Market Day

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Julia and I decided to start a blog together about our stay in Ulsan, South Korea.  Tune in for pictures and brief descriptions of life here teaching children, trying new food and visiting new sights.  For more detail, send us an email at da.mep.dah@gmail.com!!  Wanna know what that means??  Email us!  =P

Today was market day.  Every thursday, the (mostly) old women of our area Cheon-guk dong, Ulsan, get together and sell food, clothes, and some household items - but mostly food.  

Here's Julia talking to a woman who was trying to sell us some strange herb.  We didn't recognize it and she didn't speak any English so we just shrugged at her and said "morugeta" - which means "i don't understand."  Later, Julia bought "sagwa" (apples) from another older woman who spoke a little bit of English.  She was very funny, laughing and upbeat.

Here are some of the fish/seafood options for purchase:

I'm pretty sure that in the lower left you will see a flayed sting-ray...  and upper left?  I dunno... eel??  There is a lot of different kinds of fish and we don't have a clue which is which.  I think that if we figure it out at all, its possible that a book on korean fish and food will be spawned to aide future clueless wey-gooks.

    Octopuses?  Yes... that IS the plural of Octopus...

Squid?  This stuff is all so very abundant and popular here.  I don't think Koreans have any concept for "too chewy" or "too fishy" or "too spicy"....  basically, they expect that you will eat just about anything and smile after saying "Mashee soy yo" or "Mashee cho-y-yo" --- both mean "it tastes good!"

There is also a lot of stuff that is still alive at the market...  moving and pissed off!  We'll post more about the thursday markets, etc. in other blogs... thanks for tuning in!