Foreign Students See Kimchi as Most Korean Item

Korea Times ^ | 03-16-2010 | Bae Ji-sook

[equalitybeforethelaw]

I searched a binjo ditch for 3 hours to find the 2 front teeth my buddy lost after he Soju’ed up and fell in the ditch.

Mean stuff.

[bravo whiskey]

a favorite of mine. i actually grossed out an army aviator one saturday morning. he was qa student of my wife’ and couldn’t make the class that week. i sat down for breakfast at the other end of the tavble with leftover fried rice, scambled eggs, scrapple, and kimchi.

[Hillbillary]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned rice with their Kimchi experiences. One is never served without the other. If you have a good Kimchi, you use the rice to cool your mouth back down.

One of my first memories of Korea back around 1977, I was flying on a UH-1H (Huey) into seoul. I looked down at the city and an overpowering smell hit me from several thousand feet. I asked the crewchief what the heck it was. He said "thats burnt diesel exhaust and Kimchi", then he went on to point out to me the tens of thousands of clay pots on the rooftops storing winter kimchi in the summer, and the thousands of diesel buses driving throughout Seoul.

[scoobysnak71]

Dont forget to order up a side of dog to go with that, too.

[Joe 6-pack]

"What do they mean by Kimchi. My experience is everything possible is Kimchied; which is to say pickled with heavy peppers."

There are many varieties...pumpkin, cabbage, radish, cucumber, etc., but I think most Koreans and foreigners think of cabbage kimchi as the default. I suppose an American parallel would be if somebody asked if you wanted a "burger", and while they might be referring to a tofu burger, big mac, whopper, chicken burger, turkey burger, etc. chances are they're referring to a plain ole' hamburger.

[Tainan]

Running neck & neck with internet porn.