Budae jjigae, a culinary remnant of the Korean War featuring Spam and hot dog wieners, stirs up mixed emotions
Story and photo by Namju Cho
I first had budae jjigae in 1989 as a freshman at Yonsei University in Seoul. Loosely translating to “military unit stew,” budae jjigae always seemed to have mysterious origins. As soon as my schoolmates and I would sit down at one of…
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