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Looking forward to reading more of these posts, makes me miss my old job something fierce.

This may be coming a bit late but a word of advice on the squash: Hatchet... I mean Cleaver. If you're in a bigger city you should be able to pick one up pretty easily at a kitchen supply shop or better yet Chinatown. Something with a full tang, heavy but manageable. Then divide and conquer. You don't have to go through the whole thing at once; place upright (stem up), roll up a damp towel on one side and hold with your non-knife hand on the other, awayish from harm. That should keep it from rolling around, then aim for half and give it a whack. If you still can't get through, invest in a small wooden mallet and go wood-wedge-Paul-Bunyan-Ninja on it. Personal experience and Alton Brown.

Also practice at home with bigger items, even using smaller knives. Breaking down a large piece of veg like that with only a paring knife can be a lot of fun!

Good luck! Have fun! Make mistakes, but only once!

Korean Rice Cake Soup

Day old chinese food!

my old bosses meat cleaver, breaking apart chickens have never been so fun!

It means that I can put it in my mouth and taste and know that the animal has lived a good life... you know, at least for an animal. They probably don't need the internet.

There was one across the street from my grandparents house in Korea. It was the first one I'd ever seen so I thought it was pretty amazing. I even eventually became friends with the owners son who was around my age and we would eat various rolls and buns until my mother came and yelled at me!

A peach soda would be wonderful!

Rice and bulgogi

Sounds great can't wait to try!

I did an internship at 45th Parallel Spirits in New Richmond, WI that does a fantastic corn vodka, a citrus-y gin and has started working on aging some whiskeys and a lemoncello and orangecello. If anyone is ever in the area it's worth checking out.
http://www.45thparallelspirits.com

Tell them Tom (big guy) sent you.

on top of pizza after it's come out of the oven

China, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Greece, Germany and Turkey.... These are a few of my favorite things...

Probably a few turkey legs and some boiled potatoes to keep it simple since I'm volunteering much of my time with my boss to help feed the less fortunate.