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The budae jjigae was an unqualified success! adelagia and I both, surprisingly, enjoyed it. She felt that the American cheese was an unnecessary component, while I felt the same way about the baked beans. I like hot dogs, but wasn't too impressed with what they brought to the stew. You know what was surprisingly good, though? The Spam. :/ It turns out Spam is DELICIOUS. Dang it. It's really salty and full of umami... it's no wonder so many people like it. I've always thought of it as being this disgusting thing, because, well, canned meat -- it was clearly something only desperate people would eat during times of war. WWII was, after all, when it became popular. And it's the name of allllllll our unwanted email! Buuuut I kept hearing about various peoples who enjoyed it. The Hawaiians, for example. And while watching K-dramas, I'd see it here and there (pan-fried slices of Spam were Min-seok's favorite dish in High School King of Savvy). And now I know why! It's got to be horribly bad for you, but it's delicious, that can no longer be denied. Here's a gif of it bubbling merrily away. :D
I was also really happy with the mung bean sprouts. There were SO MANY, OMG. I waited an extra half day to harvest them so thatadelagia and I could cook them fresh, but they grow very quickly the last couple of days, so they were SO TALL by then. I'd been keeping them in the oven, then the microwave (you're supposed to keep them out of light) with a wet paper towel over the top, but by Day 6 I just had to keep them out in a dark corner because they were too tall. You're supposed to water them every 3 hours, but I wasn't extremely religious about it; I tried to keep to that schedule (easier to do when on vacation), but just did it when I remembered and always kept the paper towel covering them wet so that they would keep moist that way too. Since they were all packed into the tub I couldn't really tell how tall they really were, or what color they were, etc. They weren't as plump as I might've liked, but I was really pleased by their length. It's weird though that homegrown bean sprouts have their "bean" parts still attached, but when you get them in the grocery store, they're not (whereas soybeans always have the crunchy bean parts intact; that's why my mom prefers those and I prefer mung bean sprouts). Anyway, also because they were so packed in, I couldn't tell how many of them there really were. And OMG there were a LOT. About 4lbs worth. Washing them (so that the green skins would wash away) was the most onerous part of growing my own, honestly! I hadn't expected that!
Here they are after a full day, just starting to sprout:
Here they are on Day 6:
And here they all are, harvested and ready to cook/eat! Maangchi doesn't remove the roots, especially when homegrown, and that makes sense to me (plus saves HOURS of time), though of course they aren't as pretty.
All in all, a very cool experiment. It took constant care, but it was extremely simple and easy, no soil or anything required.adelagia and I each made sukjunamul-muchim from a pound of bean sprouts, and put a bunch of them into the budae jjigae, too.
I also made a sandwich that is supposed to be Korean street food; it actually turned out really well. >< It's basically eggs fried with various veggies, then put between two buttered pieces of toast along with sugar, ketchup, and mayo. O.o Sounds disgusting, right? I fully expected it to be, but it was actually really tasty. I didn't use as much sugar as called for, though, and instead of a slice of ham I just cut up some Spam (since I had some) and put it in with the veggie mixture. I tried it with and without American cheese; it tastes good either way. Oh and -- it appears that she uses Kewpie mayo, though she doesn't actually specify. Since it's a dish originating in Asia, given Asia's obsession with Kewpie mayo (and it's not just Asia, but legit chefs everywhere), I can only assume that's the type of mayo used on the streets of Seoul. Since I only had regular mayo on hand, I made my own version of Kewpie mayo by diluting regular mayo with rice vinegar, sugar and MSG. (No, MSG is not evil. And though that fact has been "thoroughly debunked," the conspiracy against it has been too vast to overcome. Same goes for egg yolks and Spam. :P)
I've watched a little more Descendants of the Sun. I like it, but their reasons for being apart are so contrived that I find it a little tiresome. They clearly are drawn to one another, they both care about human lives, the reasoning she used at the beginning to break up with him is BARELY still applicable, since she immediately became a power-hungry executive five seconds after he left, so why are they STILL saying they can't be together? Or rather, Shi-jin wants to be together, but Mo-yeon is the one who's dragging her heels, even though when she lets him go (for the third for fourth time), she actively regrets it! Soooooooooooo duuuuuuuuumb.
jade_okelani has finished Oh My Ghostess, her first-ever K-drama, and loved it!! Yay!!!!!!! We're also nearing the end of High School King of Savvy, because I wanted that to be her first SIG show. :D It turns out that the reason there's so much cast overlap, and so many similar-ish type scenes, is because the same guy directed them both!! Apparently I just love his stuff.
I also started watching two other K-dramas:
To the Beautiful You, which is a remake of Hana Kimi, which I never saw (and never appealed to me because of the whole girl-dresses-up-as-a-boy thing). I find the lead actress and character suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper annoying. I like the lead actor (Minho from Shinee) more than I thought I would, because he looks like such a freak on his Wikipedia page, but he looks more normal on the show, lol. But the real reason I started watching it is because Kim Ji-won is in it, and I really like her. She plays Myeong-ju, the second female lead, in Descendants, and even though her character should annoy me with the way she pursues Dae-young, I actually like her, and I think that probably has a lot to do with the actress. And in fact, even though she plays a bratty entitled gymnast in TTBY, I like her a lot more than the lead.
The other drama I've been watching is an older one from 2006 -- One Fine Day. I feel like this is all Gong Yoo's influence, because he's the constant running through all these older shows that I try. He did a SLEW of things right around the same time period; I wonder if it's right before he went to do his military service or something. (Yes, yes, I know he's back with Goblin, and it's on my TBW list. But I'm waiting for it to finish airing. It bodes well that it's a tvN production, which did both OMG and HSKOS.) OFD is the series he did just before Coffee Prince and just after Biscuit Teacher, Star Candy. I've been into OFD so far, even though Gong Yoo has a terrible mustache and hair, and the girl who plays the second lead is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying (her character more than the actress). The premise hits a guilty pleasure button of mine:
I also finished S2 of The Man in the High Castle. I enjoyed the season, particularly as it seems they haven't really given up on the Joe-Julianna thing. Either they want to keep it at a slow burn, which I'm fine with, or maybe they won't end up together at all, which I could also see happening. I'm really bummed that Yoshida died in the bombing, and I really, really fucking hope Frank is dead, but I bet he isn't. I really fucking hate him; I think he's a whiny little bitch, I hate his nose, and everything he does annoys the shit out of me. For all those reasons, there's no way he's dead, because that would be too kind to me, and I can't have nice things.
My new Apple Watch arrived last night! It's sooooo pretty. I got the one with the rose gold plating and pink/blue band. I'm still figuring it out, but so far I've been happy being able to check my email, and I can tell that having Wunderlist on it is going to be awesome. I chose one of the Minnie Mouse variations as my watchface. :D (Min-seok has a Mickey Mouse watch, so I toldjade_okelani that I was just like him now! LOL.) Her hands point to the time, but since it's digital, she's even dancing a bit and her foot taps out the seconds! So cool. However... I was in my open space office this morning, and I touched the watch somehow -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I DID, there was nothing about this in the instructions and despite all my playing around last night, this NEVER HAPPENED -- and suddenly Minnie Mouse said in her squeaky little voice, "It's 10:30! Good morning!" and everyone stopped typing. So then I was like, "Haha, oops" and could feel myself turning red. :))))) HOW/WHY DID THAT HAPPEN!!! Why you do me like that, Minnie?!
adelagia and I both, surprisingly, enjoyed it. She felt that the American cheese was an unnecessary component, while I felt the same way about the baked beans. I like hot dogs, but wasn't too impressed with what they brought to the stew. You know what was surprisingly good, though? The Spam. :/ It turns out Spam is DELICIOUS. Dang it. It's really salty and full of umami... it's no wonder so many people like it. I've always thought of it as being this disgusting thing, because, well, canned meat -- it was clearly something only desperate people would eat during times of war. WWII was, after all, when it became popular. And it's the name of allllllll our unwanted email! Buuuut I kept hearing about various peoples who enjoyed it. The Hawaiians, for example. And while watching K-dramas, I'd see it here and there (pan-fried slices of Spam were Min-seok's favorite dish in High School King of Savvy). And now I know why! It's got to be horribly bad for you, but it's delicious, that can no longer be denied. Here's a gif of it bubbling merrily away. :DI was also really happy with the mung bean sprouts. There were SO MANY, OMG. I waited an extra half day to harvest them so that
adelagia and I could cook them fresh, but they grow very quickly the last couple of days, so they were SO TALL by then. I'd been keeping them in the oven, then the microwave (you're supposed to keep them out of light) with a wet paper towel over the top, but by Day 6 I just had to keep them out in a dark corner because they were too tall. You're supposed to water them every 3 hours, but I wasn't extremely religious about it; I tried to keep to that schedule (easier to do when on vacation), but just did it when I remembered and always kept the paper towel covering them wet so that they would keep moist that way too. Since they were all packed into the tub I couldn't really tell how tall they really were, or what color they were, etc. They weren't as plump as I might've liked, but I was really pleased by their length. It's weird though that homegrown bean sprouts have their "bean" parts still attached, but when you get them in the grocery store, they're not (whereas soybeans always have the crunchy bean parts intact; that's why my mom prefers those and I prefer mung bean sprouts). Anyway, also because they were so packed in, I couldn't tell how many of them there really were. And OMG there were a LOT. About 4lbs worth. Washing them (so that the green skins would wash away) was the most onerous part of growing my own, honestly! I hadn't expected that!Here they are after a full day, just starting to sprout:
Here they are on Day 6:
And here they all are, harvested and ready to cook/eat! Maangchi doesn't remove the roots, especially when homegrown, and that makes sense to me (plus saves HOURS of time), though of course they aren't as pretty.
All in all, a very cool experiment. It took constant care, but it was extremely simple and easy, no soil or anything required.
adelagia and I each made sukjunamul-muchim from a pound of bean sprouts, and put a bunch of them into the budae jjigae, too.I also made a sandwich that is supposed to be Korean street food; it actually turned out really well. >< It's basically eggs fried with various veggies, then put between two buttered pieces of toast along with sugar, ketchup, and mayo. O.o Sounds disgusting, right? I fully expected it to be, but it was actually really tasty. I didn't use as much sugar as called for, though, and instead of a slice of ham I just cut up some Spam (since I had some) and put it in with the veggie mixture. I tried it with and without American cheese; it tastes good either way. Oh and -- it appears that she uses Kewpie mayo, though she doesn't actually specify. Since it's a dish originating in Asia, given Asia's obsession with Kewpie mayo (and it's not just Asia, but legit chefs everywhere), I can only assume that's the type of mayo used on the streets of Seoul. Since I only had regular mayo on hand, I made my own version of Kewpie mayo by diluting regular mayo with rice vinegar, sugar and MSG. (No, MSG is not evil. And though that fact has been "thoroughly debunked," the conspiracy against it has been too vast to overcome. Same goes for egg yolks and Spam. :P)
I've watched a little more Descendants of the Sun. I like it, but their reasons for being apart are so contrived that I find it a little tiresome. They clearly are drawn to one another, they both care about human lives, the reasoning she used at the beginning to break up with him is BARELY still applicable, since she immediately became a power-hungry executive five seconds after he left, so why are they STILL saying they can't be together? Or rather, Shi-jin wants to be together, but Mo-yeon is the one who's dragging her heels, even though when she lets him go (for the third for fourth time), she actively regrets it! Soooooooooooo duuuuuuuuumb.
jade_okelani has finished Oh My Ghostess, her first-ever K-drama, and loved it!! Yay!!!!!!! We're also nearing the end of High School King of Savvy, because I wanted that to be her first SIG show. :D It turns out that the reason there's so much cast overlap, and so many similar-ish type scenes, is because the same guy directed them both!! Apparently I just love his stuff.I also started watching two other K-dramas:
To the Beautiful You, which is a remake of Hana Kimi, which I never saw (and never appealed to me because of the whole girl-dresses-up-as-a-boy thing). I find the lead actress and character suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper annoying. I like the lead actor (Minho from Shinee) more than I thought I would, because he looks like such a freak on his Wikipedia page, but he looks more normal on the show, lol. But the real reason I started watching it is because Kim Ji-won is in it, and I really like her. She plays Myeong-ju, the second female lead, in Descendants, and even though her character should annoy me with the way she pursues Dae-young, I actually like her, and I think that probably has a lot to do with the actress. And in fact, even though she plays a bratty entitled gymnast in TTBY, I like her a lot more than the lead.
The other drama I've been watching is an older one from 2006 -- One Fine Day. I feel like this is all Gong Yoo's influence, because he's the constant running through all these older shows that I try. He did a SLEW of things right around the same time period; I wonder if it's right before he went to do his military service or something. (Yes, yes, I know he's back with Goblin, and it's on my TBW list. But I'm waiting for it to finish airing. It bodes well that it's a tvN production, which did both OMG and HSKOS.) OFD is the series he did just before Coffee Prince and just after Biscuit Teacher, Star Candy. I've been into OFD so far, even though Gong Yoo has a terrible mustache and hair, and the girl who plays the second lead is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying (her character more than the actress). The premise hits a guilty pleasure button of mine:
Although not related by blood, Seo Gun and Seo Ha-neul are legally siblings after the marriage of their parents. But after their parents die, the siblings are sent to an orphanage and get adopted into different families. In Korea, Ha-neul is a given a new name, Park Hae-won, and grows up in a wealthy, but suffocating family. Her adoptive mother behaves as though Ha-neul is her dead biological daughter, while Ha-neul's new adoptive brother Park Tae-won is obsessed with her. In Australia, Gun lives a life of destitution with his adoptive father and sister. He becomes a small-time gangster whose main talents are swindling and fighting. When he hears that his sister Ha-neul was adopted by a rich family and is now living like a princess, he decides to return to his native country in order to con Ha-neul into giving him money. Though his initial intentions are nefarious, he can't help protecting and caring for his little sister. As the two grow closer, their relationship and feelings become more complicated as they start to realize that their mutual affection is something more than that of siblings.The show feels its age, though, not just in the directing style but in the film format. While the story is pretty good, though clunky, both of the adoptive siblings in the new families are repugnant. Gun's adoptive sister has some kind of heart problem and needs surgery, so that's where a lot of their desire for money comes in. She has a massive crush on Gun and keeps trying to force herself on him, despite the fact that he clearly sees her as his dongseng only. He doesn't do enough to dissuade her, though, which I find irritating. She constantly does stupid stuff like check herself out of the hospital and cancel her operation in order to follow him to Korea. (Also, they are TERRIBLE at showing her as a woman who has serious enough heart problems that she has to have an operation or she'll die.) Even worse is Ha-neul's adoptive brother, who is a creeper of the highest order. There's no proper ending for him but for him to either die or end up going to prison forever. Given that this is an older K-drama, though, I have my doubts about whether they'll actually give him the appropriate ending.
I also finished S2 of The Man in the High Castle. I enjoyed the season, particularly as it seems they haven't really given up on the Joe-Julianna thing. Either they want to keep it at a slow burn, which I'm fine with, or maybe they won't end up together at all, which I could also see happening. I'm really bummed that Yoshida died in the bombing, and I really, really fucking hope Frank is dead, but I bet he isn't. I really fucking hate him; I think he's a whiny little bitch, I hate his nose, and everything he does annoys the shit out of me. For all those reasons, there's no way he's dead, because that would be too kind to me, and I can't have nice things.
My new Apple Watch arrived last night! It's sooooo pretty. I got the one with the rose gold plating and pink/blue band. I'm still figuring it out, but so far I've been happy being able to check my email, and I can tell that having Wunderlist on it is going to be awesome. I chose one of the Minnie Mouse variations as my watchface. :D (Min-seok has a Mickey Mouse watch, so I told
jade_okelani that I was just like him now! LOL.) Her hands point to the time, but since it's digital, she's even dancing a bit and her foot taps out the seconds! So cool. However... I was in my open space office this morning, and I touched the watch somehow -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I DID, there was nothing about this in the instructions and despite all my playing around last night, this NEVER HAPPENED -- and suddenly Minnie Mouse said in her squeaky little voice, "It's 10:30! Good morning!" and everyone stopped typing. So then I was like, "Haha, oops" and could feel myself turning red. :))))) HOW/WHY DID THAT HAPPEN!!! Why you do me like that, Minnie?!
