The other day I whipped up some western style breakfast. Take a look:
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| Eggs and Spam, aka, the heart attack summoning spell. |
I just fried up eggs, onions, garlic, and spam with a bit of canola oil, and bam: delicious breakfast for a grumpy morning. I topped it with extra garlic powder and salt, for some bonus flavor (we love garlic).
But I made this in South Korea, and everything was a bit different from back home. It's not bad, but it's not like the local greasy spoon up the street. The Spam is a variety not found in my home state. The eggs are brown-shelled eggs. I think I actually prefer brown-shelled eggs now. The garlic is, well, pretty fresh for cheap garlic purchased from Home Plus (the local supermarket). In Ohio where I'm from, stuff like garlic only seems fresh when I get it at a health food or organic store.
Whenever I make something that was a favorite at home (for example: tacos!), there's always a thing or two that's different in a subtle way. Other than some important items that I just can't find here in Suncheon (tasty fake cheese for my lovely Kaitlin), it usually doesn't make a different, but is duly noted.
So. I take US and Korean ideas, casually plop them in the "blender", and get a something inspired by both and basically unremarkable, but nevertheless tasty.
