I am currently on a "liquid diet" in Korea because I'm getting a colonoscopy tomorrow. Korean food has not been very kind to my colon these past three months so hopefully after tomorrow, we can figure out what the problem is! Anyway, I'm supposed to be eating liquids and the doctor recommended something called "jook" which translates to porridge but tastes nothing like it. Imagine small pieces of overcooked rice mushed into baby food with a fishy sort of taste.
Soup is very common in Korea, but unfortunately, clear soup broth is not! All the soups are cream based so I think I will stick with fruit juice and try to choke down this jook, although it is honestly one of the most repulsive things I have ever tasted.
Seeing a Korean doctor whose English is very limited is a unique experience! He had to look online several times to translate an agreement which I had to sign.
This is the most vile food I've ever tried and am really just writing this blog as an effort to distract me from actually eating it. I think I may just have to stick to fruit juice
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