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[Ramen]

Happy turkey day boys and girls!

Who's got some turkey to share in korea? And why don't they sell turkey in korea?

[AnsanAnswers]

You can get a frozen turkey at Costco for about 80,000 won. Or you can order the same turkey from EZShopKorea and have it delivered for 105,000.

http://www.ezshopkorea.com/shop/step1.php?number=43270

You're best bet is ordering a fully cooked meal from the Dragon Hill Lodge on US Army base in Yongsan:

http://www.dragonhilllodge.com/enews/Sep%20wk%204/Thanksgiving%20To%20Go%202010.jpg

If it makes you feel any better I had sundae for lunch at school today. No turkey till Sunday.

Happy Thanksgiving!

[hapigokelli]

Dragon Hill ran out of turkeys. I called them yesterday.

[kiknkorea]

No turkey to share, but Happy Thanksgiving!

[thegadfly]

Just got back from a Thanksgiving luncheon with my co-workers -- the boss took us out to a convention center that puts on a Thanksgiving spread -- real turkey, carved in front of you, gravy, bread pudding, and all the usual Korean buffet type stuff around.... No bread dressing or pumpkin pie but real turkey, and the white meat was actually moist (I got a couple of drumsticks, 'cause I likes the dark meat muhself)!

Time for the post-meal coma....

[nukeday]

[AsiaESLbound]

There is turkey, but it's not popular in Korea. My students snickered when I showed them pictures of a big bird and Americans having a Thanksgiving together. I looked at grocery ads earlier today for local super markets back home which reassured me how darned cheap and plentiful it all really is. I baked one of those 3lb Butterball turkey roasts the Red Door lady sells for a whopping 25k won, but it has no turkey flavor like a big bird. This is a $6 item back home that would be used for a regular dinner like a chicken while you can get the entire 20lb big bird for $25. I'm going to put a real butter crust pumpkin pie together using an extremely rare hard to find can of Libby's solid pack pumpkin. Don't ask me where I got one of those, because only a pie mix version can be had here which I seen at Red Door. Pumpkin pie will truly be the bomb. Would be sweet to get some dinner rolls and mash taters going on to share with a friend or a couple, but I just don't know any Americans round here. Even if no turkey, it'd be nice to have a good visit and hang out with people. Food is only a secondary feature of the holidays. Spending holidays alone in a strange foreign land thousands of miles from home is a homesickness experiment that will leave your relatives wondering why you choose a lonesome path for yourself. You gotta admit 12 to 13 months is a long time to spend alone far from home with little support of any sort including things as simple as chatting with people. This is the first job I've had where I didn't have other people doing the same thing to relate with, but not my first holiday away from relatives. I can imagine myself going on a shopping and eating rampage like an unsupervised kid at Disney World while talking up a storm with everyone who seems cool. I'll probably blow my savings having a good time upon my return. LOL

Happy Thanksgiving to all you out there on the ROK.