Mapanggulo

Nice post thanks for putting the link there.

Things I miss

1. The Food (though we have two good restaurants that serve great Korean food here. Plus I make some Korean dishes sometimes). I miss the street vendors right outside the gates of the base…good snacks to grab on the way home! Also miss going away from the base to try different things.

2. The Sites to see. I loved going around to some of the historical sites and temples, the history of Korea is very interesting to me.

3. Shopping. I’m not the best bargain hunter…I usually just either paid what price was listed or gave a counter offer and left it at that. Also loved being able to get a lot of things custom made.

4. My dog Soju! He was a Korean Jindo Gae (don’t know if he was truly full blooded…I was told he was) that I got when I was stationed there and was lucky enough to bring him home. I’d love to get another of his breed (or two).

Hmmm…I’ve got the same bowls (bought from the same place) and I didn’t have an issue with them when I’ve heated them up. They’ve been heated up to 400 deg). First I put water and a little salt in them and heated them until they came to a boil. Then rubbed sesame oil on the inside of them and put them back in the oven until I was ready to put my bi bim bap in them.

They didn’t leak then, but I’ve only used them once. Did the leaking happen the first time? I’d say if they are cracked enough to leak they might be defective…but not for sure. I’d think you might still be able to use them, maybe with a cookie sheet under them to cut down on the mess?

One issue I found was proper directions on how to season them (temperature and amount of time).