Re: [CH] kim chi
Mark McHugh (mt_mchugh@internet-stat.net)
Sat, 19 Jan 2002 19:47:36 -0600
danceswithcarp wrote:
>
> At 02:58 AM 1/19/02 -0800, Terry Van Kirk wrote:
>
> >Um, does anybody know, what does it mean, you're in deep kim chi?
>
> I first heard it in the army in the 70s. A lot of guys had been stationed
> on the 38th paralell and I assume instead of saying "deep sh*t" they said
> "deep kimchi," possibly due to the smell of a bucket fermenting. When it
> is enclosed and still wirking it is *powerful*.
>
> I have a Korean-American girl in one of my classes and her Ma' sent me a
> Big Jar of fresh kimchi last week. She doesn't have the recipe because she
> does it by either instinct or sight. I opened it in the classroom and for
> the rest of the day kids came in, sniffed, wrinkled up their noses and
> looked around and started asking who crapped.
>
> I had it every day for lunch in the teachers' lunch room and got a lot of
> similar reactions. I didn't realize so many of them were culturally
> deprived.
I get the same reaction when I open my jars at work or home. So far
only one person has been bold enough to sample the kimchi.
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Mark McHugh