Let's focus on the food of Korea. Here are some recipes for Korean Short Ribs that are really easy to make, you will have to excuse the wording with the recipes as they are taken from a Korean Cook that I used to work with but if you read them with a Korean accent in your mind it works. GALBI GUI (GRILLED BEEF SHORT RIBS) INGREDIENTS 16 ribs 1 cup soy sauce, 3/4 cup sugar, cup water 1 Asian pear, chopped (or Korean pear) 1 onion, chopped 2 tablespoons minced garlic 4 tablespoons sesame oil 1 tablespoon ground pepper 1 tablespoon juice of ginger METHOD Get ribs from Korean market, it's easy. There are two types of cut. One is that the rib is wrapped with thinly sliced meat with one side attached to a bone. The other is 1/3 to 1/4 inch thick meat sliced across the bone, so 3-4 bones are in one piece). Pear acts as a tenderizer, also adds flavor. The best is Korean pear which contains more water and sweet flavor, has soft texture, and it is almost large as a cantaloupe. If you don't have a access to it, use kiwi, but small amount. Wash meat. Rarely but sometimes you can find tiny bone scraps stick to the meat. Soak in water for 1 hour, drain. In a food processor, add chopped onion and pear, puree finely. Pour out to a large bowl, add remaining ingredients, stir. Marinate beef for 8-10 hours or overnight. They cook fairly fast, 2-3 minutes on one side. Traditionally, it is grilled with a wood charcoal but certainly you can grill on a gas stove or out door grill. GALBI JJIM (BEEF SHORT RIBS IN SWEET SOY SAUCE) INGREDIENTS 4 Ld gal bi (beef short ribs) 1 carrot, peel, cut into 3/4 inch thick 10 chestnuts, peel 3 cups water, 2 cups soy sauce, 1 cups sugar onion, 1 head garlic 1 piece ginger ( inch) 1 tbsp whole black pepper 2 green onions 1 tbsp chung ju (sake or red wine) 1 tsp ground pepper METHOD Wash ribs, put in a cold water for 1 hour. Drain, put in a big pot with water, soy sauce, sugar, onion, garlic, ginger, peppers and chung ju. Stir to melt the sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the lid, cook for 2-3 hours until the meat falls from the bone. Add chestnuts and carrots 10-15 minutes before done. AND FINALLY... A rabbi is sitting on an airplane next to a Korean guy. After they have been flying together in silence for a while, the rabbi leans over and says, "You know, I've never forgiven you Chinese for what you did at Pearl Harbor." The Korean looks shocked and replies, "What the hell are you talking about? It was the Japanese the bombed Pearl Harbor, not the Chinese. And besides, I'm not Chinese or Japanese, I'm Korean!" The rabbi says, "Korean, Japanese, Chinese, what's the difference?" A little while later, the Korean man says, "You know, I've never forgiven you Jews for sinking the Titanic." The rabbi looks confused and mad and says, "What are you talking about? The Jews didn't have anything to do with that! An iceberg sank the Titanic!" The Korean guy replies, "Iceberg, Goldberg, Greenberg, what's the difference?"