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.
Sounds delicious...I request a pot of this stuff when I arrive.
ReplyDeleteAunt Sue used to make this often when she lived with us.
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