Hello. It's Jinger.
I immigrated to the US in 2013.
It's been almost 5 years since I lived here.
Where I live,
there aren't many Koreans
not many Asians either.
It's hard to find Korean stuff.
If I want to go to a Korean market,
I have to drive about an hour.
When I first came here,
I went to a Korean market every month.
Now only 2 or 3 times a year.
Well,
There are a lot of good products in America.
But I wish to have certain Korean things
close by.
So, I'm going to talk about it.
We sometimes suffer from indigestion.
We call it 'che-heh-ddah' in Korean.
There aren't exact expressions that
can describe it.
When I was suffering from it for the first time in America
I went to a pharmacist and tried to explain.
He gave me something for indigestion.
But it didn't work very well.
I was still sick.
The next day, I drove an hour
to go to a Korean market while feeling sick
and bought 'Gas Hwal-myoung-soo'.
If you don't have it with you
and want to describe your symptoms to a pharmacist,
indigestion
If you have a feeling that is burning or something stuck in your throat
you can say 'heartburn'.
Tell your pharmacist
indigestion and heartburn
then you should be fine.
But in my experience
Digestive medicine in America doesn't work well.
At least for me.
When housewives in Korea do the dishes
they use these rubber gloves.
These go up to my arm..
They cover the half of my arms,
plenty long, I love them.
There are something similar in America
but they are short.
I used them once.
My arms got wet while doing the dishes.
So I threw them away.
Everyone has a dishwasher in America.
They don't do dishes as much as Koreans do.
I often use a a dishwasher too.
But there are things that you are not allowed to put in it.
You need to handwash them.
Do Americans wash them bare hands?
When I went to a Korean market
I said, I didn't like American rubber gloves.
The owner lady said
Americans who experienced Korean rubber gloves
they keep buying them.
Anybody loves surimi?
I can buy it in America too.
People call it surimi or
imitation crab meat in English.
Literally fake crab meat.
It tastes like crap. Lol
I wouldn't eat it even if someone pays me.
Korean surimi rocks.
Not long ones,
square shaped ones.
You tear it and make surimi fried rice, sooo good!
But I couldn't find it at a Korean supermarket in America.
I've been looking for it for 5 years.
But last time I went there,
They had it! I almost cried out of excitement!
This!
Once you try this, you wouldn't want to eat
surimi from American supermarkets.
That's just what I think.
A lot people love American surimi.
But I am a picky person when it comes to food.
Korean surimi rocks!
I got a package not to long ago.
YouTuber, 9bul sent me this from Korea.
I left a comment on his video
not too long ago.
It was about..
He had a cold and a blocked nose,
so his voice didn't sound great.
Ah, she is the main character.
But he totally recovered his voice after drinking this tea!
Ah, she is the main character.
I was surprised and told him
taking care of my throat is important, I wish to have it in America too.
So he sent it for me!
Thank you so much.
Let's open it.
Bellflower jujube tea!
Bellflower tea is very good for your throat.
But I can't buy it in America.
You can find all sorts of supplements in America.
How come they don't carry it in America?
bellflower
balloon flower
6 bags!
Oh my gosh.
It smells good.
Bellflower tea is bitter but jujube is yummy.
Smells good.
There is a letter.
This..
is just for me. :D
There are not many Korean people and Korean things around me.
It's hard.
But I don't complain about what I don't have.
I appreciate what I have.
There are a lot of good things in America.
Wide variety of things in supermarkets.
I'm going to wrap it up
and go drink tea.
Bye.
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