Tuesday, March 22, 2011

100%

On Tuesdays I eat lunch in the classroom to make myself available to students who want extra help with their English, which leaves me little time to eat lunch.  Last week I brought in some instant ramen for myself to eat while in the classroom.  I thought this week I would get some instant rice porridge.  The label was appealing, "100%", the spoon was included, and it was about 75 cents.  Here it is:

Upon opening the package and adding water I began to suspect it was not the rice porridge I had envisioned.  Turns out nurungji is, "A traditional Korean food made of scorched rice. After boiling and serving rice, a thin crust of scorched rice will usually be left in the bottom of the cooking pot".  It tasted like soggy crackers.  I think I'll start quickly eating lunch in the cafeteria for the first half of lunch from now on.

2 comments:

  1. Sounds delicious...I request a pot of this stuff when I arrive.

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  2. Aunt Sue used to make this often when she lived with us.

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