My favorite makgeolli

 I was up around 2, packed 16 things, and got out of here to the post office and FedEx at about 4:30. I made the run, and checked my usual places for boxes and stuff. I lucked out, too - the electrical lighting place had a lot of the boxes recessed light fixtures come in, wonderful little boxes that are great for first-class stuff, with a shiny finish so tape sticks to them well, and sturdy without being too heavy. 

I was already loaded up when I checked the medical place and found some nice boxes there too, so I was pretty loaded up when I got back here to unload everything and put the trailer away, use the loo, and head back out.

I raced back over to H Mart to do some spending. I'd gotten a $100 bill at Whole Foods yesterday to put into savings and when I got home and looked it over, the darned thing was torn and a bit tattered. After checking online that it wasn't super bad to do, I put tape on the tear, and figured I'll have to "pass" it somewhere. That somewhere would be H Mart. 

So I raced back up there (it's cold out and going fast keeps me warm) I got watery beer and veggies and general things, and looked over the makgeolli selection. So far I liked "Slow Village" best, as the other two I'd found were sweetened with aspartame and I didn't like the overbearing artificial sweetness. So I looked 'em over and realized I could get 2X at much for a dollar more, if I tried this one brand. It has aspartame in it but it sounded pretty good - soybean and sesame and cacao for coloring. 

I handed over my hinky $100 and before I knew it there was my change. 

So I got my haul back here and tried it, and now it's my favorite. I don't taste the aspartame, and it's got a really nice flavor. It's Po Cheon Il dong Kong Makgeolli. 6.5% alcohol which is at the upper end for me. The workingmans's refreshing tipple!

I'd actually found eggs at H Mart, and bought a carton of 12 for $7 or so, but of course as with any eggs I don't buy at Nijiya, when I got home one was broken so I had to throw it away and clean up the mess. This always happens and I don't even question it any more. It's some kind of natural law. You have to give up one. Nijiya eggs were always on the expensive end although they're of average price now. But the main thing, I told someone there long ago in the Before Times, was that I didn't have to lose one every time. 

(At least I was smart enough to save the yolk of the broken one in a little baggie. Although arguably not as smart as my little sister was, in the hungry times of the 1970s, to take advantage of the fact that we had ducks nesting under our house and would get up early to take and cook the 1-2 duck eggs they laid for her breakfast.)