Greasy Mushroom Story

I've been thinking today that there really are a lot of pork products in Korea. Of course most types of Korean barbecue are pork. And each shop has spam as I wrote about before, you can see below. 

But also I think most supermarkets besides the smallest sell little packs of sausages, hot dogs, mini-hot dogs, etc. Today I bought a dollar pack of four small ones, looked like hot dogs, but I think were sausages to give to some stray cats. And I bought a pack for 1.50 which had five sausages a little bigger than the others. I used to go to the convenience store and buy one sausage around the size of a regular hot dog and have the staff heat it in their microwave. Then I ate it on bread with caesar salad dressing. Was very good. 

Today after eating two sausages in the pack I had a greasy taste in my mouth which I didn't like. After finishing the pack a bit later ( I was hungry) it since hasn't really bothered me but it's still there.

I distinctly recall Korean friends and acquaintances saying very plainly: "We don't like greasy food" or "Koreans don't like to eat greasy food." Well, considering the barbecue, the fried chicken, the sausages, the Korean-Chinese foods jja jja myun or tan su yook which are noodles in soy sauce and oil and breaded fried pieces of pork respectively.....it seems Koreans do like greasy foods. They like healthy and non-greasy ones also. As this point I really can't be totally sure of the amount of greasy foods the average Korean has in their diet. But I want to tell one story about it.

Once I ate with my students who were eating packed lunches from tupperware containers. One offered me one ordinary looking mushroom which I ate. After eating it - just one mushroom - I realized it was fried. I had an extremely greasy taste in my mouth. I chewed a piece of mint gum to try to get rid of the taste, then another and another. After 3 pieces of mint gum I hadn't gotten rid of it. By the way, I don't chew gum much and never chew 3 pieces in a short time. 

Next thing I remember I was outside going somewhere and was telling a friend about this. He asked why I didn't brush my teeth. Unfortunately I was out and couldn't. That's all I remember. 

All I can say is that was one greasy mushroom. I don't know how the kid's mother cooked it to make it that greasy. Perhaps she fried the mushrooms in a ton of oil. Seems like she just poured the oil directly onto it. If she had done that it would have been soggy I would've been able to tell by looking at it. Of course I don't think someone would prepare food that way, however, seems like that's what she did.