Getting harder and harder to hide my disbelief when an 8th grader - presumably with at least five years of English education (or exposure if you prefer) - can't produce ANY answer for "What do you do in your free time?"
Quote from: Loki88 on November 22, 2016, 03:12:31 pmQuote from: jddavis7 on November 22, 2016, 02:39:00 pmQuote from: kyndo on November 22, 2016, 02:33:13 pmQuote from: chupacaubrey on November 22, 2016, 02:09:26 pmYeah honestly I have some friends coming to visit in the next couple months and I don't even know what I'm going to show them. I so rarely eat out because it's crap which means I've got one BBQ experience and maybe a trip to the bulgogi tents and then it's like "So I make some great hummus..." after that. Jimddak, Gamjatang, pajeon/hobakjeon/haemuljeon, shabu-shabu etc...There's plenty of stuff to try out, and a lot of it isn't so shocking to Western sensibilities.Then again, most of the folk I know aren't super picky eaters. I always pity the folk who are: by telling themselves that everything is disgusting, they're missing out on so many awesome experiences! I had shabu-shabu once and I looooove itGamjatang is one of my favorite foods ever. Shabu shabu, dalkgalbi, chapchae, pajeon etc. are also awesome.Near my school is this awesome lil mom and pop place that does smoked pork bulgogi-ish (sans horrendous amount of sweet sauce). I can't recall the exact name of the dish but it's literally one of the best things I've eaten in Seoul. It took a lot of experimenting but there are a ton of little restaurants that are amazing but it took me awhile to go through all the restaurants nearby and sort wheat from chaff.Oh and bossam. Bossam is amazing. I will agree with whoever said samgyetang is nasty. That is one that I can't stand. (Though I'm not a big fan of the 'clear' soups in general.)Whoa whoa back up. I didn't say samgyetang is nasty at all. Just highly overrated. It's a food that's good. It's not a culinary milestone like the Korean food promoters would have people believe.Also, are you thinking of 불백 for the bulgogi-ish thing? Like just some fire grilled pork served with sides and rice? Love that. I always think it's funny how what you're raised on affects how you feel about food. I grew up eating beef tongue, heart, oxtails, liver, etc. Basically every part of the cow. I also ate lots of non-Western style food, so was exposed to things like fried intestine, crab, sushi, octopus, jellyfish, etc from a young age, so it's never been 'exotic' for me. But what I didn't have growing up was frozen, processed food, like chicken nuggets or pizza pockets or whatever. Or like, cake and cookies and candy and stuff like that. So I find those things kind of unappetizing, at best, or disgusting (candy) at worst.
Quote from: jddavis7 on November 22, 2016, 02:39:00 pmQuote from: kyndo on November 22, 2016, 02:33:13 pmQuote from: chupacaubrey on November 22, 2016, 02:09:26 pmYeah honestly I have some friends coming to visit in the next couple months and I don't even know what I'm going to show them. I so rarely eat out because it's crap which means I've got one BBQ experience and maybe a trip to the bulgogi tents and then it's like "So I make some great hummus..." after that. Jimddak, Gamjatang, pajeon/hobakjeon/haemuljeon, shabu-shabu etc...There's plenty of stuff to try out, and a lot of it isn't so shocking to Western sensibilities.Then again, most of the folk I know aren't super picky eaters. I always pity the folk who are: by telling themselves that everything is disgusting, they're missing out on so many awesome experiences! I had shabu-shabu once and I looooove itGamjatang is one of my favorite foods ever. Shabu shabu, dalkgalbi, chapchae, pajeon etc. are also awesome.Near my school is this awesome lil mom and pop place that does smoked pork bulgogi-ish (sans horrendous amount of sweet sauce). I can't recall the exact name of the dish but it's literally one of the best things I've eaten in Seoul. It took a lot of experimenting but there are a ton of little restaurants that are amazing but it took me awhile to go through all the restaurants nearby and sort wheat from chaff.Oh and bossam. Bossam is amazing. I will agree with whoever said samgyetang is nasty. That is one that I can't stand. (Though I'm not a big fan of the 'clear' soups in general.)
Quote from: kyndo on November 22, 2016, 02:33:13 pmQuote from: chupacaubrey on November 22, 2016, 02:09:26 pmYeah honestly I have some friends coming to visit in the next couple months and I don't even know what I'm going to show them. I so rarely eat out because it's crap which means I've got one BBQ experience and maybe a trip to the bulgogi tents and then it's like "So I make some great hummus..." after that. Jimddak, Gamjatang, pajeon/hobakjeon/haemuljeon, shabu-shabu etc...There's plenty of stuff to try out, and a lot of it isn't so shocking to Western sensibilities.Then again, most of the folk I know aren't super picky eaters. I always pity the folk who are: by telling themselves that everything is disgusting, they're missing out on so many awesome experiences! I had shabu-shabu once and I looooove it
Quote from: chupacaubrey on November 22, 2016, 02:09:26 pmYeah honestly I have some friends coming to visit in the next couple months and I don't even know what I'm going to show them. I so rarely eat out because it's crap which means I've got one BBQ experience and maybe a trip to the bulgogi tents and then it's like "So I make some great hummus..." after that. Jimddak, Gamjatang, pajeon/hobakjeon/haemuljeon, shabu-shabu etc...There's plenty of stuff to try out, and a lot of it isn't so shocking to Western sensibilities.Then again, most of the folk I know aren't super picky eaters. I always pity the folk who are: by telling themselves that everything is disgusting, they're missing out on so many awesome experiences!
Yeah honestly I have some friends coming to visit in the next couple months and I don't even know what I'm going to show them. I so rarely eat out because it's crap which means I've got one BBQ experience and maybe a trip to the bulgogi tents and then it's like "So I make some great hummus..." after that.
I've got third grade middle schoolers who still don't know how to answer, "How are you?" A few of them don't even know the alphabet.
Quote from: kyndo on November 22, 2016, 02:33:13 pmQuote from: chupacaubrey on November 22, 2016, 02:09:26 pmYeah honestly I have some friends coming to visit in the next couple months and I don't even know what I'm going to show them. I so rarely eat out because it's crap which means I've got one BBQ experience and maybe a trip to the bulgogi tents and then it's like "So I make some great hummus..." after that. Jimddak, Gamjatang, pajeon/hobakjeon/haemuljeon, shabu-shabu etc...There's plenty of stuff to try out, and a lot of it isn't so shocking to Western sensibilities.Then again, most of the folk I know aren't super picky eaters. I always pity the folk who are: by telling themselves that everything is disgusting, they're missing out on so many awesome experiences! yeh fussy people are the worst. big, overgrown children. The only people worse than them are fat, fussy people, who whine about the local food and so go to macdonalds. Awful slime
Quote from: chupacaubrey on November 23, 2016, 09:43:21 amGetting harder and harder to hide my disbelief when an 8th grader - presumably with at least five years of English education (or exposure if you prefer) - can't produce ANY answer for "What do you do in your free time?" Imagine the feeling when you have the same experience with university students...
Quote from: Whatgook on November 22, 2016, 03:28:56 pmQuote from: kyndo on November 22, 2016, 02:33:13 pmJimddak, Gamjatang, pajeon/hobakjeon/haemuljeon, shabu-shabu etc...There's plenty of stuff to try out, and a lot of it isn't so shocking to Western sensibilities.Then again, most of the folk I know aren't super picky eaters. I always pity the folk who are: by telling themselves that everything is disgusting, they're missing out on so many awesome experiences! yeh fussy people are the worst. big, overgrown children. The only people worse than them are fat, fussy people, who whine about the local food and so go to macdonalds. Awful slimeI'm quite a fussy eater myself because I have a weak stomach. Drinks and foods I don't like the taste of, will make me feel nausiated for hours. Seafood and eggs, if I can taste them, will make me hurl almost immediately. I tend to dislike fussy people myself, but only if they are directing their fussiness at me.
Quote from: kyndo on November 22, 2016, 02:33:13 pmJimddak, Gamjatang, pajeon/hobakjeon/haemuljeon, shabu-shabu etc...There's plenty of stuff to try out, and a lot of it isn't so shocking to Western sensibilities.Then again, most of the folk I know aren't super picky eaters. I always pity the folk who are: by telling themselves that everything is disgusting, they're missing out on so many awesome experiences! yeh fussy people are the worst. big, overgrown children. The only people worse than them are fat, fussy people, who whine about the local food and so go to macdonalds. Awful slime
Jimddak, Gamjatang, pajeon/hobakjeon/haemuljeon, shabu-shabu etc...There's plenty of stuff to try out, and a lot of it isn't so shocking to Western sensibilities.Then again, most of the folk I know aren't super picky eaters. I always pity the folk who are: by telling themselves that everything is disgusting, they're missing out on so many awesome experiences!
There are also lots of autistic people who can't deal with certain textures, including food textures.I always feel vaguely like barfing when I eat any kind of meat product that's chewy. I've loved the taste of mushrooms forever, but could only handle the texture in my mouth since a couple of years ago.
Quote from: Kayos on November 23, 2016, 12:25:07 pmQuote from: Whatgook on November 22, 2016, 03:28:56 pmQuote from: kyndo on November 22, 2016, 02:33:13 pmJimddak, Gamjatang, pajeon/hobakjeon/haemuljeon, shabu-shabu etc...There's plenty of stuff to try out, and a lot of it isn't so shocking to Western sensibilities.Then again, most of the folk I know aren't super picky eaters. I always pity the folk who are: by telling themselves that everything is disgusting, they're missing out on so many awesome experiences! yeh fussy people are the worst. big, overgrown children. The only people worse than them are fat, fussy people, who whine about the local food and so go to macdonalds. Awful slimeI'm quite a fussy eater myself because I have a weak stomach. Drinks and foods I don't like the taste of, will make me feel nausiated for hours. Seafood and eggs, if I can taste them, will make me hurl almost immediately. I tend to dislike fussy people myself, but only if they are directing their fussiness at me.There are also lots of autistic people who can't deal with certain textures, including food textures.I always feel vaguely like barfing when I eat any kind of meat product that's chewy. I've loved the taste of mushrooms forever, but could only handle the texture in my mouth since a couple of years ago.
Quote from: moonbrie on November 23, 2016, 12:30:45 pmThere are also lots of autistic people who can't deal with certain textures, including food textures.I always feel vaguely like barfing when I eat any kind of meat product that's chewy. I've loved the taste of mushrooms forever, but could only handle the texture in my mouth since a couple of years ago. You should check out Bonjuk: they have a huge variety of flavours to choose from (mushroom, pumpkin, seafood, beef, broccoli, random untranslatable foodstuff, bean, tomato, etc) and they all come in a porridge-like format! I grew to really appreciate it a while ago when I was spending a lot of time at the hospital. It's especially nice when it's really cold out.Porridge is awesome.
Quote from: moonbrie on November 23, 2016, 12:30:45 pmThere are also lots of autistic people who can't deal with certain textures, including food textures.I always feel vaguely like barfing when I eat any kind of meat product that's chewy. I've loved the taste of mushrooms forever, but could only handle the texture in my mouth since a couple of years ago.Oo, I didn't know that about autistic people. I have a student with autisim in one of my classes. He is really polite but is only there about 30% of the time. He always sprints over to say hello and always wants a high five whenever he sees me too.I've never liked the taste or texture of mushrooms myself. >.<Last week, this man on the train tried to give me dried pumpkin as a snack. I don't speak korean, so couldn't tell him I can't eat pumpkin. He tried to force it into my mouth after I tried to say, and gesture, no thank you - and he wouldn't stop trying until I tried some, even after I put 'allergic' into my translator, just to get him to leave me alone. Almost threw up on him when it touched my tongue.
Quote from: Chinguetti on November 23, 2016, 10:54:20 amI've got third grade middle schoolers who still don't know how to answer, "How are you?" A few of them don't even know the alphabet.I have a few of those myself. :/
I just think it's weird to say like, "XYZ food is bad." No food is bad. Food is all good, and it's just our personal preference and background that makes us feel otherwise.
Basically, every food is good, and if we don't like something, that's just our opinion. It doesn't make it right, or anything.I just think it's weird to say like, "XYZ food is bad." No food is bad.
What?You are baiting someone, right?There are lots of foods that are objectively "bad" and lots of foods that are objectively "bad".I know they say we are in the post-truth era, but what the heck?It's not opinion or preference, there are facts, science, and truth behind it.
Rotten food, spoiled food, certain under-cooked or raw foods, etc.