{"id":1535,"date":"2019-06-08T23:24:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T23:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2019-06-14T00:11:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T00:11:33","slug":"searching-seoul-for-tex-mex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/?p=1535","title":{"rendered":"Seoul-Searching for Tex-Mex"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mack and I are hosting our first dinner party for some new friends here next week, and of course, the menu has to be Tex-Mex. We are loving the Korean food, but frankly…well, Tex-Mex is the nectar of the gods. (And, I brought my Texas-shaped cookie cutter…).<\/p>\n

Finding the ingredients for such a feast might not be as easy as I thought it would be. I was lulled into a false sense of security by the sighting of a block of Velveeta at the Commissary on the base (fortunately, Velveeta has the shelf life of a Twinkie). Well, if nothing else, I can fill ’em up on Linda’s iconic cheese dip!
\nThe party is not until next Wednesday night (“just stop by for snacks after work” – as if I am just throwing something together:), but I’m in a little bit of panic about the groceries! I found some rock-hard avocados (for $2.50 each -yikes) and am in the process of softening them in a brown bag with an apple…we’ll see how that works.<\/p>\n

Mack and I took a stroll down through the night market last night, in search of cilantro (I might should have thought through my menu a little more carefully). The Farmer’s Market that I frequent has really good stuff…and something that looks like it MIGHT be cilantro. In this photo, Mack is trying to use his Google Translator to figure it out. No luck.<\/p>\n

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So, we hopped on the subway and rode two stops down to the grocery store, where I found only this small container of “Coriander.” The Korean word doesn’t look anything like the one on the sign from the market. So……no telling what I’ll be feeding this gang.<\/p>\n

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I ordered a tortilla press from the Korean equivalent of Walmart – “G-market,” which arrived earlier this week. I have been practicing my tortilla-making skills. Poor Mack will be sick of tortillas by next Wednesday. But, I figured, that by the time a package of tortillas made it all the way over here, they would be frisbee-like.<\/p>\n

Full disclosure…I chose Tex-Mex for a few reasons (including those “nectar of the gods” and the cookie cutter things) …the main one being that I found a cute photo of a Frida Kahlo headband, which I am making for the ladies. I can determine whether they will be “real friends,” based on whether or not they put them on. It’s always dicey, vetting new pals.<\/p>\n

(Oh yes…also because I have a cute yellow Mexican dress).<\/p>\n

Important Decision-making strategies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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