Comments on: SeoulPodcast #54: Analyze These http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/468 Your guide to living in Korea with news, views and other ways to waste your time, with hosts Jennifer Young (Seoul Survivors), Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo) and Joe McPherson (ZenKimchi). Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:06:16 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Roboseyo http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/468/comment-page-1#comment-4771 Roboseyo Thu, 14 May 2009 04:06:48 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=468#comment-4771 I don't know, Joe. It could become a running gag. Even a new section: "And now for Eunjeong says..." and then make up a bunch of crazy stuff. I don’t know, Joe. It could become a running gag. Even a new section: “And now for Eunjeong says…” and then make up a bunch of crazy stuff.

]]> By: Joe http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/468/comment-page-1#comment-4709 Joe Wed, 13 May 2009 01:23:03 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=468#comment-4709 Ah cool. Okay. I gotta stop using Eun Jeong as a source so much. Ah cool. Okay. I gotta stop using Eun Jeong as a source so much.

]]> By: Chae http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/468/comment-page-1#comment-4702 Chae Tue, 12 May 2009 22:13:07 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=468#comment-4702 My grandmother very matter-of-factedly told us that is the origin of the stew. When I was young, she would recollect her experience during the Korean war and the "piiran" or "fleeing of war" and things she has seen and things she had to do. It was a time of black desperation and of abject, relentless poverty. And if I had to eat half-spoiled food scraps, I would cook it exactly the way boodaejjigae is cooked: boil the living shit out of it. As for marriage gift envelope, I remember going with my mom to weddings in late 70's and money envelopes were presented then too, so it's not a 80's invention. My mom loved weddings because she could take my brother and I and we'd get back every won and them some cleaning out the food tables. I cleaned off 16 bowls of ghalbitang once as a 8 year old. My grandmother very matter-of-factedly told us that is the origin of the stew. When I was young, she would recollect her experience during the Korean war and the “piiran” or “fleeing of war” and things she has seen and things she had to do. It was a time of black desperation and of abject, relentless poverty. And if I had to eat half-spoiled food scraps, I would cook it exactly the way boodaejjigae is cooked: boil the living shit out of it.

As for marriage gift envelope, I remember going with my mom to weddings in late 70′s and money envelopes were presented then too, so it’s not a 80′s invention. My mom loved weddings because she could take my brother and I and we’d get back every won and them some cleaning out the food tables. I cleaned off 16 bowls of ghalbitang once as a 8 year old.

]]> By: karl http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/468/comment-page-1#comment-4694 karl Tue, 12 May 2009 17:38:44 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=468#comment-4694 Regarding yaki mandoo containing waste food. I remember reading an earlier edition of Lonely Planet for Seoul (published pre-2000). In it they described boodaechigae (soldier stew) as having its origins as a stew made from food American GI's tossed in the garbage. That description seems to have been excised from later editions (err the opinion was corrected). But the origins are passed on on the web: http://www.yelp.com/biz/sarang-bang-sacramento Regarding yaki mandoo containing waste food. I remember reading an earlier edition of Lonely Planet for Seoul (published pre-2000). In it they described boodaechigae (soldier stew) as having its origins as a stew made from food American GI’s tossed in the garbage. That description seems to have been excised from later editions (err the opinion was corrected). But the origins are passed on on the web:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/sarang-bang-sacramento

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