Korean Job Discussion Forums

[jtomstone]

Does anyone know where to find grass-fed meat and butter, as well as high quality lard? I'd also like to find wild salmon if possible. I'm living in Busan.

[timhorton]

[HeavyTZM]

Good luck finding that stuff. I pretty much gave up hope when I moved here. The salmon in the marts doesn't have English, but I'm guessing it's farmed. Costco has English writing on their meats, so you may find wild salmon there. I haven't looked for butter, but I know the stuff in the marts is shit.

Alternatively you could order ghee and canned wild salmon from Iherb. That's what I do. The salmon is very good IMO.

[newb]

Aren't all salmons wild?

[Slaps]

High Street Market in Itaewon have grass fed beef. Not sure if they deliver.

[schwa]

[Rutherford]

[jtomstone]

Thanks for replying everyone.

Like Rutherford said, Costco does carry big bags of frozen wild alaskan salmon. It was about 38,000 for approximately a 1.3 kg bag.

I'll check out E-Mart and Gmarket.

Grass-fed ghee (clarified butter) can also be found on Iherb.com.

[littlelisa]

I second the beurre d'Isigny. It's expensive, but the taste is worth it.

[ewlandon]

I understanding how you feed grass to beef, I saw it on tv. but How do you feed grass to butter?

[littlelisa]

You feed grass to the animals that produce the milk that becomes the butter.

[newb]

[Who's Your Daddy?]

Butter is a luxury good? WTF am I doing in Korea.

[kmccoll]

While you're in Korea you should take advantage of Korean foods that are cheaper, fresher alternatives. I think it's great to be able to buy grass-fed beef and butter, but for things like salmon their are plenty of alternatives here. When you consider sustainability, its nicer to buy foods that haven't been imported from so far- how much oil is being used to carry that salmon from Canada to Korea? (And I certainly fall into this alot- I love buying things from iherb and having them sent here!!) But I also am trying to think this way. For example- there are many kinds of seafood that is either local or brought in such large quantities that the cost of oil is at least shared- I'm thinking of the Alaskan and Nordic Mackerel that is everywhere. Actually last night I pan fried some mackerel with just a bit of lemon and seasonings- and it was delicious! And mackerel is very similar to salmon in the healthy fats it contains. And it was cheap- 3,000 won for 300 grams, fresh. I'm sure if you bought the whole fish even cheaper, or frozen. I've also bought the yellow croaker- the ones you see stringed along, more expensive, but many are locally sourced- and that is also super delicious! Not trying to hijack your thread here or anything, but I've been here a year and a half, and only just started actually trying the local foods, which is stupid not to! If you want to see my yellow croaker recipe its here: http://kabochasandcoconutbutter.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/gluten-free-coconut-flour-faux-fried-fish-with-heads/

[roguefishfood]

Isn't most of the Australian beef here grass-fed? I feel like I read somewhere that it was.