Odds and Ends

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jeff in Korea at 10:12 pm on Sunday, April 18, 2004

Jane, webmistress (just like saying that word) of Seoul Scene, has posted a new video of life in Korea: “The Bondaegi Challege.” Click on the link on the left side of her main page to view the video. Jane and her intrepid cameraman Hadyn (along with yours truly…who was more in the way than anything else) scoured the streets of Itaewon recently to find people to sample steamed slikworm larvae from a can. Hey, who is that dashing young man giving the first interview?

Kevin over at Incestuous Amplifications has reached the end of his shopping rope in this rant about nosy people that have nothing better to do than jam their face into my shopping cart to see what the fat, white guy could possibly have in there. Ooooo….What do monkey’s eat? I’m very happy that he wrote it because people simply doesn’t notice it and they get mad at me for overreacting when I publicly humiliate the fools who do it. I agree with Kevin’s reactions and counter-measures. I have done all of them…except the sign. Instead of a sign, I just shout it. And for those of you that think I/we are being oversensitive and that it shouldn’t bother us, let me tell you that it didn’t bother me for about the first four years. However, it happens every single time that I go grocery shopping anywhere, and quite frankly, after 15 years, I grow weary of it…especially from the most culturally advanced, friendliest, respectful, caring, understanding, uri country’s citizens.

And now for something completely useless…The Subservient Chicken!

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Comment by Silly Sally

19 April 2004 @ 4:55 pm

The British government (long familiar with exotic diseases in foreign lands) forwarned me about the silk-worm larvae being a vector for micro-worm eggs. Although most Koreans have a built up resistance, most take yearly anti-parasitic pills to kill the adult worms that grow inside.

Koreans believe that swallowed Soju following silk-worm consumption usually kills the eggs.

These worms are known to poke and probe their heads out the anus at night as the human host sleeps — and zip back in when the sleeper awakes. The immediate problem is such activity keeps the semi-aroused sleeper from entering the delta-wave sleep pattern required for restoring sleep.

Some medical literature have reported the worm eggs making their way into the brain — causing a slow form of brain deterioration undetected for years.

THE BRAIN IS A TERRIBLE THING TO INFEST.

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Comment by ramblas

20 April 2004 @ 10:38 pm

as long as i know
parasite can be found every ‘row’ food and pet…
it can be in pork,beef and fish
it can be problem when you eat it without enough cooking
bundaegi in korea is cooked enough so nothing to do with parasite infection
most problem related to parasite is more related to poor hygiene and row beef or fish..sometimes from the pet.
and also bundaegi is sold in vietnam and china in very simular way.

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Comment by Jae

20 April 2004 @ 11:11 pm

Bondaegi… Yikes… Eww…

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