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[Zenpickle]

Last night, I discovered a handful of Chinese groceries in the market near Sillim/Bongcheon. I was like a kid in a candy store. Of course, there were the cool exotic stuff that always made Chinese groceries so much fun to explore back in America, but I also found some Western ingredients that we usually have to go to the black market or Costco to find, like whole cumin seeds, FRESH cilantro, curry powder, star anise.

It's also the closest I've come to finding cornmeal. They have different grades of dried corn, whole and ground. The finest grind they have though looks like the kind used in grits and polenta. I bought a bag, and I'll give a report when I get around to it on whether I have scored "grits" in Korea. But really, just grind this stuff for a few pulses in a blender, food processor, coffee grinder, or mortar and pestle, and it's cornmeal.

[peppermint]

Not sure what grits would look like, but they have cornmeal at Hanam Supermarket.

[peemil]

You fellas in Seoul have got it all. What do you all complain about?

[Zenpickle]

SUCCESS!!!

Yes, I went to Hannam Friday and got a few things. It's a little depressing finding stuff you used to pay very little for hiked up to import prices.

Anyway, if anyone wants to make grits (or Southern Polenta) in Korea, get a 2000 won bag of coarsely ground cornmeal and follow this recipe:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_29048,00.html

[Swiss James]