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shawner88
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 4:55 am Post subject: Did you get some kimchi this weekend? |
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Not sure if you noticed it, but this is national Kimchi making weekend - not a real holiday, but this is the most common time of the year to make it. You may have spotted trucks toting tons of cabbage. I got a huge container of fresh kimchi from one of my adult students tonight. Tomorrow 2 teachers and my boss are supposed to give me more. Yay! 
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 5:14 am Post subject: |
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| I have seen the trucks. I always ask my students if they can make Kimchi and very few can. Even older ajumha students say they have their mother or mother-in-law make it. It seems like the skills are slowly getting lost. I usually by the pre-packaged super market stuff. It is good, and doesn't have that fish paste thingy taste to it. Good Kimchi rocks. |
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: The overcast afternoon of the soul
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, tis the season to augment that fine Korean cuisine, which for some reason has not caught on, well, anywhere else on the planet. Foul-smelling fermented cabbage just doesn't work for me. In western countries, we feed that to the cattle and then eat them. If you want a spicy, veggie-based snack, go for the Thai Som-Tam; made fresh every day, and it will make your eyes water. Korean food sucks. There, I've said it. |
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kangnam mafioso
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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| coolsage wrote: |
| Yes, tis the season to augment that fine Korean cuisine, which for some reason has not caught on, well, anywhere else on the planet. Foul-smelling fermented cabbage just doesn't work for me. In western countries, we feed that to the cattle and then eat them. If you want a spicy, veggie-based snack, go for the Thai Som-Tam; made fresh every day, and it will make your eyes water. Korean food sucks. There, I've said it. |
i'll have to disagree. korean food is some of the most eccentric and interesting food that i've ever had, and kimchee grew on me and i developed a taste for it. i don't care much for the really sour lower quality stuff that you get at the kimbap places, but love the fresher stuff you get at places like sam kya tang restaurants. i like a lot of the other types of kimchee as well (green onion, cucumber, bean sprouts) and side dishes like the pajang, omeletes, etc. etc. etc. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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Holyjoe
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: Away for a cuppa
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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And I thought this was an... ahem.... euphemism..
"Did you get any "gimchi" <wink wink, nudge nudge> this weekend?" |
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shawner88
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Hahah, feel free to answer in the other regard as well 
Yeah, this fresh Kimchi is a little pastey, not fishy, just the red sauce is thick. I think it will taste better next week. Then a few weeks later I'll make Kimchi chigae.
I usually buy the packaged kind as well. It tastes perfect to me. I get "poki" kimchi, but I forgot the name of the company. Also, "Mat" kimchi is good too. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:08 pm Post subject: Re: Did you get some kimchi this weekend? |
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| shawner88 wrote: |
| Not sure if you noticed it, but this is national Kimchi making weekend - not a real holiday, but this is the most common time of the year to make it. You may have spotted trucks toting tons of cabbage. I got a huge container of fresh kimchi from one of my adult students tonight. Tomorrow 2 teachers and my boss are supposed to give me more. Yay! |
You would have to put a gun to my head to get me to eat that foul smelling, bitter wannabe food. |
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IconsFanatic
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 4:42 am Post subject: Re: Did you get some kimchi this weekend? |
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| Mr. Pink wrote: |
| You would have to put a gun to my head to get me to eat that foul smelling, bitter wannabe food. |
And you're in Korea why, exactly? |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Since when is liking kimchi a prerequisite for living in Korea? 
Unless you were being facetious in which case I apologize for rolling my eyes at you. |
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matko
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: in a world of hurt!
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 4:53 am Post subject: |
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Corporal,
For a person who once posted that using smileys is lazy you sure use them alot!
Were you being facetious?
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 4:58 am Post subject: |
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It IS lazy, you're right and I'm ashamed. However, time is in short supply these days and I'm not above using shortcuts. So sue me.   |
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