There was an article about K-pop in The New Yorker a few years ago. I had only vague ideas of what it was about, but that article intrigued me and I checked out some songs. I’ve been hooked ever since.
OK you K-people, I’m open to new musical experiences. Can you recommend a handful of specific songs I should listen to?
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Go old Sokol and try 익숙한 그 집 앞 by 유희열
Sauerkraut is a favorite of mine. I love the tangy sourness. Works perfect with sausage and mustard.
My Wife and I toured Germany about 5 years ago and all the sauerkraut was sweet and mushy. It sucked, I was stunned.
Lengua, i.e. beef tongue when used in Tex Mex. Mighty tender. Another: barbacoa, which uses the cheeks of the cow, though there are variations. Also, prepared well, brussel sprouts. We had some from a food truck in Albuquerque that were awesome.
Really, my mom fixed a pretty limited repertoire of dishes. I remember going with friends and getting Chinese food—made with fresh vegetables???—for the first time, a real epiphany. I didn’t think I’d like it but it was epic.
chili cheese fries
in the late 80s when I first moved back to CA they had just started to be a thing when mom first made them at home, I told her they looked like cat barf … then a couple of weeks later we went out to a restaurant and I tried them, and that’s how i 've eaten my fries 90 percent of the time
Hamilton.
I don’t like rap, or hip-hop, or whatever it’s called (or are those 2 different things? Tragically unhip here) because what little I’d heard of it had what I thought were contrived rhymes and forced rhythms and generally bad composition. Plus I’ve always hated “songs” with spoken lyrics, going back to the 60s and 70s, and that’s how this style sounded. It struck me as mediocre at best. So I was reluctant to listen to the soundtrack, despite all the raves.
Well, I was wrong. Even tho some was more spoken than sung, it was what I expected from music - well-crafted lyrics without a wasted syllable. I still won’t listen to rap, but then I mostly listen to easy-listening music from my youth. But Lin-Manuel taught me something more than a little history. Color me surprised!
Cooked spinach is disgusting. But I recently learned that, if you add the right amount of salt, it tastes like just another generic green vegetable, and it becomes edible.
A couple of weeks ago, I had a bagel brunch with a friend. I’d never had lox before, but figured I probably wouldn’t like it, since I’m not a big fan of most preserved fish products. But I won’t let that stop me from trying something, and it turns out lox is actually pretty tasty (it mostly tastes smokey, not fishy).
Not having a pet animal and having a plant instead.
My entire life has had a pet, usually more than one, in it. Mostly cats and dogs but there was an aquarium a time or two also.
The last couple of years have been mostly pet free and I’ve had a couple of different cheapo plants bought at the floral section of the local grocer(more than one plant thanks to an attempt to have another cat at the same time).
No fur, no walks or litter boxes or tank to clean, I just water it enough to keep the soil moist every few days and it lives in the afternoon sunny spot on top of the microwave growing. Gonna have to repot it soon but thats not an ongoing regular chore.
Its green and growing under my hand and appears to be thriving, which amazes and pleases me greatly as I really have a brown thumb, and plants were always those annoying things gramma and mom kept around when I was a kid.
Nyurgh! Forgot which forum we were in, and the op whilst reading the thread.
Japanese pop music, metal specifically, Baby Metal very specifically but there are other bands such as Lady Baby for example in the kawai metal genre. Japanese girl pop bands have usually been portrayed in media as little school girl costumes and squeaky voices, they aint all like that all the time. This also led me into an appreciation for rap music from thailand
For years, I’ve made my own sauerkraut - you know; slice, shred, crush, ferment. I really like my sauerkraut, ate it four or five times a week. Finally tried Kimchi, a store-bought brand, and I expect I’ll never shred another head of cabbage. Or maybe I’ll try making my own Kimchi…
Dan
I saw Baby Metal live in San Francisco last year. It was just before they shut everything down. Great show!
Mr. Salinqmind was a jingo-istic real 'Murican type who bought Chevys all his life. 'Merican made or nothing! none of those cars made in foreign parts taking good honest jobs away from hard-working Americans. Well, bought a Subaru, which is a kind of SUV, reluctantly, for reasons. Loved it! Very few problems. Bought two more after.
Hmmm, can’t tell if you liked it or not. 
(really)
There are plenty of recipes online. I’m wary of the possibility of it going bad during fermentation, although I don’t know if that’s a thing.
The original Pitch Perfect. My wife and daughter tried to get me to watch it for a long time. I finally gave in and was groaning thru the first few minutes until the “incident” happens in the first Bella’s song. From then on, it was like magic.
Was it a wardrobe malfunction?
Working outside in leaky, cold boots, near-horizontal rain, cracked open skin at the end of fingertips. 
After I said that I liked my kraut, and then said that I might never shred cabbage after trying kimchi, I don’t know, I wasn’t trying for subtlety. I’ll just add, for clarity, that I liked the kimchi more than my beloved kraut, so I ain’t gonna shred no more, no more.
And yes, easy to screw up the kraut, especially if the temp is above 65 (F, not C) and I imagine kimchi could be touchier - the commercial stuff I got had some big honkin’ chunks in it, unlike the fine, uniform shreds I produced.
Dan
Well… texting. Avoided it for years. Then it was kinda fun. And now it has ruined my life. Ah, the Circle…
Yes, this right here. Everybody needs a little Trucker in their life.