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paperbag princess · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell

i cook almost everyday, but we bought an oven so it's easier than in my first crappy apt. i love cooking.

hojucandy · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Location: In a better place

i cook most days and mostly lately i cook korean food. i thought i would try it and it is so easy to do and always works out well.

i WISH i had an oven though!!!

and some decent bench space!

i can't believe the posters who say groceries are expensive here. my home cooking always works out cheaper than eating the exquivalent food at a restaurant - and it is better too.

guangho · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:20 am Post subject:

I have 4 kilos of pasta my haggie gave me for new years so I'll be cooking A LOT in the next few weeks...

hojucandy · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Location: In a better place

mine gave me two big bottles of very nice spanish olive oil.... perhaps we can do a trade......

yu anywhere near busan?

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

peppermint · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:04 am Post subject:

I cook most of the time, and usually from scratch. A couple tips:

- plan leftovers creatively. Tonight's red beans and rice is gonna be tomorrows burrito filling.

- the freezer is your friend. I've usually got a few things in there for nights when I'm just too lazy to cook.

Oh, and hojucandy- got a toaster oven?
I've made cookies, veggie pot pie and a caserole in mine lately. Well worth the extra money for one with a heat control and not just off and on. The little foil packets for picnics that you can buy in grocery stores work perfectly.

hojucandy · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Location: In a better place

i have often gazed at toaster ovens.... but the thing i want an oven for is baking bread...

i actually made a steamed fruit cake recently - on the stove top. it was brilliant!!!!! absoilutely perfect. reckon its time for another one.

canadian_in_korea · Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Location: South Korea

I cook everyday...but just small stuff my husband is at work for lunch and supper. So on the weekends I cook for "us". I agree it is really cheap to eat out in Korea compared to home.

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

HOJU - 12.95 ON EBAY

hojucandy · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Location: In a better place

can yu make real bread in one of them contraptions... or do yu gotta use a mix of some sort...? i don;t hold with mixes...

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

I cook a few times a week. Mostly the same few things over and over...

thebum · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Location: North Korea

Usually more than once a day. I also cook/eat Korean food almost every day. I can't get enough of that wonderful kimchi.

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

I always thought you make the dough and pop it in that sucker...not sure?

W.T.Carl · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Cook?!??!!??!! In Korea?!?!?!?! Why on earth would you want to? My fridge had but two occupants: BEER (OB 640's) and water. I do not count ramen as "cooking".

Harin · Joined: 03 May 2004 Location: Garden of Eden

i am surprised to hear that so many people actually do cook everyday. me? no way....*sigh*