{"id":302356,"date":"2019-06-27T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=302356"},"modified":"2019-06-27T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T20:00:25","slug":"food-for-thought-korean-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/food-for-thought-korean-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for Thought:  Korean Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cNam\u2013ui\u00a0deok-ee deo keo-bo-een-da\u201d or \u201cYour rice cake looks bigger than mine.\u201d It means the grass is always greener on the other side.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bibimbap Rap and Gimchi Gazetteer<\/strong><br \/>\nB-Bibimbap is rice, egg, meat, vegetables in hot sauce<br \/>\nI-Incheon means \u201ckind river\u201d large seaport city, pop. 2.5 million<br \/>\nB-Busan means kettle mountain, the shape of a mountain nearby<br \/>\nI-Incheon has had a Hyanggo, Confucian School, since 1392<br \/>\nM-Making kimchi is an essential skill for men and women<br \/>\nB-Bring on the \u201cbugeo guk\u201d (seafood soup) and bulgogi<br \/>\nA-A name for the Korean peninsula is Hanbando<br \/>\nP-Pyongyang North Korea is only 121 miles from Seoul<\/p>\n<p>G-Gimchi, fermented vegetables, is spelled kimchi on Western menus<br \/>\nI-Interest in Buddhist temples remains strong with Koreans<br \/>\nM-Military protection lies along the northern border<br \/>\nC-Chili pepper and chili powder predominate in kimche<br \/>\nH-Hot peppers are good for heart problems and spice up your life<br \/>\nI-Investigate many different forms of gimchi\/ kimchi immediately<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGeu-reem-ui deok\u201d or \u201cA picture of a rice cake.\u201d You see the picture and it makes you hungry. You are close to something but still not quite able to reach it.<br \/>\n\u201cSoo-bak geot-halt-gi\u201d or \u201cLicking the outside of a watermelon.\u201d Like just scratching the surface. This Korean proverb implies someone has made a decision or comment without knowing all the facts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bulgogi Ballad and Japchae Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B-Bulgogi which means \u201cfire meat\u201d is Korean BBQ beef<br \/>\nU-Usually it is made with beef but can be pork or chicken<br \/>\nL-Lots of Koreans drink a 22-percent rice wine called soju<br \/>\nG-Galbi or kalbi is the Korean word for \u201crib,\u201d usually beef<br \/>\nO-On most Korean tables are different types of kimchi<br \/>\nG-Guksu is the Korean word for noodles<br \/>\nI-In bulgogi you will find pear or apple used as a sweet marinade<\/p>\n<p>J-Japchae is a Korean noodle dish with marinated beef and veggies<br \/>\nA-Apples are used as a tenderizer in bulgogi, garlic and ginger spice it up<br \/>\nP-Pears from Korea are preferred for use in bulgogi and kalbi<br \/>\nC-Cakes of glutinous rice, tteok, a dessert accompany Korean meals<br \/>\nH-Have some Korean fruit desserts after your meal<br \/>\nA-Americans don\u2019t like seeing dog meat served on the menu<br \/>\nE-Eat the watermelon. Don\u2019t lick the outside, facts are inside<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMee-oon nom deok ha-na deo joon da\u201d or \u201cGive one more rice cake to a person you hate.\u201d In other words, keep your friends close and your enemies closer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Joey \u2018Pepe Batbon\u2019 Connolly, Special to the Saipan Tribune)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Joey \u201cPepe Batbon\u201d Connolly is a retired teacher and has been named a poet laureate of Tinian. He has taught English in CNMI public schools for the past 30 years. He has also taught in Alaska, New Orleans, and Las Vegas.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNam\u2013ui\u00a0deok-ee deo keo-bo-een-da\u201d or \u201cYour rice cake looks bigger than mine.\u201d It means the grass&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,304,5148],"class_list":["post-302356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-cnmi","tag-las-vegas","tag-new-orleans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}