Saturday, April 17, 2010

SoondaeGuk (Pork Blood Sausage Soup)

At 28 years old, I'm embarrassed to admit that I still hold my boyfriend's hand when I get my blood drawn. I also make a weird moaning sound and slap my thigh with the arm that doesn't have a needle inserted into it. I cannot stand watching blood on the big or small screen, and frankly right now it's a challenge even writing about it, which is why I am so proud that I finally did it: I ATE BLOOD SAUSAGE SOUP! I was surprised to find how mild and un-bloodlike the taste was, but it was still a psychological battle.

Sadly, the momentous event was a mid-workday surprise and I was caught without my camera. My friend Jackie suggested that I write a special song to commemorate the occasion instead, so I slapped together some lyrics and she's working on a melody. I'm not sure what it's called yet, but just be glad I didn't go with "Soondae, Bloody Soondae" like I was tempted.

SoondaeGuk Song:

Time to enter the domain
of anti-heros like Bourdain
slurp those blood balls down
feel the pig goo sloshing round
no time for a fearful retreat
and it isn't so different from meat

Blood, you're just blood
it's not like you're mud
I've bled you, I've shed you
you course through Paul Rudd

Blackened lips and slurping sounds
bloody sausage goin' down
you fill me, you thrill me
those Korean kids were right
vampires don't just rule the night

Blood, you're just blood
it's not like you're mud
I've bled you, I've shed you
you course through Paul Rudd

Piggy hips and piggy lips
I've conquered almost every pork part
that a carnivore can eat
and now the next step is pig's feet

3 comments:

  1. HAHAHAHAH! you kill me! I grew up eating soondae and never knew it was blood sausage. One day, at the Korean market, I noticed they had modernized and all the labels were in English and Korean. I looked down at my package of soondae and was horrified to read "blood sausage" written in English. I started to freak, but somewhere a little voice in my head said, "well, if you've eaten it for this long and loved it, why freak out now?" so I shrugged and purchased the package as originally intended. freak out averted.

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  2. I still think you should do "Soondae Bloody Soondae."

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  3. Sarah: A couple of weeks ago I mentioned to Clara, who loves soondae, that it was blood sausage. She was shocked! Out of curiosity, what did you think it was? Just regular sausage?
    ZenKimchi: This was the first song I've ever written, and it'd be pretty funny if I wrote another one about soondae. I just may.

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