Team DMZ

[sleazie ninja number 47]

I don't think Insomaniac could survive in the dog-eat-dog world that is Team DMZ.

wEstSidE, are you petitioning for membership?

We should compose a public letter to insomniac, buy some super-ad space to post the letter. I think it could work. Dizz, quickly give me your credit card number.

Westside, is the prezident of his own organizizaation. This is more of summit a meeting in Staad.

matsu-san, I rub miso chasu ramen...i can inhale dat shit. wish i could goto a izakaya right now, I'd pound.

[Guest jmatsu]

Zing !!

(what is hmong ?)

the gypsies/pikeys of china or mongolia (if they can survive china's winters).

[Liberation1945]

i swear that shit said philipino at first.

goin down the list or something?

[Guest jmatsu]

i swear that shit said philipino at first.

goin down the list or something?

it never said "philipino."

[Liberation1945]

filipino.

shiiiiit.

[sleazie ninja number 47]

it never said "philipino."

lib, fyi, matsu-san is the ichiban quick editor. i can only aspire to have his editing skills.

[Guest jmatsu]

lib, fyi, matsu-san is the ichiban quick editor. i can only aspire to have his editing skills.

that's "matsu-sama," but we're cool, so you thats okay.

[Analog]

matsu-san

matsu-sama

What's the diff between the two? And I thought your uid was the name of a Japanese girl...

[sleazie ninja number 47]

What's the diff between the two? And I thought your uid was the name of a Japanese girl...

This thread is like chat edition.

We should also consider DUM, he kind of looks korean and his April 77s are the toast of the town.

[Guest jmatsu]

What's the diff between the two? And I thought your uid was the name of a Japanese girl...

i don't really want to go into the finer details of sama and san, because this is the dmz thread...

and i assume you mean that junko matsumoto joke?

my family name is really matsumura. "j" is the initial of my given name.

[Guest jmatsu]

This thread is like chat edition.

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this shit is like the college dorms. me, this one korean dude and a chinaman used to be the only asians (in the freshman dorm). we used to cook rice together. they used to get on my case about ww2 all the time. they tried to convince me that america had a historical holiday called "slap a jap day." we'd argue about whose country had the easiet bitches, who had the best food, what martial arts was the mightiest, and yadaX3.

[sleazie ninja number 47]

WHEN Joe McPherson moved to Seoul in 2002, he thought he was leaving fried chicken behind. “I grew up watching Popeyes training videos,†Mr. McPherson said. His father managed a Popeyes franchise near Atlanta and fried chicken was a constant presence in his life.

“Living in the South, you think you know fried chicken,†he said. But in Seoul, he said, “there is a mom-and-pop chicken place literally on every corner.†Many Asian cooking traditions include deep-fried chicken, but the popular cult of crunchy, spicy, perfectly nongreasy chicken — the apotheosis of the Korean style — is a recent development.

In the New York area, Korean-style fried chicken places have just begun to appear, reproducing the delicate crust, addictive seasoning and moist meat Koreans are devoted to.

“Food in Korea is very trendy,†said Myung J. Chung, an owner of the Manhattan franchise of Bon Chon Chicken, a karaoke-and-chicken lounge that opened in December. “Other trends last two or three years, but fried chicken has lasted for 20 years,†he said.

Platters of fried chicken are a hugely popular bar food in South Korea — like chicken wings in the United States, they are downed with beer or soju, after work or after dinner, rarely eaten as a meal.

“Some places have a very thin, crisp skin; some places have more garlicky, sticky sauces; some advertise that they are healthy because they fry in 100 percent olive oil,†said Mr. McPherson, an English teacher, who writes a food blog called zenkimchi.com/FoodJournal.

“Suddenly there will be a long line outside one chicken place, for no apparent reason, and then the next week, it’s somewhere else.â€

Even Korea’s corner bars and fast-food chicken chains are preoccupied with the quality, freshness and integrity of their product.

With Korean-style chicken outlets opening recently in New York, New Jersey and California, fried chicken has begun to complete its round-trip flight from the States to Seoul.

“I really think we make it better than the original,†said Young Jin, who opened a friendly little chicken joint called Unidentified Flying Chickens in Jackson Heights last month. “We use fresh, not frozen, chicken, always fried to order, no trans fats, no heat lamps.â€

In Korea, chickens are much smaller, so the whole chicken is fried and served, hacked up into bite-size pieces. But the large breasts and thighs of American chickens are a challenge to cook evenly.

According to Mr. Jin and others, that’s why the Korean-style chicken places here serve mostly wings (true connoisseurs can specify either the upper “arm†or the “wingâ€) and small drumsticks. The chicken is typically seasoned only after it is fried, with either a sweetish garlic-soy glaze or a hotter red-pepper sauce that brings the dish into Buffalo wing territory.

But do not look for blue cheese and celery sticks, or even biscuits and gravy. The typical accompaniment to Korean fried chicken is cubes of pickled radish and plenty of beer or soju; the combination produces an irresistible repetition of salt and spice, cold and hot, briny and sweet, crunchy and tender.

“People — even Americans — say the combination is really addictive,†said Ryan Jhun, Mr. Chung’s brother-in-law and business partner. Mr. Jhun spent a month training with the founder of Bon Chon to master the chain’s frying method, which produces characteristically light and crunchy pieces. Bon Chon, Bon Bon and Unidentified Flying Chickens all base their technique on the one developed by Kyochon, one of the most popular Korean chains. Although none of the chicken fryers interviewed would describe the method in its entirety, its outline is clear. (Warning: partisans of Southern-fried chicken will find much that is blasphemous in the following.)

For crunch, American-style fried chicken relies on a thick, well-seasoned crust, often made even thicker by soaking the chicken pieces beforehand in buttermilk. When that crust is nubbly and evenly browned, and the chicken meat is cooked through, the chicken is sublime. But too often, the flesh is still raw when the crust is cooked, or the skin never cooks all the way through, leaving a flabby layer of skin between the meat and the crust.

Korean-style fried chicken is radically different, reflecting an Asian frying technique that renders out the fat in the skin, transforming it into a thin, crackly and almost transparent crust. (Chinese cooks call this “paper fried chicken.â€) The chicken is unseasoned, barely dredged in very fine flour and then dipped into a thin batter before going into the fryer. The oil temperature is a relatively low 350 degrees, and the chicken is cooked in two separate stages.

After 10 minutes, the chicken is removed from the oil, shaken vigorously in a wire strainer and allowed to cool for two minutes. This slows the cooking process, preventing the crust from getting too brown before the meat cooks through. It also shaves off all those crusty nubs and crags that American cooks strive for.

After 10 more minutes in the fryer, the chicken is smooth, compact, golden-brown, and done. Then, it’s served plain (with a small dish of salt and pepper for seasoning) or lightly painted with sauce. When it’s done correctly, the sauce is absorbed into the crust, adding savor without making it soggy.

Last week, I tasted chicken from four different Korean-style spots, and arrived at a rule of thumb that the best chicken had the least sauce (although chicken with no sauce at all was weirdly bland). The chain Cheogajip was more heavy-handed with the sauce than the others, making their chicken too sticky and sweet. But all the other chicken was at least tasty and even delicious, remaining crisp through the day and when reheated the next morning. The sauces at Unidentified Flying Chickens, which Mr. Jin makes from scratch and is still developing, had the most rounded flavors.

Mr. Jin sees his new store, located in a neighborhood that is more Latino than Asian, as the cradle of a multicultural empire devoted to one thing: perfect fried chicken.

“You wouldn’t go to a soft tofu store and expect to find great kalbi,†he said, referring to the grilled, sweet-and-salty short ribs that are another Korean favorite. “When you make only one thing, and you make people wait for 20 minutes to get it, it had better be good.â€

[Analog]

isn't analog a girl? i think?

I've managed to infiltrate the Sufu Ladies Club (SLC), if that's what you're referring to. It was child's play, really.

and i assume you mean that junko matsumoto joke?

haha I didn't know your were joking - I thought you were a fan and thus the uid.

[Guest jmatsu]

I've managed to infiltrate the Sufu Ladies Club (SLC), if that's what you're referring to. It was child's play, really.

a penis-tuck is way easier to execute than a denim-sneaker/boot-tuck.

[Guest jmatsu]

haha I didn't know your were joking - I thought you were a fan and thus the uid.

who? the japanese psychologist or the japanese latin musician?

[sleazie ninja number 47]

New Sig. Lolllerzzz...

[dizzhizz]

^^ Now thats dropping some knowledge.

I'm game for westside to get up on this, just as long as he doesn't ask for double d batteries at my dad's store and receives the title as minion#1 while I become Anma Liason.

[Analog]

who? the japanese psychologist or the japanese latin musician?

I have no idea. I thought we were talking about a porn star.

What's the diff between the two?

San vs Sama

[dizzhizz]

well i hope and i assume that team dmz doesn't.

I love all Japanese peeps except for the ones who worship Yon-San-Ma at the Lotte Duty Free Stores. Shit is ridiculous.

[sleazie ninja number 47]

I have no idea. I thought we were talking about a porn star.

He was making a funny of your computer hacking skills when said "uid" or watevs.

[Guest Airjamie]

"slap a jap day."

Bahahahahaahhahah.

[dizzhizz]

my family name is really matsumura. "j" is the initial of my given name.

Japanese peeps have such cooler names. Kim, Park and Lee are just so boring.

[sleazie ninja number 47]

Diz Shitz Is Heatin' Upp, Westside Now Airjamie>>> Imma Bout To Fire Up The Hottub For A Kalifornya Gangsta Style Pool Pahrty...

[dizzhizz]

I think findmybetterhalf is also a dog eater. He also has a tattoo on his nipple. And he represents the northwest. He must smoke the ganja. Chingoo bang-gap-da!

[Guest Airjamie]

Diz Shitz Is Heatin' Upp, Westside Now Airjamie>>> Imma Bout To Fire Up The Hottub For A Kalifornya Gangsta Style Pool Pahrty...

Lass tyme wessside wuz in dat hawttub wif ya boy nigga all squeezed out a fresh one an da turd dun flowtidded an hit babygurl in da arm and aint nobuddy got no skinz dat night ya herd?

[sleazie ninja number 47]

Lass tyme wessside wuz in dat hawttub wif ya boy nigga all squeezed out a fresh one an da turd dun flowtidded an hit babygurl in da arm and aint nobuddy got no skinz dat night ya herd?

DEM BITCHIZ WUZ TRIFFLIN' ANYWAYZ. DHEY AIN'T NEVA SENE NO CHINABOYZ BEFORE AND WUZ ALL LIKE "HAY'LL NO!" FUCK DAT SHIT. AINT NOBODI WANNA HIT DEM SKINS ANYWAYZ. IFAKE AZZ WEAVZ AND SHIT. WESTSIDEZ TURDS IZZ STR8 CHEDDAH.

[Guest Airjamie]

DEM BITCHIZ WUZ TRIFFLIN' ANYWAYZ. DHEY AIN'T NEVA SENE NO CHINABOYZ BEFORE AND WUZ ALL LIKE "HAY'LL NO!" FUCK DAT SHIT. AINT NOBODI WANNA HIT DEM SKINS ANYWAYZ. IFAKE AZZ WEAVZ AND SHIT. WESTSIDEZ TURDS IZZ STR8 CHEDDAH.

YUH YUH DEM IS DAT CHEDDUH LIKE BUTTUH U NO. IFZ IT ALL PON DUH NIGGAHS IN DU KALIFORNIA PARTIE MAY-B WE SHULD GET SUMMUH DEM BAKERZFIELD HOES WHUT BE ALL SKANKED OUT AND SHIT AND ALL "IM FROM BAKERSF....I MEAN...POMONA" AN DEN WESCYDE CAN KAWPPUH SQUAT ON THEY TITZ AN WE CAN SELL IT AWN DEMZ INTARNETZ!?!?!?! NO?!!!!

EDIT: BAGELCHIPZ BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH

[sleazie ninja number 47]

YUH YUH DEM IS DAT CHEDDUH LIKE BUTTUH U NO. IFZ IT ALL PON DUH NIGGAHS IN DU KALIFORNIA PARTIE MAY-B WE SHULD GET SUMMUH DEM BAKERZFIELD HOES WHUT BE ALL SKANKED OUT AND SHIT AND ALL "IM FROM BAKERSF....I MEAN...POMONA" AN DEN WESCYDE CAN KAWPPUH SQUAT ON THEY TITZ AN WE CAN SELL IT AWN DEMZ INTARNETZ!?!?!?! NO?!!!!

EDIT: BAGELCHIPZ BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH

OH SHNAPPP! FAW SHO, FAW SHO MY D00D. WE KAN POPZ-A-SQUAT ON DEM FLOPPIN AZZ TITZ, EAT SUM DEL TACO COMBO MEALZ, AND JUSS UNLOADZ ON DEM BAKARZFELD HOES. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. ILL REKORD IT ON MY NEXTEL, AND THEN SELL IT TO EDMOND IN DA SUPARMARKET, AND MAKE MAD DOLLAHS.

CHUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCH!

[Analog]

So sleazie, you and ddohnggo are students, yeah?

[dizzhizz]

Time to abuse senior status as the almighty hyung!