On 1/4/2013 8:40 PM, Steve Pope wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
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>> Korean food has come a long way in Hawaii and the mainland and the
>> number of bars and strip clubs have diminished greatly - this is a good
>> thing. Heck, we're even driving Korean cars and cooking and washing
>> clothes with their products. Who wodda thought?
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> I try to score some kimchee right after landing on a Hawaiian island,
> usually from one of the little covered-market places. It is always
> kick-ass, in terms of red pepper and otherwise.

I was at Bob's Barbecue in Kalihi the other day and had a kimchee burger
which is a hamburger sandwich with kimchee in it. Kimchee and burgers go
well together and should be a natural but there's hardly anybody that
serves this. What I really want is a teri-beef sandwich with kimchee
which nobody seems to serve. As I was munching on the tasty burger, it
occurred to that I could just order the excellent teri-beef sandwich
with a side order of their excellent kimchee and insert it in the
sandwich. I'll do this the next time I'm there and will probably have a
heart attack while eating it because it's going to be too tasty. It'll
be worth it...


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> At home, my wife prefers I not keep a jar of kim chee in the
> refrigerator because they sometimes explode. (IMO this is a sign
> you got the real stuff.) The Hawaii stuff is probably a little
> better anyway.

My wife's family used to have a separate refrigerator for their kimchee.
I thought that was just my wife's kooky family but evidently this is
perfectly normal for a Korean family.

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> Steve
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