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tomr76
Joined: 30 Oct 2005
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 Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject: Cooking and baking |
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| I've noticed what appears to be a discrepancy between North American and Korean cooking measurements. One cup in North America is 250ml or 250cc. Here it is 200. Does this mean all recipeis from North America need to be adjusted for proportion or is a tablespoon here 80% the size of a tablespoon in NA? If anyone knows anything about this please post. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| This is news to me. The measuring cups and spoons I bought here in Korea look to be the same size as the ones back home. (US) Regardless, I've been using them with acceptable levels of success for years in my cooking and baking. |
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Babayaga
Joined: 28 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| This is news to me. The measuring cups and spoons I bought here in Korea look to be the same size as the ones back home. (US) Regardless, I've been using them with acceptable levels of success for years in my cooking and baking. |
You can do baking in Korea? In what? My apts never had any ovens in them. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I bought a western-style stove...4 burners and an oven. The years I lived here without an oven were the next thing to pure heck. No bread, no casseroles, no meat pies, no apple pies, no turkey for Thanksgiving. Life was not worth living. |
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Babayaga
Joined: 28 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I bought a western-style stove...4 burners and an oven. The years I lived here without an oven were the next thing to pure heck. No bread, no casseroles, no meat pies, no apple pies, no turkey for Thanksgiving. Life was not worth living. |
So true! I really felt like I was missing something, because I really love baking. However, I didn't have a clue that western--style stoves were available, nor the money to afford one if I knew. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I didn't have a clue that western--style stoves were available, nor the money to afford one if I knew. |
Go to Wal-Mart or any of those kind of stores, or to an LG appliance shop or Hi-Mart. They all have them. The price is not all that unreasonable if you are going to be here more than a year. (I'm an instant gratification, give me all my pleasure today because I might get run over by a bus tomorrow kind of guy.) |
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canuck in Ansan
Joined: 27 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:59 am Post subject: |
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I made banana bread in my toaster oven. I was so proud of myself, and it tasted awesome.
With that, I can live out the rest of my year without an oven. (It wasn't that I really wanted to bake all the time, it's that I wasn't ABLE to!..completely psychological, I know) |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| Now that it's cold I can make gingerbread. This weekend will be the first batch of the year. I can hardly wait. |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:04 am Post subject: Re: Cooking and baking |
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| tomr76 wrote: |
| I've noticed what appears to be a discrepancy between North American and Korean cooking measurements. One cup in North America is 250ml or 250cc. Here it is 200. Does this mean all recipeis from North America need to be adjusted for proportion or is a tablespoon here 80% the size of a tablespoon in NA? If anyone knows anything about this please post. |
You're correct, but you can buy western style measuring cups as well. However, if you're cooking from a Korean recipe, you should think of one cup as 200 ml. Instead of adjusting recipes from North America, you should just buy western style measuring cups (look for them in the baking section of a big supermarket), or just pay attention to the number of ml. The measuring spoons are the same size as North American ones (most are imported, actually). |
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Jeonnam Jinx
Joined: 06 Oct 2005
Location: Jeonnam
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Ya-ta Boy wrote:
I bought a western-style stove...4 burners and an oven. The years I lived here without an oven were the next thing to pure heck. No bread, no casseroles, no meat pies, no apple pies, no turkey for Thanksgiving. Life was not worth living.
TURKEY? Where did you find turkey? That would be awesome! |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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My Seoul location info is out of date. Maybe one of the Seoul dwellers can fill you in.
I'm nearer to Pusan. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeonnam Jinx wrote: |
Ya-ta Boy wrote:
I bought a western-style stove...4 burners and an oven. The years I lived here without an oven were the next thing to pure heck. No bread, no casseroles, no meat pies, no apple pies, no turkey for Thanksgiving. Life was not worth living.
TURKEY? Where did you find turkey? That would be awesome! |
Costco has turkey year round. |
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