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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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 Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| this happens to be corn season in Korea. so they were trying to be nice by bringing you something that was fresh in season. it's simply a different variety of corn that you are used to, not inherently bad because it is korean. |
Sorry. You must have missed the understanding. It IS bad because it is Korean. Korean so-called 'food' is UNIQUELY terrible. Even a normal, innocent ear of corn, whilst in Korea, is somehow transformed into a waxy, tasteless, gritty, thing...may I say, it becomes, yes, DISGUSTING. Shocking. Certainly never heard of that happening with any foods in Korea before! I can hardly believe my ears! So to speak!
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| Tortilla chips (NOT the abomination known as Doritos- quite possibly the foulest food known to man, combining bad taste, bad smell, residue, noisiness, bad nutrition, and being made from corn into a singular package) and Flosted Frakes come to mind. |
I was just eating some delicious Doritos the other night. MMMmmm. Did you know I have Nacho, Cool Ranch AND Spicy Nacho all at home now? Never without at least one bag! |
Save a bag for your eventual colostomy. Be grinning big then.
Someone ripping on Korean food while citin Doritos as fine eatin. At least be a vegan or health or foodie nut. Here's an idea, go smell someone's Dorito breath or have them wipe their residue on your hands and tell me that substance belongs anywhere in your body. Doritos are a peasant food that cater to peasant people.
Tortilla chips and salsa are redeemed by fresh vegetables. Pretzels have a certain warmth to them. Even "real" potato chips have a natural appeal. But the cheese residue covered salt saturated corn snack? Ugh.
Now that in no way excuses Korean corn, which is somehow worse than the abomination that is already in use around the rest of the world. Actually I should thank it, it could be the poster child for the Corn-sceptic movement. The Herman Van Rumpoy of corn-related matters.
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| The locals don't know how bad the corn is here, because most have never tried the crisp, sweet, juicy variety that is eaten in many other places. |
Uhhh, Sweet corn abounds here. On pizza, in salads, spread on who knows what. As a corn hater, I am painfully reminded of this fact time and time again.
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| You make it sound like that dude has some kind of corn hang up. Oh wait, he definitely does. |
Guilty as charged. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:55 am Post subject: |
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Corn on the cob is a foul food in general. Messy, noisy, dirty. Corn is a food of little value beyond taste. Corn only seems to do "good" in being manufactured into other things, many of which are bad for my health but fun for the taste buds. Tortilla chips (NOT the abomination known as Doritos- quite possibly the foulest food known to man, combining bad taste, bad smell, residue, noisiness, bad nutrition, and being made from corn into a singular package) and Flosted Frakes come to mind.
And will the entire U.S. ever get around to removing corn from the vegetable category? I bang my head every time I see corn listed as the vegetable on some menu. |
Let's work on getting French fries declared non-vegetables first. |
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seala70
Joined: 13 Mar 2011
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| As someone mentioned before, most of the "corn" you buy in in Korea from those steamed corn street vendors is from China. Next time you pass one of them, see if you can see the boxes they are taking the corn out. Whether I was in Incheon or Seoul, the boxes always said "Made in China" on them. After I saw that, I never bought any of it. Also, a lot of the clams and mussels you eat at those shellfish tabletop roasting restaurants are imported from China. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:36 am Post subject: |
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At home it would be referred to (at home) as "cattle corn" (waxy corn) rather than the "sweet corn" that you get for regular consumption. (different subspecies of corn).
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I don't think that the corn on the cob you see for sale here is cattle corn. I've eaten real cattle corn a few times. I mean, the species of corn that is specifically grown for animal feed. I've even eaten it fresh off the stalk - raw and boiled. It's way drier and tougher than Korean corn. If you saw it, you might not know the difference, but as soon as you tried to eat it, you'd know that it's not something meant for human consumption. Even Korean corn would be delicious compared to cattle corn.
Personally, I'm not fond of Korean corn, and I wouldn't be surprised if it actually is a different species of corn. I think that it's just something bred to be a bit tougher so that it can be shipped from one country to another before it goes bad.
Still, I'll eat it. It's not the worst thing I've ever eaten. It's just not the sweet juicy corn that I was brought up on. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Different type of corn, end of story really.
Not worth a debate I think but since some are so passionate about corn: I prefer corn from Canada because I was raised eating it. My wife likes both but gets a craving for Korean corn pretty often because she was raised eating it.
Seems pretty simple. |
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createasaurus21
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:27 am Post subject: |
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I posted about this a while ago, someone told me it was a different grade of corn, one that North Americans use to feed cattle. The corn here is by far the worst I've ever had in my life. It blows my mind when Koreans eat them and tell me how good they are.
On the other hand, the grapes, mandarins and some other vegetables and fruits are way better here than what I've had in the states. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:02 am Post subject: |
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At home it would be referred to (at home) as "cattle corn" (waxy corn) rather than the "sweet corn" that you get for regular consumption. (different subspecies of corn).
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I don't think that the corn on the cob you see for sale here is cattle corn. I've eaten real cattle corn a few times. I mean, the species of corn that is specifically grown for animal feed. I've even eaten it fresh off the stalk - raw and boiled. It's way drier and tougher than Korean corn. If you saw it, you might not know the difference, but as soon as you tried to eat it, you'd know that it's not something meant for human consumption. Even Korean corn would be delicious compared to cattle corn.
Personally, I'm not fond of Korean corn, and I wouldn't be surprised if it actually is a different species of corn. I think that it's just something bred to be a bit tougher so that it can be shipped from one country to another before it goes bad.
Still, I'll eat it. It's not the worst thing I've ever eaten. It's just not the sweet juicy corn that I was brought up on. |
I think this makes sense, considering it's really similar to the stuff you can buy in cold weather locations in the States during the winter. |
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TDC troll
Joined: 03 Feb 2009
Location: TDC
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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I used to think the same .
As well as ,the carrots here, which are to be used for animals in my opinion .
Oh how I used to enjoy carrots .
But if you buy CORN fresh right now , and cook it yourself , it
isn't that bad .
I bought 10 last weeekend to go camping . Actually if you slow roast them over a nice charcoal fire , the corn isn't that bad .
Hey , you guys get out there and do some camping .
If you want to know more than just ask me .
Just remember that not everything here is the same as back home .
So quit yer freakin griping . |
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rainman3277
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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I used to think the same .
As well as ,the carrots here, which are to be used for animals in my opinion .
Oh how I used to enjoy carrots .
But if you buy CORN fresh right now , and cook it yourself , it
isn't that bad .
I bought 10 last weeekend to go camping . Actually if you slow roast them over a nice charcoal fire , the corn isn't that bad .
Hey , you guys get out there and do some camping .
If you want to know more than just ask me .
Just remember that not everything here is the same as back home .
So quit yer freakin griping . |
Going to Mexico to get some great Mexican food. However, I get a craving for Taco Bell sometimes too. But I'd agree Taco Bell is not good mexican food.
The grip is with defenders of the awful corn. Like taco bell, admitting it is low quality but you still like it, then there is no gripe.
Just stop saying 'its different corn', etc. as some kind of defense. |
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:42 am Post subject: |
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Comparing regular corn to the corn here is the equivalent of comparing a nice juicy steak to a piece of dried up Slim Jim jerky.
The locals don't know how bad the corn is here, because most have never tried the crisp, sweet, juicy variety that is eaten in many other places.
My girlfriend went to the states and loved the corn. Should have seen the look on her face after the first bite. It's not just that it doesn't taste as good, it's that it's like an entirely different food. |
+1. Ignorance is bliss. I believed the local strawberry farm in NC when they said they had some of the best strawberries in the world... then I had strawberries in Korea and it blew my mind how good they were. Same with pineapples - after eating fresh pineapples in Hawaii, I will never be able to eat pineapples happily again. |
They do have good produce here, which means, they REALLY missed the boat on the corn somehow!
Not a huge deal, but kind of funny.
I like the Steelrails way out. No argument against how bad the corn is here, so the only way out... argue against corn itself!  |
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Kimchifart
Joined: 15 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:56 am Post subject: Re: Korean corn on the cob |
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I teach mostly adults and so sometimes they'll bring me food. The other night one of my students brought me 3 cobs of corn (already cooked, still warm). I tried it after class and I could only choke down half of one cob. It was so rubbery (probably no the best word for it, but I don't know how else to describe it) and there was nothing appealing about the taste.
Don't get me wrong, I definitely appreciate the gesture, but that's probably the 3rd or 4th time I've been given corn here, and every time it's tasted terrible. I grew up in the Fraser Valley area just outside Vancouver, and we get fantastic fresh corn there every summer/fall and so maybe I'm spoiled, but I don't know how people could willingly eat the stuff I've had here. So I'm wondering if all Korean corn is that bad, or have I just been really unlucky.
Any of you had good corn here? |
That's because it's maize I think. It's the stuff we feed to pigs and cows in the west. |
It's all maize. Maize is just another name for corn, not a different product. |
Haha I was kind of wondering if that was the case as I wrote this. My mum always used to say that the stuff growing on the side of the road in France was maize not corn and that it wasn't like sweetcorn because they fed it to pigs. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| Corn is a food of little value beyond taste. |
This could be a nominee for silly post of the year. "I don't really care whether my food tastes good, as long as it has other advantages...I'd prefer it doesn't still move while it slithers down my throat."
Not to play the xenophobic card, but to play the xenophobic card, unless you live/drive through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana at this time of year, you don't know what good corn on the cob tastes like. You know what a relatively, moderately, semi-authentic copy tastes like, but...don't kid yourselves.
And even then, unless you pull over to the side of a highway and buy it fresh-picked out of the back of a pick-up from a hot 15 year-old you are only playing at authenticity. (Even better is to go out in the fields and pick it yourself, but hey, who are we talking to here?)
The stuff you can buy in a grocery store or outside a Buddhist temple is field corn, grown for cows and pigs. It's fine for cows and pigs.
For the two-legged variety of consumers (I've seen some of you...I don't think you qualify)...there is nothing grown here in Korea that measures up. No matter how you try to cook it, it will still be majorly disappointing.
You have not tasted heaven until you pull off I-80 onto any state or county road and shucked your own corn and tossed it into a pot of boiling water for 2 minutes or less...and slathered the result in sweet butter and sprinkled it with salt and chowed down.
PS: If you haven't gone out in the fields on a hot, humid summer night and drunk a beer while you listen to the corn grow while thinking about the ecstasy to come, you are not a civilized human being.
That is not a negotiable statement. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:06 am Post subject: |
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Dude, whiskey has little value beyond taste, that don't mean it has its place.
Same with corn. Nutritionally it is empty. Now if you want to talk taste, well you're entering booze/sweets territory. |
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djmarcus
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:22 am Post subject: |
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| Sin Sae Gae deparment store (Bundang) had, to my surprise, yellow-sweet corn. But a few weeks later, all gone. When I asked, they said that didn't know when they would refill. Prices were reasonable in the 3-4,000 won range for 3 cobs. |
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goesslry
Joined: 19 Jun 2007
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Growing up in a farm family, I can answer this for you. Sweet corn is not in Korea. What you ate was field corn, which is all that korea has. It is grown in the states also, but made into sileage (feed) for animals, and not eaten by people. It is much more rubbery, but packs in much more nutrition. Sweet corn, which is what Westerners are used to, has a lot more flavor, isn't rubbery, etc.
However, you should know that sweet corn is a genetically mutated type of corn. It was not natural, but was tampered with. Due to this, many believe that sweet corn may have some long term effects that affect people later on in their lives in a negative way. Nice to know, ain't it.  |
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