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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| I agree with the scalding hot thing...especially with ramyeon and soup. The slurping thing must cool it down somehow. |
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Dodgy Al
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| The Goalie wrote: |
If you want spicy food look for something that starts with this: 불
Unless it's followed by this: 싯 |
And there's my morning chuckle!  |
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beercanman
Joined: 16 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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Never really had that much spicy food in Korea. Except the "fire chicken": That stuff is sick.
"Dalk Gal Bi" is good. Chicken cooked in front of you. |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| More salty than spicy and often more sandy than "spiced". Some heat can come from the ginger I guess. |
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nosmallplans
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: noksapyeong
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| perhaps someone with better korean than i can elaborate but isn't the korean word used for 'hot' or 'spicy' also used for bitter or strong? |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| nosmallplans wrote: |
| perhaps someone with better korean than i can elaborate but isn't the korean word used for 'hot' or 'spicy' also used for bitter or strong? |
The word "maepda" basically just means "it burns" and it's used for any burning sensation in the mouth, such as raw garlic, raw ginger, strong liquor, etc. It's not only used for the chili pepper sensation.
Bitter is "sseuda," and strong is "jin hada"
Edit: I just remembered (as I popped a piece of Xylitol gum in my mouth), even mint flavor can be described as "maepda."
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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: Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Gimchi has never been more than a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 of spiciness among spicy foods I love. Dangcho gimbap can be a 6.
There are dozens of nonKorean dishes in this world that are 7,8,9,10 on a hotness scale.
Korean food is spicy but not really spicy. Even Szechuan Chinese is spicier. Thai, Indian and all sorts of South American dishes, heck even typical Texas chili in the US not to mention hot chicken wings in every city in North America can put buldak to shame hotnesswise.
I like Korean food (some very much) but never for a moment kowtow to their ignorance over how hot their food actually is.
I love giving my students death chips or some habanero-flavored candy from back home and watch them squirm.  Only 1 in 10 like it at all, and they clearly are suffering.
A hot Hungarian sausage might open up their eyes. |
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nosmallplans
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: noksapyeong
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| nosmallplans wrote: |
| perhaps someone with better korean than i can elaborate but isn't the korean word used for 'hot' or 'spicy' also used for bitter or strong? |
The word "maepda" basically just means "it burns" and it's used for any burning sensation in the mouth, such as raw garlic, raw ginger, strong liquor, etc. It's not only used for the chili pepper sensation.
Bitter is "sseuda," and strong is "jin hada" |
That's what I thought. Now, as most of these conversations happen in English is it possible we can chalk it up to a poor translation?
Now, I'm a gyopo, so when Koreans pull the "do you need a fork" or "Korea has 4 seasons" they do it to me in Korean and when they ask "is the kimchi too spicey?" they usually ask using the word "maepda." |
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Crockpot2001
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
A well Hungarian sausage might open up their eyes. |
Sorry, I had to. I could not stop myself. |
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Hightop
Joined: 11 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Crockpot2001 wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
A well Hungarian sausage might open up their eyes. |
Sorry, I had to. I could not stop myself. |
Not funny. The 불싯 was humour. This is dumb. |
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KOREAN_MAN
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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It would be more accurate to say kimchi has a flavor than to say it's spicy. However, Koreans do eat raw green pepper which actually can be very hot. I tried it once and never again since.  I hate Korean food that are spicy and hot (opposite of cold). It's torture to eat them. Not a good combo, IMO. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| KOREAN_MAN wrote: |
| It would be more accurate to say kimchi has a flavor than to say it's spicy. However, Koreans do eat raw green pepper which actually can be very hot. I tried it once and never again since. I hate Korean food that are spicy and hot (opposite of cold). It's torture to eat them. Not a good combo, IMO. |
That's most of their dishes right there. |
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Crockpot2001
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Hightop wrote: |
| Crockpot2001 wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
A well Hungarian sausage might open up their eyes. |
Sorry, I had to. I could not stop myself. |
Not funny. The 불싯 was humour. This is dumb. |
Wow, a first class ticket for me on the cluebus. Thanks Simon. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Kimchi is most spicy food, you understand? |
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