22 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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 Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:39 am Post subject: Koreans and Cheese |
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One of my co-teachers picks me up 2x week and kind of goes out of his way. He's a very good guy, so on occasion I get things for him while I'm shopping. I went to Emart last weekend and picked up some hams and some other things you can't buy in the tiny little burg I'm in. Anyway, as I got into the car, I gave him 2 hams and a small block of cheese. He smiled at the 2 hams, and tried to hide his response to the cheese. The smile disappeared and he just said "thanks."
I got a huge chuckle at him being himself and being very Korean about it. Turns out he loves ham, but absolutely hates cheese, but was being polite. No harm done or anything, just one of those Korean Candid Camera moments. (I kept the cheese.) |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Yeah... most Ks hate real cheese and think processed cheese slices are cheese. Have you ever seen the chocolate ones?  |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:40 am Post subject: |
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Yikes! Chocolate cheese?
Many Koreans don't like/eat cheese. I suppose if I were lactose intolerant, I wouldn't either. But lots of my friends aren't, and do eat cheese.
Just thank the cheese god that you weren't here in '94 when the ONLY cheese available were the pre-packaged slices. Major improvements since then.  |
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aquaponics08
Joined: 22 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
Yikes! Chocolate cheese?
Many Koreans don't like/eat cheese. I suppose if I were lactose intolerant, I wouldn't either. But lots of my friends aren't, and do eat cheese.
Just thank the cheese god that you weren't here in '94 when the ONLY cheese available were the pre-packaged slices. Major improvements since then. |
I WAS here. I didn't eat much cheese then. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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I once gave a student a tiny cube of real cheddar cheese. She literally gagged trying to get it down and almost threw up.
Making students who swear eat cheese as punishment would probably be even better than soap and a lot less dangerous, but real cheese here is just too expensive for that. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Try Dok Kalbi with cheese it's awesome. |
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lsrupert
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, many hate cheese. YET, as I am allergic to dairy, (cheese included) If I ask for a pizza without cheese, I am told it is "IMPOSSIBLE." UGH. So frustrating. I know that a pizza without cheese does not taste nearly as good as one with, but it is NOT impossible. Arrrrggghhh. |
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Gimpokid
Joined: 09 Nov 2008
Location: Best Gimpo
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:09 am Post subject: |
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| I actually had a flash card with a wedge of swiss cheese and nobody at my school knew what it was. I explained that it was cheese and they responded that the only eat sliced cheese (American). So i googled a picture of a package of sliced swiss cheese and my co-teacher asked what was wrong with it. LOL |
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traveler007
Joined: 18 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe few Asian countries have dairy in their culture. I think the Mongols eat their own kind of cheese, not for sure. |
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curiousaboutkorea
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| traveler007 wrote: |
| I believe few Asian countries have dairy in their culture. I think the Mongols eat their own kind of cheese, not for sure. |
Yes, it is absent from the cuisines of some Asian cultures, partly due to genetics, partly due to the storage problem (a lot of Asia is really hot), as well as other reasons.
Mongols have some dairy, often in the form of fermented mare's milk. I don't think there's much cow milk there.
Tibetans eat Yak cheese and drink Yak butter tea.
In Southeast Asia, thanks to the dairy-loving colonialists powers like France and the UK, there is sweetened condensed milk. It's often put into coffee, particularly in Vietnam as well as Malaysia. Sweetened condensed milk is popular in the Philippines. Ice cream is common in SE Asia, too. Indochina has Le Vache Qui Rit (Laughing Cow "cheese") all over the place, thanks to the French. There's significant milk production in the mountains of Northern Vietnam. They also make yogurt in Vietnam.
The Indians consume fresh milk, fresh cheese and yogurt. |
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GreenlightmeansGO
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| This post made me think of a cheesy taco. I will make one now. |
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chickenpie
Joined: 24 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Mmmm cheese! |
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