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Do you seek out comfort foods from home?
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crazylemongirl



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I find korean food gets a tad boring at times. So I switch between western and korean reasonably frequently.

My quilty pleasures are kraft mac and cheese plus that really great 6 grain bread you can get at hannam supermarket deli with some honey... yum. Also I really love salmon, and fresh home made hamburgers every once and a while.

Pluse I do get mom and a few friends to send up choccie bickies (tim tams and toffee pops) every so often but I do share them!
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jazblanc77



Joined: 22 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

SarcasmKills wrote:
Admittedly, I happily shell out w17,000 for Kraft Singles...

V8 is also a must whenever I find it.. problem is that I end up downing the bottle all at once.. but DAMN is it good..

If Clamato were more easily available I'd have a Caesar party every week


But, you can buy the exact same processed cheese, without the Kraft name and price on the front, at any super market in Korea. Confused
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schwa



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jazblanc77 wrote:

But, you can buy the exact same processed cheese, without the Kraft name and price on the front, at any super market in Korea. Confused

Aint the same. Tastes similar out of the fridge but Korean slices just turn weird with any application of heat.
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Zed



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

schwa wrote:
jazblanc77 wrote:

But, you can buy the exact same processed cheese, without the Kraft name and price on the front, at any super market in Korea. Confused

Aint the same. Tastes similar out of the fridge but Korean slices just turn weird with any application of heat.

Hadn't noticed that.
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yemanja



Joined: 29 Sep 2004

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Wisco Kid



Joined: 07 Sep 2004
Location: Changwon

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I cook for myself every meal when I'm not at work. And every meal is some variety of tofu and veggies stir-fried over rice. I eat very cheaply this way, and I haven't dropped over from malnutrition yet. I do have to buy a good chocolate bar every so often.
All the chocolate made by the Lotte company sucks in my opinion.
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riverboy



Joined: 03 Jun 2003
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Every so often, I go to the freezer and grab a few scoops of Tim hortons on replace for the Maxim gold.
I went to Cosco last month and got some Rubyred Grapefruit juice and some cheese.
I make my own tomato sauce from scratch so I do the chili and spaghetti thing on my own.
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captain kirk



Joined: 29 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy Smile . That's ingenious, to make Italian sausage. I got a bottle of Prego Italian Sausage spaghetti sauce the other night and fumbled it then it smashed. That was the first Italian sausage taste in a long, long time so I gave a quick curse when it smashed. Over at Megamart, it's open 24 hrs, they have foreign cheese, and meats. Like cold cuts in vacuum sealed pouches. Believe it or not 200 grams of Italian sausage from Italy, a picture of the farm where choice Italian hogs live, costs 9,000 won. I'm so impressed you took the initiative to makes Italian sausage, and it sure makes sense. Why buy it? Just because it's not here, or too expensive, doesn't mean diddy; MAKE it. Did you grow up on a commune or kibbutz, impressive! Have to do an internet seach and get independent like that. Smile
Bagels and cream cheese! Smile My snack foods are more like meals, but there you go Smile
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Zenpickle



Joined: 06 Jan 2004
Location: Anyang -- Bisan

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This past weekend, I made a batch of New Orleans-style fried chicken.

For Chuseok, we had a cajun shrimp boil and a big pot of oyster stew.

That's comfort food.
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SarcasmKills



Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
jazblanc77 wrote:

But, you can buy the exact same processed cheese, without the Kraft name and price on the front, at any super market in Korea.

Aint the same. Tastes similar out of the fridge but Korean slices just turn weird with any application of heat.


Absolutely it tastes different.. actually it even tastes different to me when not heated.. but I just like melting a slice on to almost everything..

I'm not a complete brand slave, but the fact is that Kraft slices (the orange ones, not the white ones) taste 100 times better than any of the crap you buy here
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The Man known as The Man



Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kiwiboy_nz_99 wrote:
I'm from New Zealand, we don't have food back home ...


What about running water?
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Just because it's not here, or too expensive, doesn't mean diddy; MAKE it. Did you grow up on a commune or kibbutz, impressive! Have to do an internet seach and get independent like that.


Mr. captain kirk,

Nope. Didn't grow up on any of those places. It's just that I love to have a wide variety of flavors in my food. Ko-choo is good, but not three times a day on everything.

I've been internet surfing for recipes for several years. I don't know why I never thought of learning how to make sausage before. About 2 weeks ago I was daydreaming about having spaghetti for supper and lamenting that I couldn't make it with Italian sausage. (I live near Pusan. Ain't no Italian sausage around here.) It dawned on me to look up a recipe. I am rather proud of myself for this one. It only takes about 5 minutes to make. And it makes ALL the difference to the taste of meat balls or on pizza.

There are several available on the internet. The best one I found so far:

250 g ground pork
1/4 t black pepper
1/4 t parsley
1/4 t basil
1/4 t oregano
1/4 t garlic
1/8 t cayenne
1/4 t paprika
1/2 t salt
1/4 t anise
1/2 T fennel (The anise and fennel crushed in my handy dandy new coffee grinder bought for the purpose.)

I like mine extra spicy, so I put more of all of them in.


I also found several recipes for different Cajun sausages, but am waiting for Mom to send some Liquid Smoke. That will perk up my gumbo.

Good eatin' to ya!
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Eazy_E



Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Location: British Columbia, Canada

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been back for two months now, and strangely the tables have turned. Korean food now has some "comforting" qualities to me now. When I first landed in Vancouver all Korean food was like kryptonite... couldn't go near it. My first meal back home was Tim Hortons' coffee and doughnuts, and since then I can't get enough nachos, pizza, KD, salmon sandwiches, cheese and crackers, and chocolate.

But now I'm craving the old-school Korean food, like dubu kimchi and pindaettok. Oh and dalk kalbi too... damn that was good. Shabu shabu is nice, but it's not specifically Korean. And how can we forget kimchi. Not the old sour stuff, but the crispy fresh kind.

The grass is always greener. But I guess Canada would seem to have a slight edge because you can get Korean food in a big city, along with every other kind of food imaginable.
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casey's moon



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you yemanja!!!
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paperbag princess



Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: veggie hell

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i go to costco to get veggie burgers, spinach and cheese ravioli, V8 juice, cheese and hash browns. i really miss being able to buy hummus and babba ganouj in the grocery store. i also miss firm tofu, the silly soft stuff pisses me off.
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