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Watch: The ‘Trash Dish’ That Came Out of the Korean War
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| 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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To: 2ndDivisionVet
dengjang chegae use what you got. Denjang is a lot more course than miso.
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:13:04 PM PDT
by
the_daug
To: the_daug
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:17:57 PM PDT
by
the_daug
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well, if it came from US bases, hopefully no dog meat is in the stew...........
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:25:42 PM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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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))
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It looks good. I would eat it. I probably have already eaten it without knowing.
To: the_daug
SOS?
Wait that was chipped beef, sorry.
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:42:32 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Got some SPAM right here...Yummy!
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:43:07 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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.
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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.)
To: Big Red Badger
If you’re hungry enough Spam tastes like a fine Virginia ham.
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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.)
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.
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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.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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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))
To: tet68
As my dad would say, “well when your starving to death.....”
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:49:01 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Guam and Hawaii, where Spam is the food of the gods.
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:50:01 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/20/2018 4:57:22 PM PDT
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Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
If Your drunk enough
BettMidler looks like J.LO!
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:18:08 PM PDT
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Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Big Red Badger
"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... :)
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:41:14 PM PDT
by
unread
(Joe McCarthy was right.......)
To: tet68
“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 😉...
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posted on
05/20/2018 5:49:59 PM PDT
by
snoringbear
(W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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.
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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!)
To: Pelham
lol they sell it(spam) in costco now and I haven’t bought any yet too many childhood memories of the mystery meat.
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