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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:23 am Post subject: Koreans and sidedishes |
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| Sometimes I wonder if koreans would curl up and die without their sidedishes. At costco they must make the onion/relish/ketchup thing to go along with whatever they are eating. And my students looked liked I had just cancelled christmas when I hid the pickles (as they make too much of a mess) when I ordered pizza for them... |
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MissSeoul
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Somewhere in America
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:42 am Post subject: |
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That side dishes give Korean wives so much work.
That's really big job for wives.
Usually 10-13 side dishes go with each meal.
Thank you God, I am not in Korea and I don't have to do that stuff. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| MissSeoul wrote: |
That side dishes give Korean wives so much work.
That's really big job for wives.
Usually 10-13 side dishes go with each meal.
Thank you God, I am not in Korea and I don't have to do that stuff. |
What are you talking about? They make a huge batch a few times a year and just dish it out. The other times, they tend to just buy it. And when you think of Korean food, not a lot of it is cooking and is not super hard to make. I bet they like the side dishes, as it makes it easier as they just reach into the kimchi fridge and pull out half of dinner  |
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MissSeoul
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Somewhere in America
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:15 am Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| MissSeoul wrote: |
That side dishes give Korean wives so much work.
That's really big job for wives.
Usually 10-13 side dishes go with each meal.
Thank you God, I am not in Korea and I don't have to do that stuff. |
What are you talking about? They make a huge batch a few times a year and just dish it out. The other times, they tend to just buy it. And when you think of Korean food, not a lot of it is cooking and is not super hard to make. I bet they like the side dishes, as it makes it easier as they just reach into the kimchi fridge and pull out half of dinner |
Some of side dishes take a lots time.
My sister and her husband visited me in States. She took 2 hours to prepare dinner for him. Well, I made sandwich for myself, it took only 2 minutes |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| MissSeoul wrote: |
| laogaiguk wrote: |
| MissSeoul wrote: |
That side dishes give Korean wives so much work.
That's really big job for wives.
Usually 10-13 side dishes go with each meal.
Thank you God, I am not in Korea and I don't have to do that stuff. |
What are you talking about? They make a huge batch a few times a year and just dish it out. The other times, they tend to just buy it. And when you think of Korean food, not a lot of it is cooking and is not super hard to make. I bet they like the side dishes, as it makes it easier as they just reach into the kimchi fridge and pull out half of dinner |
Some of side dishes take a lots time.
My sister and her husband visited me in States. She took 2 hours to prepare dinner for him. Well, I made sandwhich for my self, it took only 2 minutes |
Wow! I can tell you definitely come from the really new generation. I am most definitely not saying it has to be women who do it (it can eaisly be men), but a good, home cooked, healthy dinner for a family usually takes a minimum of one hour, and more than likely 2 (or three with prepartion).
I hope you are not a parent, though I guess parents like you are becoming more the norm... That's not really an insult, just a lamentation. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| Whew! I'm thankful we Americans just eat hamburgers all the time. I make a big batch once a month, and I always have a few in a box next to the computer. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| at restaurants, i eat from maybe 2 of them... the rest i just can't stomach. is there any way i can say "no, thanks" without being offensive? |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| KWhitehead wrote: |
| at restaurants, i eat from maybe 2 of them... the rest i just can't stomach. is there any way i can say "no, thanks" without being offensive? |
Don't worry about it, anything you don't eat, they'll just serve to the next customer. |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| Son Deureo! wrote: |
| KWhitehead wrote: |
| at restaurants, i eat from maybe 2 of them... the rest i just can't stomach. is there any way i can say "no, thanks" without being offensive? |
Don't worry about it, anything you don't eat, they'll just serve to the next customer. |
I thought that's what they'll do. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: Re: Koreans and sidedishes |
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(here's me totally not getting the point... )
| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| Sometimes I wonder if koreans would curl up and die without their sidedishes. |
Yeah, Koreans will often rate a restaurant as "good" just based on the quality and variety of their banchan. Oh well.
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| At costco they must make the onion/relish/ketchup thing to go along with whatever they are eating. |
At Costco... Where at Coscto? Do you mean downstairs in the pizza & hotdog stuff-yer-fat-face-ateria? Yeah, they set out the condiments for customers. You're calling onions, relish & ketchup "sidedishes"? They're condiments. 
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| And my students looked liked I had just cancelled christmas when I hid the pickles (as they make too much of a mess) when I ordered pizza for them... |
The sliced sweet pickles in the little plastic containers? I regularly dump them in the trash myself, but I wouldn't think they'd make a mess. Kid reaches in, grabs one slice, another kid follows, the next, the next, done. What mess? A few drops of brine they might dribble on the table?
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okokok
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| MissSeoul wrote: |
Thank you God, I am not in Korea ... |
Yes-uh God-uh, puh-rom all o-buh us-uh here, ssang-kuh yoo berry muchee. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:35 am Post subject: Re: Koreans and sidedishes |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
At Costco... Where at Coscto? Do you mean downstairs in the pizza & hotdog stuff-yer-fat-face-ateria? Yeah, they set out the condiments for customers. You're calling onions, relish & ketchup "sidedishes"? They're condiments. |
They are condiments in the west. But here in korea the mush it up into one big side dish of grossness
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The sliced sweet pickles in the little plastic containers? I regularly dump them in the trash myself, but I wouldn't think they'd make a mess. Kid reaches in, grabs one slice, another kid follows, the next, the next, done. What mess? A few drops of brine they might dribble on the table? |
As I teach teenage boys for the most part, it is inevitable that one of them will knock over the jar of pickles, the next kid will walk in it, and there you have the mess |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:27 am Post subject: |
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| It would be great if Koreans would change their ways and stop eating side dishes. They need to stop sitting on the floor too. They need to use forks and get rid of chopsticks. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
| It would be great if Koreans would change their ways and stop eating side dishes. They need to stop sitting on the floor too. They need to use forks and get rid of chopsticks. |
stop spitting and cutting in queues too... 
Oh dear god why is it that the minute says anything even remotley negative about Korea or Koreans we are immediatly some sort of mcdonalds eating imperalist... aissshi. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| djsmnc wrote: |
| It would be great if Koreans would change their ways and stop eating side dishes. They need to stop sitting on the floor too. They need to use forks and get rid of chopsticks. |
stop spitting and cutting in queues too...
Oh dear god why is it that the minute says anything even remotley negative about Korea or Koreans we are immediatly some sort of mcdonalds eating imperalist... aissshi. |
If you hate it here so much, why don't you just leave, Ms. Girl? |
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