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(upbeat music)
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(record scratch)
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(speaking Korean)
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(upbeat music)
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- So a really big part of Korean meals
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is the act of eating together as a family.
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In fact, the Korean word for family
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is "Shikgu," which literally means
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a group that eats together.
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So through this meal I thought I would share
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some of that Korean culture with my friends
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even though we can't be in the same place right now.
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All right, (speaking Korean).
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All right, welcome to day one
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of cooking with ya boy.
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So to start things off,
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I thought we would do the appetizers first.
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Now, what is the Korean equivalent of an appetizer?
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Side dishes, or banchan.
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Now, I'm so positive that none of my friends
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have had any of these side dishes before,
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and I'm hoping to just show them
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that there's more out there
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than Korean barbecue, or kimchi.
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All right, so let's get started.
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Right now I'm gonna embody my inner Korean mom.
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Every Korean mom spirit out there just give me strength,
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and we're gonna do that
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with an OG Korean mom apron.
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Country cats, baby.
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Let's get it.
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All right, so the first side dish we're gonna do
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is the radish salad.
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And because I don't feel like
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cutting all the slices of radish,
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here's a tip for you.
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Go into your Korean mother's kitchen
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and look for these. (chuckles)
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This is ...
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It's a thing, all right?
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(chopping) (upbeat music)
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Honestly, I'm not too concerned.
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I feel like these are just side dishes,
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so I don't think it'd be that hard.
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(upbeat music)
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All right, radish salad is complete.
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Look at this masterpiece.
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I told y'all.
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I told y'all the apron is where it's at.
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All right, so one down, three to go,
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and it only took me
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(chuckles) two hours.
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(laughs)
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Jesus Christ.
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(upbeat music)
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All right, so since I am making kimchi
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I'm gonna give a call to the person
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who makes the best kimchi in the world:
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Mama Kang.
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(speaking Korean)
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(laughs)
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- [Mama Kang] No, no, no, no, no.
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Sean, listen to me.
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(beep)
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(speaking Korean)
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(laughs)
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(laughing)
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(speaking Korean)
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(laughs)
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(beep)
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(speaking Korean)
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- Bye.
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(speaking Korean)
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(groans)
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I'ma try my best to save it,
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but work case scenario I'ma tell 'em
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that this how it's supposed to taste. (chuckles)
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All right, here it is.
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(laughs)
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I really don't think they'll notice.
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Please don't notice.
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All right, recipe number three,
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it is stir fried anchovies.
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I saved this one towards the end
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'cause I thought it was gonna be hard,
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but I really feel like this might be
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the easiest one so far.
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(cheerful music)
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(sizzling)
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(popping)
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Oh (beep).
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Just dumped the whole thing in by accident.
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Okay.
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(cheerful music)
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(scraping)
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Gonna go in with the sauce now.
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(scraping) (sizzling)
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Honestly, this is looking pretty good.
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I'ma give it a taste real quick.
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Yo, that's good.
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This is my best one yet so far I think.
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Mm!
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Fire.
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That's right.
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Get at me.
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All right, I'm on my last one,
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the braised black beans.
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It's nine o'clock.
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Let's just get this over with.
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(mellow music)
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All right, I think these beans are about done.
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Let's give it a check.
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Oh, that is beautiful.
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All right, here it is.
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Gonna hit it with the sesame seeds like this.
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Oh, sesame bae.
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All right, so end of day one
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I am absolutely exhausted.
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I really thought this was gonna be an easy day.
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I just spent eight hours making four freakin' side dishes.
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That's it from me.
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I'll see you guys tomorrow.
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(upbeat music)
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Welcome back.
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It is day two.
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Today we're gonna be focusing on
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the main dish as well as a soup.
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Korean people love soup.
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Today I got some bulgogi.
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So yeah, I'm gonna be making bulgogi
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as well as kimchi-jjigae, which is basically kimchi stew.
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You already know we can't cook
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without our country cats apron.
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Oh, I look good.
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Okay.
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Let's get to cookin'.
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(upbeat music)
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(whirring)
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Oh sh- ...
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(laughing)
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Oh my God.
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Pry got to cut that out.
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Okay.
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(beep)
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(upbeat music)
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(rustling)
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(upbeat music)
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All right, so I think this is good.
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We're now gonna move on to the kimchi stew.
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And lucky for my friends, I will be sacrificing
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the last of my mom's kimchi
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in order to feed my friends.
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(upbeat music)
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All right, we got the kimchi stew cooking right now.
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Oh, you see that?
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Let me just give this a taste real quick.
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(slurping)
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(coughs)
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(beep)
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All right, so the kimchi stew is cooking.
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We got our bulgogi out of the fridge.
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And now, who better to call than my very own grandma?
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Here we go.
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I really hope she answers.
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Grandma.
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- [Joyce] Hi, baby.
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- Grandma, let me tell you what I'm doing real quick.
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So, basically-
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- [Joyce] Wait, I'm frozen.
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Wait, let me get on my LTE.
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- Okay. - Give me a sec.
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Is it better?
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- It got significantly worse.
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- Really?
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(beep), okay.
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- That's my grandma who doesn't know
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how to use technology,
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but it's okay. (Joyce laughing)
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I don't know what happened.
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(laughs)
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She just hung up.
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(beep)
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How have you been feeling during these weird times?
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- I'm taking it day by day
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and I'm using this time to
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really figure out who I want to be
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and what I want.
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I tend to forget how much love I'm surrounded by.
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- Yeah.
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- You are loved and I hope that we all
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can get through this together
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knowing that the only thing we need is love.
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And I love you.
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- Thanks, I love you too.
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- Give yourself a break.
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Just be yourself, you're more than enough.
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- Thanks grandma.
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- Of course.
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Anytime, baby.
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- Bye.
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(laughs)
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All right, end of day two.
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I'm not as excited as I was
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when I first started,
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but tomorrow's the last day
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so I just want to finish it up.
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All right, calling it a night.
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Adios.
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Our final day.
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Today we are doing dessert.
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The dessert that I picked today is called sikhye,
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which is basically rice punch.
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Now, this is definitely not the hardest thing
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that we've made all week,
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but it is definitely the most time intensive.
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So, yeah, let's get to it.
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(mellow music)
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Now this has to sit for a few hours,
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so I'm gonna put a little wrap over it,
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leave it alone,
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and then come back when it's ready.
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All right, so while I'm waiting on that
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I'm also gonna make some rice because
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it wouldn't be rice punch without any.
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So I'm gonna go ahead and wash this,
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and then I will use my trusty good old rice cooker.
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My best friend.
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Don't tell Andrew.
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(laughs)
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(mellow music)
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(clicking)
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(beeping)
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(mellow music)
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All right, now we got our mixture
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and we got our rice.
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We're gonna take our bowl and very carefully
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pour the mixture into the rice.
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Now I'm gonna take this rice
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and put it back in the rice cooker,
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let it ferment for about four hours,
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and then I'll come back and check it again after that.
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All right, so I'm gonna open this up,
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and what we're looking for here
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is for a few grains of rice to have floated to the top.
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If there are none floating,
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that's an issue 'cause it's already 10 o'clock
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and I don't want to do this anymore.
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So please, please, please, please.
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(clicking)
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Oh snap!
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Yo, this is pool!
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Oh my goodness, my hard work has finally paid off.
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All right, so I transferred the punch to a big pot
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and now I'm bringing it up to a boil.
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And in the meantime, I might as well just call this guy.
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(mellow music)
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Yo!
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What are you up to?
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- I am chillin', man.
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I was about to play Xbox.
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What are doing?
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- Did I tell you what I've been doing this week?
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- Sleeping.
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- No.
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- Okay.
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I don't know what you've been doing this week then.
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- That's your only guess, sleeping? (laughs)
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(beep)
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- That's dope, bro.
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I appreciate that.