Korean Testicles

Student: “Teacher…hungry?”
Me: “Yes”
Student: “Lunchee…Bulgogi…Faia Meat”

At first I thought he meant spicy, but most Koreans don’t really get what I say when you call spicy food “hot”. After a few seconds of thinking I realized he meant fire, as in grill. For some reasons Koreans calls bulgogi barbequed meat, but I fail to see why. The meat is boiled with spices and often squid until you won't be able to recognize what it is if it wasn’t for the texture. Aaaaaaanyway…

The name Bulgogi (불고기) is made up of two words Bul (불) translating to “Fire” and Gogi (고기) translating to meat, hence Firemeat. Funny thing is that when you look for Bul in a dictionary, you’ll see that it can also mean scrotum. What is scrotum meat other than testicles? Would cooked testicles also be called Bulgogi in Korea?