Cheat day

Inferiority complex

“Do you like Mom?” Do you like Dad? Are you a “bubok”? Dipping or not? I will only get a taste of the most intense debate in the history of the Korean Peninsula. For the side dishes of a meal discussion.

“This is Baek Woo-jin.”

Thursday.

I grew the side dish store and started the Baekban Debate, which still has the highest number of views.

When I first started, I thought the ideas would run out quickly and that it wouldn’t be long-lasting content, but as I pulled my hair out, here I am at the 19th one already.

If you’ve done this much, you should be used to it, but exchanging jokes in front of 13,000 people is no small feat.

Swallowed and continued the commentary.

“Today, something really big came, right?”

“It’s a big deal.”

The viewers kept posting comments asking if it was always a big deal.

“The dynamic duo of the dining industry, the rivals of the late-night delivery scene: Bossam vs. Jokbal.”

└Oh

└I was wondering when this would happen, haha.

Isn’t late-night food chicken?

Pig’s trotters are too expensive.

└Bossam too

└Seriously, these days food prices are so high that it’s burdensome.

I want to eat jokbal.

“Is this a person?” Is it a pig? The perfect meeting of fat and lean meat. Commissioner Baek Woo-jin from Samgyeob was with us. Hello?

Introducing Baek Woo-jin, I grabbed his belly fat and showed it to the viewers.

“…….”

“Commissioner Baek Woo-jin?”

Today, I successfully took the initiative again.

Baek Woo-jin, whose belly fat was pinched, was thoroughly sulking.

“How are you going to introduce yourself?”

With a fierce first impression, but a face that is not scary at all, I glare.

“Did Ban-chan-yong turn into a pig in his dream, or did the pig turn into Ban-chan-yong in his dream?” It is used as a side dish for jokbal and has appeared as a hand model in many movies such as Animal Farm, Red Pig, Spirited Away, Babe, and Okja.

When he brought his index and middle fingers, as well as his ring and little fingers together to form a shape resembling pig’s trotters, Baek Woo-jin let out a small laugh.

“Then let’s get started.” Commissioner Baek Woo-jin, could you please explain the advantages of bossam?

“I’ll explain it to you using the logic that the side dish committee member likes the most.”

Baek Woo-jin searched for “Won Grandma Bossam Jokbal” in the internet browser.

As of 2023, Wonhalmae Bossam Jokbal is selling large jokbal for 43,000 won. On the other hand, the same size of the matbo-ssam is 55,000 won. The price difference is as much as 12,000 won.

“Since it’s 12,000 won more expensive, it must be tastier, right?”

“Are you really thinking of denying it?”

└hahahahahahahaha

└I can’t even lol He said that if he denies that, he’s denying capitalism lol

└Denial of capitalism > Denial of South Korea > Are anarchist No Geun-bon’s tech trees operational?

└They are giving back exactly what they received.

└It was over from the start.

“You really go too far.”

“What?”

“Okay.” Bossam is more expensive. A whopping 12,000 won.

“Okay.” So.

“Don’t you still get it?”

When I spoke with emphasis, Baek Woo-jin just blinked.

“Don’t you know how tough the economy is these days?” “Does it make sense to pay 55,000 won for one meal?”

No. This is a big deal. It’s for three or four people.

“Who divides the big portion?”

Baek Woo-jin flinched in surprise.

Since you showed a weakness, it’s only polite to take advantage of it.

“Of course it’s a single serving!” Why is it a big deal that it’s a big deal! A cow is a cow! Children! Big people sleep big! Adult!

└Crazy lolololololol

└Ah, I said it’s one serving for the side dish.

└Baek Woo-jin’s flustered face is super cute, lol.

└No, no matter what, how can you eat a whole bossam by yourself? LOL

This uncle is eating.

“Why do you eat so much, bro? Who eats that much?”

“Okay.” I’ll give in a hundred times and let four people eat.

“Shall I give it to you?”

“If 55,000 won is divided among 4 people, how much is it?”

“13,750 won.”

“Okay.” If you eat jokbal instead of bossam, five people can eat. And yet, there’s still a whopping 1,750 won left. “There’s such a big difference, and you’re going to eat bossam instead of jokbal?”

“I can handle that much more.” Because it’s more delicious.

“You’re really a bad pig, aren’t you?”

“What?”

It seems like you still don’t know, so I searched for the UNICEF campaign on YouTube and played it.

Does this child know what it feels like to be full?

└Ah

Oh, this is…

└Baek Woo-jin was a total jerk.

└ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

“Why are you so extravagant?” “Even now, how many people are desperately in need of 12,000 won?”

“No.”

Baek Woo-jin was about to say something but then bowed his head.

“I’m sorry.”

Right now, we are doing volunteer work for the socially vulnerable, college students, and job seekers.

Since you are looking at it positively and I am benefiting from it, there is no way I can refute it.

“Yeah.” So let’s leave out the price discussion and just talk about the taste.

Baek Woo-jin trembled his fist and nodded.

I almost got labeled as an anarchist, but I managed to get through it well.

“This time, you go first, hyung.”

Baek Woo-jin said with a sinister expression.

Pig’s trotters. It is a part that is truly loved worldwide. Not only in our country, but also in China, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Spain, Thailand, Ireland, and many other countries, it is truly loved.

“So, it’s delicious?”

So if I say it’s delicious, they’ll just accuse me of cultural imperialism.

There’s still a bit more to discuss. Pork trotters were loved not only in the countries mentioned earlier but also in France. Do you happen to know a place called Saint-Méno?

“Ah.”

Baek Woo-jin’s eyebrows twitched as if he realized something.

There’s no way that guy, who crams all sorts of trivia into his head, wouldn’t know this famous anecdote.

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were fleeing to Varennes during the French Revolution.

What are you talking about?

└Why did we end up talking about Louis XVI while discussing jokbal?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└Here we go with the buildup again.

“Louis XVI, who arrived in Saint-Menehould, was hungry and suggested eating the famous braised pig’s trotters there.” The courtiers said they should escape quickly, but Louis XVI insisted he must have the braised pig’s trotters from Saint-Ménou. But what happened?

“……It took too long to make, so I got caught.”

“That’s right.” Jokbal jjim is a dish that takes a long time to prepare. The courtiers and Louis XVI knew as well. Even though the revolutionary army was chasing from behind, the chef couldn’t bring himself to escape. Even at the risk of losing my head on the guillotine, I couldn’t bring myself to give up on making jokbal.

Is this a true story?

└Are you crazy? LOL Some lunatic ordered jokbal while running away. LOL

└Isn’t it okay to have one serving of jokbal before you die?

└Ah, lol, I can’t resist jokbal, lol.

I thought I had conveyed the superiority of jokbal well enough, when Baek Woo-jin smiled.

“Did you find out the source of that story?”

“Source?”

I shook my head.

“It’s a story from the French culinary encyclopedia written by Alexandre Dumas.” And Alexandre Dumas is being credited with starting the genre of fiction. In other words, someone who tells interesting stories. There are also claims that the story of Louis XVI enjoying braised pork trotters was adapted from the fact that he once had a delicious meal of braised pork trotters in Saint-Méno.1)

Baek Woo-jin shook his head.

“Did you really have no basis to bring up something that wasn’t even a confirmed fact?”

I couldn’t check that part.

“Then it’s my turn, right?”

“Wait a moment.” There’s one more left.

Baek Woo-jin shrugged his shoulders as if to say, “Go ahead, give it a try,” with his palm facing up.

“Once upon a time, there lived a pair of brothers.”

“Is it another old story?”

“The older brother was full of greed, and the younger brother had a weak heart.” After our father passed away, my brother ended up taking all the assets, and my younger sibling was left with nothing.

Baek Woo-jin tilted his head.

“One day, the younger sibling, who was very hungry, went to the older sibling and asked for some rice, but the sister-in-law came out and slapped him with a spatula.”

“Isn’t it the story of Heungbu and Nolbu?”

“Okay.” Even while getting hit with a spatula, my younger sibling begged for more, seeing the rice sticking to their cheek. I wanted to take that and feed it to the kids.

“What on earth do you want to say?”

“Since Heungbu asked to be hit more, the sister-in-law got even angrier.” Heungbu was happy even though it was true. Finally, I thought, I can feed my kids something. However.

Baek Woo-jin is looking at me with a sullen face.

“Norbu noticed it.” I quickly went over and even wiped off the rice stuck to his cheek. Heungbu was so sad that he asked his brother.

It’s time to express our emotions.

Hyung! Why are you doing this to me! You took all of my father’s inheritance, and now you’re taking this too—what on earth is your reason for doing this? “Why are you being so cruel, going to such lengths to do this?”

He looked back and forth between Baek Woo-jin and the camera and spoke.

“I’m planning to open a bossam restaurant.”

What do you mean?

└LOL

└???? Am I the only one who doesn’t understand?

└Nolbu Bossam lololololol

“Take the inheritance too.” Even the rice ball I got after being slapped is taken away. How can you eat bossam made by that greedy man! Don’t you feel sorry for Heungbu?

“Bro, apologize quickly before we get sued by Nolbu Bossam.”

“Was it an overreach?”

“Uh.”

“I’m sorry.”

I stood up from the chair, stepped back to show my full body, and then bowed.

What the heck are you doing? LOL

└WTF Switching gears

└Lawsuits are scary

└What did you just say?

└Ah, haha, what are we going to do about Nolbu Bossam~

“Did you lose?”

“No.” There’s one left.

“Go ahead.”

Baek Woo-jin smiled slyly.

The score of the 19th Baekban Debate today is 16 wins and 2 losses.

We can’t add a third defeat like this.

“Mr. Baek Woo-jin.”

“Huh?”

“Didn’t you have a conflict with Mr. Cha Ji-chan over mandu soup a while ago?”

I remembered the time when Cha Ji-chan ate one of Baek Woo-jin’s dumplings, and they ended up bickering.

“Yeah.”

“Is it correct that the incident occurred when Mr. Cha Ji-chan ate one of the dumplings in the dumpling soup?”

“Oh.” Even now, I still feel frustrated.

“I fully understand that feeling.”

└Starting off with a long-winded explanation just to say some nonsense again, lol.

└I found it so funny how they were so shamelessly building it up like that

Why are dumplings suddenly coming out with bossam vs jokbal?

“But the dining table is just as cold and cruel a place.” The more delicious the food, the higher the risk during the meal. Because there are people like Cha Ji-chan who are after it. It can be said that animals are always on guard when drinking water.

Baek Woo-jin rolled his eyes for a moment and then nodded.

“As we discussed earlier, bossam is a dish meant to be eaten alone.”

“It’s not.”

“Alright.” Let’s say that I’ll give in again this time, and we’ll eat together. They say that Mr. Baek Woo-jin and I are eating together.

Baek Woo-jin nodded.

Seeing that they think they can eat a whole pig, this guy also seems to have the makings of a fine pig.

“Do you truly have the confidence to have a meal with me and Mr. Baek Woo-jin?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Are you confident you can secure more bossam than me faster?”

Baek Woo-jin slowly shook his head.

└hahahahahahahaha

Even I think this won’t work, lol.

└Considering the speed at which I eat side dishes, there’s no way I could ever keep up, lol.

In the early days of the show, I used to finish a bowl of jajangmyeon in 30 seconds.

└Now I’m old and sick ㅠ

“That’s right.” Mr. Baek Woo-jin’s soft mindset and weak physicality cannot protect bossam from me. But jokbal is different.

“Why?”

I searched for jokbal on the internet.

“When you order jokbal, it always comes like this: meat on top, bone on the bottom.” It’s a delicacy.

“It’s delicious.”

“But is this really just for eating?”

“So?”

This is why, despite having excellent qualities, this guy still hasn’t become a perfect pig.

“It’s a weapon to protect the jokbal from the opponent.”

“Uh?”

I brought my index and middle fingers, and my ring and little fingers, together and held them in front of Baek Woo-jin’s eyes.

I checked the bewildered face and proudly showed off my jokbal to the camera.

“This thick and sturdy pig’s trotter bone is the only weapon for someone lacking physical strength, like me, to defend their pig’s trotter!”

└????????

└Star lolololol

└Pork hock bones are weapons… Note…

“What kind of nonsense is that?”

“Do you have any idea how scary a pig’s trotter bone is?”

“I don’t know.”

“December 31, 1981, or 1982.” “Don’t you really know about the jokbal-throwing incident that happened at a jokbal restaurant in Jangchung-dong?”2)

└Choi Yang-rak hahaha

└What is it? What is it?

While having a late-night study session, Choi Yang-rak kept being annoying, so Ju Byeong-jin got mad and threw a pig’s trotter at him, lol.

└Hahaha, the fact that Choi Yang-rak cried because he got hit with jokbal is so funny, lol.

“Jokbal is so scary and useful.” 어? When we eat together later, are we having bossam or jokbal?

Baek Woo-jin frowned deeply and then asked.

“If you pick up the pig’s trotter bone, isn’t that even more dangerous?”

“……Things aren’t going well today.”

Admitted defeat.