Korean Job Discussion Forums

[NightSky]

just a heads up about a new site:

www.mifood.co.kr. lots of stuff there. you already know about ezshopkorea and livingwell2u, although the latter hasn't been available anytime in the last few days, don't know if they are still functioning or what. anyway, just browsing through mifood and they seem to have a great selection. check it out if you need anything.

[captain kirk]

Yeah, that www.ezshopkorea.com you recommended (when I was looking for coffee beans) rocks. Espresso whole bean coffee delivered thus saving me an all day trip from boonies to the urban sprawl of sparkling Daegu on 'mission Costco'.

[Gollywog]

What a deal!

Two 16 oz cans of REFRIED BEANS for only 8600 won!

http://www.ezshopkorea.com/shop/step1.php?number=42487

I noticed that much of the canned corn in Korea comes from a canner in Upstate New York, Seneca Food, and costs less than 1,000 won for a 340 gm can.

So the shipping can't be THAT much.

They really think we're a bunch of suckers, don't they.

[sojourner1]

I know I'm ordering when I get my apartment and bank account.

Any sites that sell and deliver great alcohol?

[NightSky]

[valkerie]

Thanks Nightsky for the mifood link. I think the prices look reasonable. Now I just have to rope someone into helping me order. LOL.

[brento1138]

Here is another link:

http://www.hellocost.co.kr/

[Gollywog]

NightSky wrote:

[Beej]

[Gollywog]

I've been thinking, and I wonder if the ramen noodles are actually made in Korea. I mean, they don't grow enough wheat in Korea, do they? All I've seen are a few garden patches. Mostly it's rice, rice, rice.

The wheat presumably doesn't come from Korea. Let's see, where do they grow lots of wheat? That would be the U.S., right? So would they ship the wheat to Korea, and then grind it up and make it into ramen noodles? Or would they just make the ramen noodles in the U.S. and ship them to Korea?

Anyone know? Does it say on the label where the noodles were actually made? Where the wheat was grown?

My guess is they just make the noodles in the U.S., or possibly Japan, since that's where they were invented; maybe China.

If you take whole wheat and make white flour out of it, you have bran and wheat germ left over. These sell for more than the flour. Yet you do not see wheat bran or wheat germ for sale in Korea. You do see it in every supermarket in the U.S.

If Korea were growing wheat and making it into flour domestically, they would have lots of bran and germ left over. They would tell Koreans it is good for you (which it is) and sell it at a premium price within Korea.

They don't.

So, at the least, the wheat flour is imported, and more likely, the ramen noodles are imported.

I'll bet the same goes for the powdered milk. I'll bet it is imported from the U.S. or Canada, where there is excess milk production. And the powdered milk is probably used for making food and candy here, including the "milk candy."

Now, I've seen Koreans who are so brainwashed into fear of mad cow disease that they won't even eat American chocolate bars because it contains American milk made from American cows, which all Koreans know are all dying of mad cow disease.

I wonder what they would think if they learned many of their dairy products are made with American or Canadian milk?

Heck, how many foods are actually grown in Korea? How food self-sufficient is Korea?

[ChinaBoy]

[Stormy]

[Gollywog]

ChinaBoy wrote:

[teachingld2004]

The foreign food market in Itaewon, next to "what the book" will ship all over Korea for (I think) 10kg for 10,000 won, and an extra 5,000 if they use dry ice. Well, at least that is what it cost last year. Your order will come in a day or 2. Just call them and tell them you are depositing the money into their bank account,and call them the next day.

Hussan has terrific English, and is very polite. And for those of you who like Milo (yuk in my book, but hey, to each his/her own) it was 5,000 last year.

[NightSky]