"불고기"
Translation:Bulgogi
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Literally fire (불) meat (고기)
Our (English) classification of “meat” doesn’t include fish which is technically an animal protein too, but 고기 encompasses all edible animal flesh.
- 물고기: fish ← water meat
- 닭고기: chicken meat
- 돼지고기: pork ← pig meat
- 사슴고기: venison ← deer meat
- 쇠고기: beef ← cow meat
- 양고기: mutton ← lamb meat
- 오리고기: duck meat
That's because the English word for it is a loan word because we don't have our own word for it.
The notes say: 불고기: bulgogi, thinly sliced beef, seasoned, and often cooked at the table.
What does it mean by "cooked at the table"? Does that mean cooked on the same table where you eat? (Am I goofing up by assuming you eat at a table at all in Korea?)
yes there is often a burner in/on the table you eat at where you grill and cook the raw bulgogi to eat it hot and fresh (delicious)
it's not actually steak. steak isn't cut thinly in strips and marinated like bulgogi is.
so 불고기 is basically grilled meat or grilled any 고기 for 불 means fire and grilling involves fire and so does cooking or baking from oven or pan, right?
