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Watch: The ‘Trash Dish’ That Came Out of the Korean War
Eater ^ | April 5, 2018

Posted on 05/20/2018 4:08:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

As one of the most iconic Korean dishes, army base stew, or budae jjigae, has a colorful history. In the aftermath of the war, American servicemen and troops were stationed in South Korea to prevent invasion. Resourceful Koreans had heard that these bases had a surplus of canned meats that often ended up in the garbage. These meats, like ground beef, Spam, hot dogs, and ham, were picked up and put into a spicy stew.

In this episode of K-Town, host Matthew Kang tries an exemplary version of this now-classic stew at Dallas’s Dan Sung Sa. Today, budae jjigae shows up on Korean bar menus and restaurant menus around the world, but its unique history as a “trash” dish is a reminder that Korea, despite its current prosperity and place in the world, was once ravaged by war, and remains in an uneasy political situation to this day.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: army; food; korea; spam
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1 posted on 05/20/2018 4:08:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

dengjang chegae use what you got. Denjang is a lot more course than miso.


2 posted on 05/20/2018 4:13:04 PM PDT by the_daug
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3 posted on 05/20/2018 4:17:57 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, if it came from US bases, hopefully no dog meat is in the stew...........


4 posted on 05/20/2018 4:25:42 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bookmark


5 posted on 05/20/2018 4:32:05 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It looks good. I would eat it. I probably have already eaten it without knowing.


6 posted on 05/20/2018 4:37:32 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: the_daug

SOS?

Wait that was chipped beef, sorry.


7 posted on 05/20/2018 4:42:32 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Got some SPAM right here...Yummy!


8 posted on 05/20/2018 4:43:07 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: doorgunner69

Koreans eat dog about as much as we goat, which is to say not very much. Mostly the older folks, and mostly for medicinal purposes, as is snake.


9 posted on 05/20/2018 4:45:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Big Red Badger

If you’re hungry enough Spam tastes like a fine Virginia ham.


10 posted on 05/20/2018 4:46:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: headstamp 2

Chipped beef? Maybe in boot camp but out in
the Corps. it was usually hamburger.
Imagine if you will, lumps of gray meat in a
white gravy...Yum.


11 posted on 05/20/2018 4:46:33 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I like goat.


12 posted on 05/20/2018 4:47:43 PM PDT by null and void (Urban "food deserts," are caused by "climate change" in urban customers' attitudes (H/T niteowl77))
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To: tet68

As my dad would say, “well when your starving to death.....”


13 posted on 05/20/2018 4:49:01 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Guam and Hawaii, where Spam is the food of the gods.


14 posted on 05/20/2018 4:50:01 PM PDT by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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Virginia HAM...

YES!


15 posted on 05/20/2018 4:57:22 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If Your drunk enough
BettMidler looks like J.LO!


16 posted on 05/20/2018 5:18:08 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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"If Your drunk enough BettMidler looks like J.LO!"

Whoa, dude... I've been known as "Stinko Honcho" in my day, but I don't think I've ever been THAT pickled... :)

17 posted on 05/20/2018 5:41:14 PM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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“Chipped beef? Maybe in boot camp but out in the Corps. it was usually hamburger. Imagine if you will, lumps of gray meat in a white gravy...Yum.” Yeh, it was hamburger meat in the army too. I liked it and make it at home every now and then to this day. The fam can’t stand it so I have it all to myself. I think the Korean War era was probably when chipped beef was last used but not sure. Maybe an old Korean War vet will weigh in for us 😉...
18 posted on 05/20/2018 5:49:59 PM PDT by snoringbear (W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Spam and good grade hot dogs are tasty (to me) but they would add a lot of fat. Certainly good for starving people.


19 posted on 05/20/2018 5:58:30 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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lol they sell it(spam) in costco now and I haven’t bought any yet too many childhood memories of the mystery meat.


20 posted on 05/20/2018 5:59:28 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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