The Can Opener

Last week I was a little homesick so I decided I was going to make chili. Chili should be easy enough right? I went to a different grocery store this time where James told me they have a large western section. That grocery store is called Home Plus and apparently is an English outfit. After a good parade around the store with two service people trying to pantomime "beans" to them, the guy helping me out found them. The word "bean" when you put it into a translator comes out in Korean like rice or soy beans, like a grain, I think. It added to the confusion. I got the only beans they had, kidney beans, and loaded up my cart with the rest of the ingredients. I got; beans, onions, red, green and yellow peppers, jalapeno peppers, and a kilo of beef. They dont do ground beef in Korea and think its almost a mortal sin because their beef is very expensive and I have to admit, a lot better then American beef. I also looked for parmesan cheese but that was a hopeless endeavor. The only cheese in Korea is Canadian singles (American Cheese slices). Anyway, I decided to cook up the beef on Saturday night a few days later but when I went to open the cans I realized I didnt have a can opener. It was around 7pm when I started to cook so I ran around the corner to the Family Mart. They didnt have a can opener but said that maybe another Family Mart would. I tried 3 other Family Marts but none had one. I went to Hyundai department store and they only had a 71,000W can opener from Germany. I wanted chili but not for 70 bucks. I finally remembered a kitchen supply store that was in the neighborhood and ran straight there. My luck, they closed at 8pm, right when I got there. 8,000W for a can opener. SOLD. That chili was good too.