For some reason, it never occured to me to compare women to sashimi, jjigae or hongeohoe (raw fermented skate). Especially the hongeohoe. Frankly, I have no idea how people in Jeolla-do eat the stuff. [Chosun Ilbo, English]
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I agree. Even the watered-down versions of Hongeohoe that you find in Seoul are too much for me to handle.
ok lets see how many guys around the world are cheating on their wives and girlfriends and is this guy really way off base?????
its science people all male species want to spread their seed!!
This seems fishy to me. I thought women were 밤, 감, and 곶감. Or was it deer, rabbit and tiger?
“The remarks prompted an outburst of anger from listeners.”
buncha saps
Can’t be any worse than lutefisk, can it?
Someone has to forward this story, picture included, to Howard Stern.
Depends. What’s lutefisk’s ammonia content?
I’ve only eaten hongeo once — it was steamed hongeojjim, and the shit cleared my sinuses on the first bite…
in iceland, putrefied shark is a delicacy. they don’t have anything like samhab, though.
A Korean importer-exporter who spends half his life in Viking lands told me hongeo and lutefisk are pretty similar. Anecdotally yours, pa
Not entirely sure… It’s dried fish soaked in lye rather than fermented raw fish, so the main hazard is that the fatty oils in the fish might turn into soap if improperly prepared. I guess that’s just the risk you run when you try to turn your starvation rations into a delicacy…