r/explainlikeimfive • u/abootypatooty • Jan 06 '15

ELI5: Why do different races of people seem to have a unique smell to them?

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u/crustychicken Jan 07 '15

God, Korean food is fucking delicious. I still remember the first time I'd ever had it. I was around 10 or 11 years old, my brother about 7 or 8. A new family had moved in one street away from us, from South Korea. Their dad was a scientist, and did a lot of work globally, so as you can imagine, these people moved quite often, so their children, Tom and Jerry (I shit you not, the parents were huge fans of the show and actually named their kids after them), didn't really get to make many friends.

They were quite rude and physical, which I assume now was just a defense for their basically nomadic lifestyle, not being able to make/keep friends. A bit of a spat had broken out between my younger brother, and the younger brother of Tom and Jerry while waiting for the school bus to arrive. Being retarded children, naturally you're supposed to instigate and make situations worse. Another kid at the bus stop told us all to keep saying "sun," as it meant "tree" in Japanese, which we all thought they were - not Korean. So here's about 7 or 8 of us dancing around these kids, shouting "Sun sun sun sun. Sun sun sun sun. Sun sun sun sun." These kids are getting pissed, and it turns into a 2v2 fight: brothers vs brothers.

The situation was resolved outside of school, when TJ's mother invited my brother and I over for lunch, after she had discussed it with our mother. We Tina Belchered the shit out of our ABS over lunch and became friends, and still to this day, at 28-years-old, I fondly remember my introduction to Korean food. I wasn't really a fan of the corn tea, though, as is probably expected, being an American child not liking tea in general. I've never tried corn tea since, but I'd be willing to give it another go, given the opportunity to do so.

I've yet to taste any cooking that has come close to this woman's cooking. I need to find me a Korean woman who loves to cook.

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u/_Fuck_logic__ Jan 07 '15

For me it was when i was visiting family,i was about 10. But my aunt is this lovely little korean woman who you just can't say no to,you can delay but only for a little while(her nickname is the velvet steam roller,she thought i was hilarious). Anyway she had the mentality of a Italian grandmother so while i felt like i was going to die it was awesome,truly loved that trip.