Kimchee?

[EddieNFL]

Did a tour of duty in South Korea. First week there I went outside the gate and ate at a little shanty restaurant. The old mamasan offered I try kegogi, ramon with a side of kimchi which I ordered and ate. Everything was delicious . So I get back to the compound and go to the day room. Some guys lounging around asked where I had been. Told em I was in town having dinner. They asked what did you eat. I told them. They all hit the deck laughing saying son you just ate dog. I thought for a moment and replied. Well it was pretty fucking delicious. They just looked at me and shook their heads.

Dog is a fine meal.

Pretty sure I had rat in Gwangju.

 

[Cowpokey]

We always took the new guys downtown for supper, usually the first Friday after they got there. They were usually against the idea, scared they would get served dog. That stuff doesn't happen by accident (or maliciousness), dog is a delicacy and expensive in Korea. Rat on the other hand, probably more likely "on a stick" than chicken, shits good too.

 

[101st]

Is the bussy still sideways?

Oh man I remember that. Busses going down the road sideways because of bent frame's. LMAO!
Also kimchi cab's, those dudes drove like insane people. Always an adventure taking ride in one of those things.

 

[101st]

Dog is a fine meal.

Pretty sure I had rat in Gwangju.

We always took the new guys downtown for supper, usually the first Friday after they got there. They were usually against the idea, scared they would get served dog. That stuff doesn't happen by accident (or maliciousness), dog is a delicacy and expensive in Korea. Rat on the other hand, probably more likely "on a stick" than chicken, shits good too.

What I ate tasted like steakums. I only saw two dogs the entire time while over there. I saw one one day at the wash rack (koreans used to wash and steam clean our vehicles for us). The dog was a white and black, and shaggy. The next day he was hanging from a pole skinned. Damned heathens . No I get it. It's their culture. Love the Koreans. Fuckers were savages in Vietnam. VC were terrified of them.

 

[Cowpokey]

What I ate tasted like steakums. I only saw two dogs the entire time while over there. I saw one one day at the wash rack (koreans used to wash and steam clean our vehicles for us). The dog was a white and black, and shaggy. The next day he was hanging from a pole skinned. Damned heathens . No I get it. It's their culture. Love the Koreans. Fuckers were savages in Vietnam. VC were terrified of them.

Times have changed over there...kind of. Now a lot of them think of dogs as pets, but old men still eat them...you know, to be cock strong without viagra.

 

[Marinevet1]

Times have changed over there...kind of. Now a lot of them think of dogs as pets, but old men still eat them...you know, to be cock strong without viagra.

I can remember going to open air markets in Korea, they would have a stake driven in to the ground with puppies tide to it. They would kill, and dress the dog right there, and send it home with you.........

 

[101st]

Times have changed over there...kind of. Now a lot of them think of dogs as pets, but old men still eat them...you know, to be cock strong without viagra.

I can remember going to open air markets in Korea, they would have a stake driven in to the ground with puppies tide to it. They would kill, and dress the dog right there, and send it home with you.........

I was over there a long long time ago 76-77. Up in Munsan on the DMZ. Place was like the wild west, especially to a 18 year old.
On Google earth the area I was in back then it doesn't exist anymore, all built up and paved over. We used to go to the field up on the Z and use binoculars to look into North Korea. We'd be sitting in our foxhole's and field hookers would jump right in with us. When we would leave the area kids would be running around picking up our sea ration cans and eating out of them. I told myself at 18 that would never take the USA for granted and I never have.
We had the wet markets in the village. All kinds wild shit down there. I used to get little packets of dried small fish (like shiners) and eat as a snack. Never saw any puppies. You must have been there before me.

 

[Cowpokey]

I used to get little packets of dried small fish (like shiners) and eat as a snack. Never saw any puppies. You must have been there before me.

Anchovies. My wife has her sister send them over here.

I did two "short tours" in Korea, 5 years each. 1996-2001 and 2009-2014. Most of my time was at Osan, but I was all over the country. The cabbage market down in Pusan at 5am was interesting...all the buyers for the rest of the Penn would be down there, buy truck loads of cabbage, ship it to all the other cities, and the cycle would repeat every day....EVERY DAY. Fuckage, I was still drunk and trying to sleep until 6am.

 

[acudaowner]

what's not to love really spicy cabbage , ham and cabbage a staple dish in our house , fried cabbage with pork easy meal ready to eat in just a few minutes , soups and stews with cabbage are already on many staple American dishes not to mention it will help you go to the bathroom well it could ... people eat pasta and that was an asian invention though the actual noodles are different than spaghetti or linguini food from anywhere could be really good you just have to try it and see if you like it or not before knocking it . I refuse to eat bugs or bowl but will eat fried scrapple hell even spam is pretty darn good mixed with rice and eggs in the morning

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it's also simple enough to make with the kids so it's a win win

 

[Cowpokey]

I have to break this down just a little.

I refuse to eat bugs

Red ants taste like cherries. Never would have thought that before I went to survival school. Grasshoppers, worms, crickets not desirable.

or bowl but will eat fried scrapple

Scrapple is nasty.

hell even spam is pretty darn good mixed with rice and eggs in the morning

I can deal with spam...my wife loves it...pacific/islander people...it's a thing. Not bad in fried rice or Kimbap.

 

[101st]

Anchovies. My wife has her sister send them over here.

I did two "short tours" in Korea, 5 years each. 1996-2001 and 2009-2014. Most of my time was at Osan, but I was all over the country. The cabbage market down in Pusan at 5am was interesting...all the buyers for the rest of the Penn would be down there, buy truck loads of cabbage, ship it to all the other cities, and the cycle would repeat every day....EVERY DAY. Fuckage, I was still drunk and trying to sleep until 6am.

Short tours? Holy cow! We had a sergeant who's wife was Korean. When I got there he had been there for 5 years, which I thought was, Holy shit how'd he manage that. Good guy, great wife I ate dinner with them off post quite often.
I loved the duty over there. All the sergeants were cool because there wives were all back state side.

 

[Cowpokey]

Short tours? Holy cow! We had a sergeant who's wife was Korean. When I got there he had been there for 5 years, which I thought was, Holy shit how'd he manage that. Good guy, great wife I ate dinner with them off post quite often.
I loved the duty over there. All the sergeants were cool because there wives were all back state side.

It was supposed to be a 1 year tour my first time. My follow-on to Kadena got cancelled because the dude I was replacing extended out of cycle. So, I stayed. Got married to a Korean girl, been together for 27+ years, married for over 26...have two daughters that are 24 and 19 now. Picture of our kids is a couple years old at this point. They love to shoot...our lawn was a lot better then too...six mongrels will do that.

 

[FWoo45]

Oh man I remember that. Busses going down the road sideways because of bent frame's. LMAO!
Also kimchi cab's, those dudes drove like insane people. Always an adventure taking ride in one of those things.

That’s not what he was talking about….

 

[theLBC]

so just saw a video about how sauerkraut is super healthy, like one of the best things you can eat...and i imagine kim chee might be similarly healthy.

 

[101st]

It was supposed to be a 1 year tour my first time. My follow-on to Kadena got cancelled because the dude I was replacing extended out of cycle. So, I stayed. Got married to a Korean girl, been together for 27+ years, married for over 26...have two daughters that are 24 and 19 now. Picture of our kids is a couple years old at this point. They love to shoot...our lawn was a lot better then too...six mongrels will do that.

That's a great story. Seems as though your life was predetermined for you. You're a lucky man to have a wonderful wife of twenty six years and two beautiful girls who you can spend range time with. The pooch is awesome also.

 

[101st]

That’s not what he was talking about

Got it!

 

[EddieNFL]

I was over there a long long time ago 76-77. Up in Munsan on the DMZ. Place was like the wild west, especially to a 18 year old.
On Google earth the area I was in back then it doesn't exist anymore, all built up and paved over. We used to go to the field up on the Z and use binoculars to look into North Korea. We'd be sitting in our foxhole's and field hookers would jump right in with us. When we would leave the area kids would be running around picking up our sea ration cans and eating out of them. I told myself at 18 that would never take the USA for granted and I never have.
We had the wet markets in the village. All kinds wild shit down there. I used to get little packets of dried small fish (like shiners) and eat as a snack. Never saw any puppies. You must have been there before me.

My dad was there in '52. Didn't believe me when I described what it was like in the early '80s. I always thought he would have beat my ass if I brought home a Korean gal.

 

[LuvDog]

so just saw a video about how sauerkraut is super healthy, like one of the best things you can eat...and i imagine kim chee might be similarly healthy.

Yup. The probiotics are supposed to be like a super food

 

[Ichi]

 

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[101st]

Anchovies. My wife has her sister send them over here.

I did two "short tours" in Korea, 5 years each. 1996-2001 and 2009-2014. Most of my time was at Osan, but I was all over the country. The cabbage market down in Pusan at 5am was interesting...all the buyers for the rest of the Penn would be down there, buy truck loads of cabbage, ship it to all the other cities, and the cycle would repeat every day....EVERY DAY. Fuckage, I was still drunk and trying to sleep until 6am.

Short timer Munsan South Korea 1977.
Im the disheveled one on the left.

 

[Cowpokey]

Short timer Munsan South Korea 1977.
Im the disheveled one on the left.

You wouldn't recognize it today...hell, I wouldn't recognize a lot of it, and I was there just 8 years ago.

 

[101st]

You wouldn't recognize it today...hell, I wouldn't recognize a lot of it, and I was there just 8 years ago.

Yes you're right. Korea is leaps a bounds more modernized than I was there. No comparison. I'm happy for them. They are a solid people and they don't even fuck around when it comes to anything! I wish all Americans had their work ethic. This country would be a unstoppable juggernaut.

 

[Soulezoo]

Did a little with the wolf pack at Kunsan, otherwise in and out of Osan on TDY. I remember the "mild" teriyaki melted my teeth it was so hot.

 

[6.5SH]

so just saw a video about how sauerkraut is super healthy, like one of the best things you can eat...and i imagine kim chee might be similarly healthy.

Pretty much any fermented food with active cultures is good for your digestive health.

 

[EddieNFL]

Did a little with the wolf pack at Kunsan, otherwise in and out of Osan on TDY. I remember the "mild" teriyaki melted my teeth it was so hot.

Last time I was there, I had a staff job (MSgt at the time). Spent six months at K2 and six at Osan. Every time I visited Kunsan they had to put me up in Chief's quarters. Had better quarters at K2/Osan.

They still have plywood cutouts around the perimeter?

 

[Soulezoo]

Last time I was there, I had a staff job (MSgt at the time). Spent six months at K2 and six at Osan. Every time I visited Kunsan they had to put me up in Chief's quarters. Had better quarters at K2/Osan.

They still have plywood cutouts around the perimeter?

Couldn't tell you. Haven’t been there since early 90's.