tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965884.post6106057264740023777..comments2023-10-09T00:45:13.334+09:00Comments on gangwon notes: Sook (숙) trippingkwandongbrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193395682122475477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965884.post-64036976321906581192006-12-26T09:17:00.000+09:002006-12-26T09:17:00.000+09:00Skindleshanks,
There is at least one pharmacy in S...Skindleshanks,<br />There is at least one pharmacy in Sokcho that sells Fisherman's Friend. It's a relatively large one (for Korea) on the main street near the United Colours of Benneton for Kids store. Stick with the original stuff; I tried 'refreshing lemon Fisherman's friend' and it's terrible!<br /><br />I think Ssook is mugwort as well. I have certainly smelled the grassy smoke here in Korea but I don't know what it is.kwandongbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193395682122475477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965884.post-85620730178490565502006-12-25T23:46:00.000+09:002006-12-25T23:46:00.000+09:00Okay, correct me if I'm wrong, but 쑥 is also trans...Okay, correct me if I'm wrong, but 쑥 is also translated mugwort, is it not? Not sure if there are more than one kind, but I was under the impression that it was a relatively mild medicine, providing the green coloring in some kinds of 떡.(Of course, a lot of places cheat and use food coloring.)<br />Wikipedia says that it can cause a "dreamy state of consciousness," and can be smoked like marijuana. I've often thought I smelled marijuana or sweetgrass burning in Korea--must have been mugwort.<br /><br />On an unrelated note, I've got a sore throat that's been nagging me for a month now--where is fisherman's friend when you need it?<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you and yours, Brian.skindleshankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070569705700628940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965884.post-65430675449540210952006-12-24T16:49:00.000+09:002006-12-24T16:49:00.000+09:00Merry Christmas, Brian.Merry Christmas, Brian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965884.post-74150862355905716882006-12-24T13:20:00.000+09:002006-12-24T13:20:00.000+09:00쑥 is indeed absinthe/wormwood though I'm not sure ...쑥 is indeed absinthe/wormwood though I'm not sure if it's the same variety we have here in Korea. I've always wanted to try absinthe since I read about it in Hemingway.Marcus Peddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828640292397153550noreply@blogger.com