VOLUME 9 NO. 22 MARCH 4 – MARCH 17, 2021 FREE SUBMIT STORIES TO: [email protected] STRIPESKOREA.COM FACEBOOK.COM/STRIPESPACIFIC INSIDE INFO Military children tell us your story! ey, all you kids in the military community need to read this. Seriously! So, H please put down your iPad, iPhone or other digital device for the next cou- ple of minutes. You’ll survive, and I promise no one will take them. And, I also promise that this has nothing to do with more COVID-19 restrictions. Now that I have your attention, I want to give you a little job. No, wait! Don’t stop reading! If you do a little bit of work, you’ll have the opportunity to be heard by tens of thousands of people. Seriously! You see, April is the Month of the Military Child, and for the 20th straight year, the Stars and Stripes community publications are dedicating it to you, the children of our men and women in uniform. Each Stripes Okinawa, Stripes Japan, Stripes Korea and Stripes Guam issue in April will contain your stories, poems, drawings and photos about what life is like as a military child. SEE MOMC ON PAGE 2 GET SOME FRESH AIR! Rejuvenate at Gakwonsa Temple Explore Geumosan Reservoir TASTY KOREAN GIFTS PAGES 8-9 PAGES 10-11 ROLLING STONES- INSPIRED EATERY Zig zag path SATISFIES APPETITE PAGE 12 Floating bridge 2 STRIPES KOREA A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC MARCH 4 – MARCH 17, 2021 MOMC: Max D. Lederer Jr. Publisher We’re here for you! Lt. Col. Richard E. McClintic Commander CONTINUEDCONTTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Chris Verigan Engagement Director Marie Woods ForF those children who are part of the military community overseas but not Publishing and Media Design Director tectechnicallyh a military child, we want to hear from you, too. You and your Depart- Chris Carlson mmenten of Defense civilian parents are also a key part of the military community. Publishing and Media Design Manager SSo, what’s life like as a military kid? Tell us. And after you share with us, Eric Lee Advertising and Circulation Manager yyourou story, poem or drawing will be posted on our special Month of the Mili- Enrique “Rick” W. Villanueva Jr. tataryr website: Militarychild.Stripes.com and could appear in at least one week- Korea Area Manager llyy paper. Jinsun Song We are giving you a platformm to Operations Manager ssaya what you want. Of course,e, to Kentaro Shimura Production Manager hhave your say, you have to write,rite, Rie Miyoshi tytype or draw it. You can be funnyunny Engagement Manager oor serious. You can write a para-ara- Denisse Rauda ggraph or a longer story (300-wordword Publishing and Media Design Editor mmaximum, please). Or you ccanan Publishing and Media Design Writers ChiHon Kim ddrdrawaw a ppictureiict or write a poem. But, what-hhat- Shoji Kudaka Takahiro Takiguchi ever yyouou do, be yyourself.ourself. Stand uup and be heard. Layout Designers We get thousands of submissions a year, so for stories to run in the paper, they mustust Mamoru Inoue be submitted by April 15. As we approach another April, our team is ready for thehe Yukiyo Oda Yuko Okazaki onslaught. In fact, we’ve already received hundreds and are already loading themm Kayoko Shimoda onto the website and getting them ready for the papers. Multimedia Consultants By the way, like every year, we’ve been in touch with teachers across the Pacificfic Max Genao Doug Johnson Jason Lee Hans Simpson wwho are using this as a class project. So be ready for that. For those of youu Chae Pang Yi Gianni Youn who haven’t paparticipatedrt in our annual salute, we hope to hear from youu Robert Zuckerman this yyear.e Graphic Designers Kenichi Ogasawara Yosuke Tsuji Stars and Stripes is very proud to serve the militaryy Sales Support community, and it’s an honor to spotlight its resource- Kazumi Hasegawa Hiromi Isa Stories must ful group of children. Ichiro Katayanagi Yoko Noro Yusuke Sato Saori Tamanaha be submitted We can’t wait to hear from you! Toshie Yoshimizu Un Chong Yu by April 15 For feedback and inquiries, to appear in Chris Carlson, contact [email protected] Stripes Korea! Publishing and Media Design Manager Stars and Stripes To place an ad, call DSN 755-2255 stripeskorea.com/contact MARCH 4 – MARCH 17, 2021 A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC STRIPES KOREA 3 4 STRIPES KOREA A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC MARCH 4 – MARCH 17, 2021 Recreate key noodle dish from I_IZL_QVVQVO3WZMIVNQTU»8IZI[Q\M¼ Photo courtesy of CJ entertainment BY CHIHON KIM, STRIPES KOREA Drain most of the wa- arasite” invaded ter from the pot, leav- the U.S. after an 4 ing 3/4 cup of water to “P Oscars sweep just barely cover the earned the Korean film four noodles. awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film last year. Now, Parasite fans overseas are talk- ing about one aspect of the movie – the food. In particular ram-don, a Korean comfort food known as “Chapaguri,” a com- pound word mixing “Chapag- etti” and “Neoguri.” In post- production translation, the dish Photos by ChiHon Kim Add all of the Chapag- name is ‘ram-don,” mixing ra- etti seasoning packet men and udon, which are a bit and half of the Neoguri QPREP TIME: 2 minutes I bought chopped steak for stew 5 more familiar to western audi- seasoning packet (add QCOOK TIME: 5 minutes at the grocery store, which was ences. This dish incorporates more Neoguri seasoning if you QTOTAL TIME: 7 minutes convenient. Next, toss the steak Korean instant noodle packages like the spicier taste). Add the QDIFFICULTY: Very easy into another pan and cook it in and other ingredients. tiny oil packet of Chapagetti QSERVINGS: 2 any kind of sauce you prefer. and then turn the heat to medi- In Korea, director and writer QINGREDIENTS: When the steak is done, remove um. When you’re creating the Bong Joon-ho is well known for • 1 packet of Neoguri from the pan and set aside. dish, bear in mind that the key to utilizing small props in his films (Instant noodle) cooking ram-don is controlling to carry heavy symbolic mean- • 1 packet of Chapagetti the balance of the two season- ing. This element of Bong’s films (Instant noodle) ing packets to your liking. has earned its own moniker • 1 piece of Korean sirloin “Bong-tail.” Parasite’s bong-tail (Hanwoo) or any steak cut Put 7 cups of water is the ram-don from one of the you prefer. (1400ml) in a pot that is most high-tension, high-stress 1 large enough to hold scenes in the film and is thought the noodles. As soon as to symbolize the gap between the water comes to a boil, put the rich and poor. the ramen packets into the wa- Don’t worry! If you haven’t ter. yet had the opportunity to catch this movie which critics are calling “flawless” and “glorious- ly entertaining,” I’m not going to spoil it. Instead, try ram-don Basically, the dish is made of two types of instant noodles and As soon as the water first (or if you’ve also become a topped with sirloin. So, you don’t comes to a boil, add the Sauté for 1 more min- Parasite fan, you’ll want to hold particularly need special ingredi- noodles and the two ute until the noodles on to this recipe) and then be on 3 ents other than two noodle pack- vegetable mix packets. have soaked in all of the lookout for it streaming on- 6 ages — Jjapaguri and Jjpagetti. Stir the noodles so they cook the seasoning in the line! WhWhatat mamakeskes the dish is the pro- evenly and let boil for about pot. (Add a little water if it’s too [email protected] ttein,ein, wwhichh can be anything three minutes. Avoid overcook- stiff.) Remove from the heat. tthatha suits your fancy. A ing the noodles, as you will need Serve your noodles in a bowl IIDPRXVD ƓOP FULWLF LQ WR IU\ WKH QRRGOHV LQ WKH ƓQDO with the sirloin (or other meat) SSoutho Korea analyzed step. on top. tthatha cheap instant ra- mmene means the work- Trim the steak of all Bon appetite or 녍ꏮ陕걪鱽鲙 ing class, while sirloin, gristle and thick layers an expensivee ingredient (Pronounced: LQ.RLQ.RUHDVLJQLƓHVWKHXSU - 2 and then cut it into jal meok-ke-sseum-nida)! per class.cla small cubes. In my case, MARCH 4 – MARCH 17, 2021 A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION 75 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC STRIPES KOREA 5 Korean spring greens you should know STORY AND PHOTOS BY BBURI KITCHEN, GROOVE KOREA MAGAZINE or those of us who’ve grown up abroad, shopping at Korean grocery stores can be both a beautiful and bewildering experience. What is this root? This tangle of leaves? How can I make it delicious? F Unfortunately, marts and markets don’t make it easy to taste the ingredients, or buy small amounts for recipe testing. This season especially, the markets are full of bom-namul, or spring greens, which are inexpensive, delicious and healthy ingredients that you’ll definitely want in your kitchen. So we hope that this short guide to ten basic bom-namul will help get you started (if you haven’t already). There are so many more, but this is just the start! Bireum-namul (두릅) (비름나물) Dureup Bireum-namul is in the amaranth family, and can be thought of as a summer This is the only bom-namul on this list that comes from a tree.