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[teachingld2004]

I have seen pretty strange sandwiches here. Today the kinder kids were making a snack. Mayo, jam, and banana slices on bread. Yuk.

This is not some thing for me to copy.

[Boodleheimer]

am i the only person in Korea who doesn't like fish jerky? two older women on a train trip to Busan were giving it too me. i guess i looked hungry.

[Qinella]

What about a mashed potato, pickle and jelly sandwich?

[princess]

The three main foods I can't stomach are odaeng, ppondaeggi, and beets. Just about anything beats that. Oh, and one more thing I hate are those disgusting sea squirts. My school put those in the soup at lucnh one day and they ruined the entire soup. When you bite them, some stuff squirts out of them. I guess it's ink. Hence the name, sea squirts. Yuck!!!

[tiger fancini]

[djsmnc]

Korean sandwiches are gross

[oneofthesarahs]

I got a tuna sandwich at Family Mart the other day, and it had grape jelly on it. Blech.

[rawiri]

I made blt's at school the other day and one of the teachers put jam on her bread. I told her to put some ketchup on it but she was all about the jam. Blech.

[Trumpcard]

last weekend i had a fantastic sandwich at a tiny sandwich shop near Dongnimun Station called Little Jakob's. English menu, had a slightly toasted salad sandwich with ham and cheese and a bit of mayo...Delicious!

[Qinella]

Tosutuh seems to be about the only type of sandwich that is not inundated with jam. Though, it's usually fighting a losing battle with thousand island sauce.

[periwinkle]

Last week I was checking out the cafeteria menu (at my work) for the week. I don't eat breakfast here, but sometimes they have "western" items that are fun to look for. Last Thurs., the "western" breakfast was a hamburger and corn flakes. I didn't bother to check the other side dishes...

P.S. Qinella, tell them no sauce-uh when you order toast. It's a sure way to get a fresh sandwich, too.

[mindmetoo]

Someone had an interesting theory that Korean interpretations of western foods is either:

1) is not cooked according to recipes but done merely from photographs ("Hmmm... is that whip cream on that cake or mashed potatoes? Well, we got some potatoes handy so why not...")

2) follows the japanese model where products using flour are made for aesthetic purposes versus taste. Cherry tomatoes and creamed sweat potato just look good on cake...

[Boodleheimer]

[mindmetoo]

[Qinella]