Just wasting time...

Well today was rather uneventful. I read e-mails (finally) and caught up with most of them. Then I went to lunch with H. and some of his buddies. We went to the Katusa Snack Bar (well one of them) and this is the one I had not been to before.
A KATUSA is a Korean soldier who works with American soldiers on base. At the very beginning of the KATUSA program in 1950 these men were usually the people that were left behind in cities and then joined to fight with the Americans and they had no English skills or fighting skills. The program was almost scrapped in the mid 1950s because it seemed to hinder the US troops. But Katusas have come a long way, every young man between the ages of 20 and 25 have to serve 2 years in the military. Some of them choose to take a special (and hard) test to try and become a KATUSA. It is a very competative program. If you want to learn more, I am linking an article that tells about a KATUSA's day. It is written by a Korean Student. Watch out if you are reading it to kids, skip the section called "A special(?) thing an ordinary Korean KATUSA can suffer.." That part isn't G rated. this is the article


Anyway - back to the Katusa Snack Bar - this one seems to have more on the menu than the other one. I had some ManduRaymon, and it was pretty good. probably most of you have had raymon noodles at some point in your life (I ate a lot of them in college and grad school). Well it was better than the buy 10 for a buck variety... and it had mandu in it. Mandu are dumplings. I am not sure what is exactly in them - they have a green herb that is rather tasty. I like mandu a lot. usually they are fried - but when you get them in soup they are steamed. Anyway - I couldn't eat it all - so H. got the rest. He's good for eating my leftovers. This person has an awesome mandu website if you want to know more! It even has some up close pictures so you can see what I ate today!

I just finished putting the brownies in the oven, I am going to surprise Harland with them. I also have something cooking up in the crockpot. I just thought I would try the crockpot out before I start a job that way I know it works okay and everything. I'm cooking spansih rice and chicken. I'll let you know how it comes out - it is a new recipe. Well, look at me be a good housewife. Well, barrackwife, anyway.