Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 In the kefir group someone posted an interesting link. Note that a Korean main food is " dried slices of meat " -- hey, my Jerky meals fit right in! ---------- http://www.koreana.or.kr/search_db/view.asp?article_id=894 The basic Korean meal consists of rice as the main dish, soybeans foods, dried slices of meat seasoned with spices, and fermented foods. Soup seasoned with spices, and grilled foods are shared together with side dishes. ------------- The article also mentions that they traditionally cooked with malt, from rice. Which brings up the issue of how much sugar traditional peoples actually ATE. Malt is easy to make from sprouted grain, and it is very, very sweet. However the article also says: ------------ Whereas in Europe, the average diet consists of 40 percent carbohydrate, 30-40 percent fat, 15-20 percent protein and 10-15 percent sugar, the Korean diet consists of 70 percent carbohydrate, 13 percent fat, 14-17 percent protein and no sugar, this is considered to be the perfect balance. ------------ And I CANNOT figure where they get THAT from. My Korean cookbook uses corn syrup and sugar quite a bit, and a lot of meat (much of it raw, which isn't mentioned in the article) and plenty of fat and seseme oil. -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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