I don't really know, but my Korean roommates cooked and ate it tonight. I almost threw up from the smell.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Sounds mighty tasty. Dried fish/squid/eel toasted over an open flame and kimchee* would be my first guess.
* brined cabbage fermented with lots of hot chile and lots of garlic
[ January 24, 2005, 04:04 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
The dead fish is probably dead fish. I'd guess that what you're calling an "unwashed gym shorts" smell is some sort of fermented cabbage.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Mmmm.... Kim Chee. *drools*
I had a friend who went on a mission to Korea, and he got me hooked on the stuff. It's an acquired taste, but delicious.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"The dead fish is probably dead fish."
Some cooked fish does not smell fishy. Some smells just like a fish lying dead on the beach for a week. Why is that?
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
Freshness. I adore fresh fish. I abhorr fishy-tasting fish.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Agreed, sarcasticmuppet. In fact, that's how I feel about kim chee, too. Fresh, it's wonderful. Canned, I tend to puke.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Kimchi I can handle. This stuff...*cringe* It left me and my other american roommate struggling for ways to escape the stench. I think it was squid or something like that.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Maybe nuc nam? (not sure of proper spelling)
Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :
A college friend of mine had a Korean room-mate. One day while walking on the campus they came upon a (perfecly healthy) black Labrador.
"Umm!" his Korean friend responded, "Black dog...good food!"
He was kidding, of course. We hope.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
I asked them. Freeze Dried Squid...and they have more
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