[Sca-cooks] A Correction for the list

[Elaine Koogler]

Was the barbeque called "bulgogi"?  If so, I have made it many times (in
fact, used it to bribe the Principal Herald of the East to pass my arms one
Pennsic many years ago!), and can't actually say that it's sweet.  It's one
of my favorite dishes.

Kiri

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> In the past I have made some unkind statements about Kim chee, the
> Korean fermented cabbage stuff.
>
> Well, I wish to correct those statements.
>
> My previous experience had come from one of my co-workers whose
> wife was Korean, who would bring a large jar of Kim chee into our
> Yule parties at work. It smelled like rotting swamp vegetation and
> something that could be used as a biological weapon.
>
> However, this past Monday for my birthday my wife and I went out
> to a Korean resturant here in town, Koreana. We ordered the Korean
> barbeque. Along with this was served various small bowls of different
> vegetables and one of these was a bowl of Kim chee. It did not stink
> and was in fact quite good. I finished off the bowl since my wife
> wasn't going to try any of this. While this may have been toned down
> for "American" palates and I'm not sure I would have wanted a large
> bowl, I still found it good. As I did the tofu, a food that I usually
> detest as extremely bland. It was rolled in some kind of spicing and
> then fried?. The various pickled vegetables made a good foil to the spicy
> meat.
>
> There were other dishes there that looked like they would be interesting
> to try in the future such as the eel, but alas, my wife did not like
> the BBQ, too sweet for her, and there wasn't too much more that she
> seemed willing to try, so I doubt we'll be back. :-(
> --
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