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  • Rice Cake Dumpling Soup 떡만두국

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    WHAT'S IN IT?

    (for 3 persons)

    Water 6 cups
    Rice cake 400 g
    Anchovies 60 g
    Dumplings 10 (Beef, chicken or vegetarian, it's up to you)
    Green Onions 2
    Chopped Garlic 1/2 teaspoon
    Eggs 3
    Seaweed 1 sheet
    (unsalted one - ones that you use for sushi, but salted one works too - just make sure to season accordingly)
    Salt 1/2 to 2/3 tablespoon (taste it and season)
    Pepper 1/4 teaspoon
    Vegetable oil 2-3 tablespoons

    HOW DO I MAKE IT?

    Egg Garnish

  • Busan-Latest

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    Busan, 13/2/09.Today is Friday the 13th. I realised this just before I started writing, so I'm hoping I don't jinx myself with anything I say here.Having finally passed my health test (see previous notes), I have been really looking forward to finally sorting a bank account out, as well as getting a mobile phone. How foolish this idea is proving to be.............Korean Mobile phones.In the UK, mo...

  • Busan-Latest...

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    Busan, 13/2/09.Today is Friday the 13th. I realised this just before I started writing, so I'm hoping I don't jinx myself with anything I say here.Having finally passed my health test (see previous notes), I have been really looking forward to finally sorting a bank account out, as well as getting a mobile phone. How foolish this idea is proving to be.............Korean Mobile phones.In the UK, mo...

  • New Year's Carnage+Captain Liver Failure!

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    Busan, 3/2/09.Wow, February already, madness! The last few weeks have passed by in an absolute blur, though much of this has been booze (read soju) induced, which has led to a couple of recent problems!New Year's was pure insanity with the Busan Boys, the crack drinking unit which Filip and I have assembled here (more on the boys at a later date). Anyways, here goes with the medical stuff!Liver Te...

  • Kimchi Stew

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    WHAT'S IN IT?

    Kimchi (sour and fermented for a while) 3 cups
    Tuna 1-2 cans
    Butter 1 tablespoon
    Water 2 to 2.5 cups
    Kimchi juice (as much as you can get)
    Salt

    How Do I MAKE IT?

    1. oh high heat saute tuna with better for 5 minutes.
    2. Add kimchi and saute for at least 10 minutes.
    (if it starts to stick to the bottom, add a little bit of kimchi juice or water)
    3. Add kimchi juice and water (add some chili pepper flakes if you like it spicy)
    4. boil for 10 minutes
    5. Season with salt.

  • The Nude Beaches of South Korea

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    Boy, that is a good one. I have never come into a more modest group of people in my life. Last week, while doing a unit on travel with my older students (middle school), one of them asked me if it was true that there are places where people swim in the ocean naked. I said yes, I have heard of such places, but that I had never been to one. They screamed and reflexively covered their eyes at the thought. Most Koreans at the beach swim fully clothed.

  • Don't Come to Busan

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    I was very happy to be back to Busan after my recent trip. I remember walking out of Busan station and stopping for a moment and looking out across the plaza to the neighborhood crawling up the mountainside across the way, all of it bathed in bright winter sunlight, and turning to my girlfriend and saying, smiling ear to ear, "Busan is best." "Yep," she said.

  • The Christmas Show

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    A great time was had by all at the Christmas Program hosted by KidsClub on Thursday evening. I have posted pictures and they are available in the Photo section. Some of them are from rehearsals on days leading up to the performance. I will relate more of the story behind them soon. Merry Solstice!

  • If.

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    I get most of my news from the New York Times and it was nice to see today on the front page of the online edition that South Korea's central bank has announced yet another massive cut in its prime rate. I am not an economist and I know very little about monetary policy and I am not going to sit here and bitch about how this downturn is affecting poor little me, but from reading the article it has become apparent to me that things are worse than even I thought.

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