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[itaewonguy]

Koreans will say every food but KOREAN is greasy!!
come on they are Koreans.. and KOREA IS NUMBER 1

every Korean I have asked says
Italian, french, japanese, American, bla rblar blar greasy or salty or not delicous!!

when A korean asks me what do I think of Korean food..
I ALWAYS RESPOND.. emmm GREASY!! very GREASY! I dont like!


then wait for the arguement to begin!! hahahah
but I have a hell of an arsenal that they cant win!! so its make a funny time hahahah

truefully tho.. a lot of Korean food is very greasy!!
and a few is not.. JUST A FEW!!!
Korea the land of side dishes!!
name your korean food dishes on two hands!!!

[flotsam]

Pemmican isn't greasy.

But in all seriousness, as was mentioned, we are a nation of immigrants. So, just from the ethnicities represented in my family we would alternatively have Italian, Polish, Irish(similar to Polish, but somehow the boiled beef and cabbage seems to have even less taste) or Kosher foods and every cuisine in the world was just a supermarket or a delivery away.

We used to be very much the meat, starch, two vegetables type as well, but without the butter and such. My mom was pretty good about keeping the lard off the table and the cookies locked up in the highest kitchen cabinet.

I really think this thread is the mirror image of that other one about Korean food being healthy: if you go to the local fast food joint or diner in the States as your only source of vittles, yes, you will be greasin' it on up--but home cooking is often dang healthy.

In conclusion, an analogy question:

Hamburger is to 부대찌개....as diner is to bunshik-dang...as mom's breast of chicken with baked potato and carrots and spinach is to:

a. More 부대찌개
b. 삼겹살
c. Hof Chicken
d. 어머니 의 된장찌개 와 밥 와 반찬

And finally, yes, greasy people are douchebags.

[PaperTiger]

What about the pojang maja that's on every friggin sidestreet in Korea, featuring every kind of fried object you can think of, people standing there eating one grease-drenched mandu or sweet potato after another? And the odeng (fish cake)? Not exactly a quality source of nutrition, being that it's made from fish scraps and other refuse (which is why it smells like a boiled tennis shoe). Korean people automatically hate anything that isn't Korean. "This cake is too sweet!" "This candy is too sweet!" "This Mexican food is so spicy!" Sometimes Koreans sound like my WASPy grandparents talking about how black pepper and cinnamon are too spicy for them.

Fried chicken? I never saw so much fried chicken in all my life since I came to Korea. If people back home knew how Koreans fit the "fried chicken and watermelon" more than people do back home in Detroit (we have liquor stores on every corner, not chicken shacks), they'd mess themselves laughing.

Since a wide variety of Korean foods would qualify merely as compost or garbage back home (especially in accordance with Health Department guidelines), they should really keep quiet. Notice how Anthony Bourdain went all over Asia for A Cook's Tour and kept going every time he had a chance to stop in Korea....red pepper, fetid veggies, and pork....that's, what? About a 10-minute tangent?

Yeah, let's bag on American cuisine...ha ha ha. Poutine isn't exactly health food, hoser. In fact, just about every Cannuck I've seen here looks like they've been eating poutine six times a day since birth. Cassoulet isn't exactly diet food either.

American food so diverse and drawn from so many cultures, that knocking it is just a person's way of letting you know how blinkered, naive, and sheltered they've chosen to be for most of their adult life. If you go to America and eat crappy food, it's because you were too lazy to find a decent place. Quick food is popular everywhere, but it's rarely health-food.

[Zyzyfer]

Actually, what sort of Korean visiting the US gets many chances to eat home-cooked food? Sandwiches aren't greasy, but the fact that they're not coated in mayonnaise and corn and instead have meat and actual vegetables on them is a big turn-off I suspect for most travelling Koreans. Then you've got the like 50 fast food chains lining every road. If they're young, they'll be hanging out with other young people most likely who do eat a lot of junk food. What chances do they get to eat in a home regularly and see what the actual diet's like? I don't know about the rest of you, but I felt special for getting to eat 1 home-cooked meal when I stayed a month in Singapore, had home-cooked food like once in a year in Australia, and have eaten homemade Korean food a mere handful of times during my chunk of time here. Meanwhile, there's greasy pork on grills and battered eggs fried up in vats of oil. Hmm...

[Pyongshin Sangja]

[periwinkle]

If you really want to open some of the minds of some of your students/ Korean friends, etc, I suggest showing them a sample menu. It's nice from a cultural standpoint, and good from an English in an everyday usage context. I went to the Perkins website and pulled this from their senior citizens menu, because I think it shows a wide range of choices:


Available after 11 a.m. and served with a choice of two: � Side salad � Side Caesar salad � Butter-steamed broccoli � Glazed baby carrots � Buttered corn � Green beans with bacon � Mashed potatoes � Baked potato (after 4 p.m.) � French Fries � Herb rice � Mac & cheese � Hash browns � Breakfast potatoes. [b]

[b]Grilled Chicken Breast
A grilled breast of chicken with your choice of blackened, lemon pepper or no seasonings.

Chicken Crisp Platter
Tender strips of lightly seasoned chicken breast, breaded and fried to a crispy golden brown. Served with Honey Mustard and BBQ sauces.

Butterball� Turkey & Dressing
Moist slices of slow-roasted Butterball� turkey, served on a bed of sage dressing with cranberry sauce and turkey gravy.

Grilled Pork Chops
Two moist and juicy center-cut pork chops, lightly seasoned and grilled to a golden brown. Also available with Cajun or lemon pepper seasonings.

Crispy Fried Tilapia
Tasty fillets, lightly seasoned, hand-breaded and flash-fried.

Perkins Country Fried Steak
A lightly breaded steak, fried golden brown and smothered with our own country-style gravy.

7 oz.* Top Sirloin Steak
A naturally lean, 7 oz. Top Sirloin Steak grilled to order.

*Weight before cooking.

Grilled Atlantic Cod
This inviting Atlantic cod fillet is flour-dusted and lightly grilled for tender flakiness. Served with tartar sauce.

Homestyle Pot Roast
Our flavorful pot roast loaded with grilled onions, green peas, ladled with rich brown gravy.

Grilled Lemon Pepper Tilapia
A light, delicate white fish fillets, grilled with lemon pepper seasoning.

Down Home Meatloaf
Two thick slices topped with fresh saut�ed mushrooms and hearty beef gravy.


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Sandwich 'n Such
A half sandwich of Turkey or Ham & Cheese, with a cup of soup or side salad.

Sr. Soup and Salad
A bowl of steamy hot soup. Served with a crisp side salad.

For a selection of 55 Plus breakfast entres, see our All Day Breakfast Menu.

[PaperTiger]

[Zulu]

American food is just as healthy or unhealthy as anywhere. The problems are in the portion sizes. They have increased far too much in the last couple of decades. That and and too much consumption of sodas. Some Korean foods can be just as greasy.

[SirFink]

[flakfizer]

THat whole "too greasy" thing always cracked me up too. Ever celebrate one of the big holidays with Koreans? The tofu is fried in oil. There's fish coated with egg and fried in oil. There's that toothpick thingee with ham, fake crab and cucumber coated in egg and fried in oil. The songpyeung is even coated with sesame oil. Japjay is very oily. Bindaedduk is fried in oil. Why do you think they sell those huge bottles of oil and give 4-packs of them out as gifts?

[Plume D'ella Plumeria]

It saddens me that I must take issue with the esteemed Sir Guru, who mentioned that that grease never killed anyone. Probably true, but grease IN food has killed more than a few. As in clogged arteries and the like, which as we all know, can lead to stroke, cardiac arrest and more.

I know he was kidding, he's a funny guy, and I am sort of kidding here too, because the thing is, fat in food is what gives it much of its flavour. So, kudos to fat, grease and all of that. It's just a matter of not eating too much of it on a constant basis. And yes, pretty much all countries (that I know of), have fat/grease-laden food, because everyone loves food that tastes good. And grease tastes good ... well, maybe not industrial grease...

[Qinella]

Periwinkle, you are teh evul. Some of those items ... I couldn't even finish reading the list, really.

[JongnoGuru]

The Ultimate Bacon Sandwich

Ingredients:

I ended up only using 22 slices, which is about a pound and a quarter of bacon.
I chose the low-sodium variety for its health benefits.


My trusty skillet was brought out for this event and the cooking began:


After much cooking and draining, the slices looked like this:


Extreme care was taken in the creation of this sandwich, starting with a strong
foundation which could bear the load of the delicious bacon.

After consulting with my team of architects, construction commenced:


Luckily the top stayed on and didn't compromise the structural integrity of
The Ultimate Bacon Sandwich:


The delightful aroma was enough to throw off the auto-focus on my camera:


Halfway through, disaster strikes! There appears to be a breach of the main hull!
I feared I was losing her!


Luckily there was plenty of bread left; the reconstruction efforts quickly began:


The bread graft was successful and held up until the very end:


I feel slightly light headed and have had about 6 glasses of water after finishing
the sandwich. This is something I don't think I'll ever try again.


This is a BACON sandwich.
Don't ask why there's no lettuce/tomato/egg/cheese/mayo/anything other than bacon in it.

(or try this instead)

[Tiger Beer]

mmmmmm... bacon!

[Gopher]

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