GMM 1250.2: SNACKAGING: Korean Food Edition

(whimsical music) – We all know it’s never good to judge a book by it’s cover, but since nobody reads books anymore, except Rhett and Link’s Book of Mythicality. – Boom. – Who cares? – What about judging snacks by their packaging? It’s time for Snackaging: Korean food edition. – Yeah, snackaging is a word we made up. It’s when you look at snack packaging and decide what something is and whether or not you’re going to like it, and it’s a lot more fun if it’s in a language that you do not understand, and today that is Korean. So let’s bring in the first one. – All right. Oh first of all anything that’s got a, this is a sardine can, but then it looks like pretzels. – Well it looks like what’s inside there is pretzels but I would think that this is– – Why would you keep pretzels in a aluminum can. – No I know what this is. – This is something, it’s a cross section of something that grows like that, a natural plant product that grows like this. And I’m gonna say that I am not going to like it but there’s only one way to find out. – I’m gonna say that we’re still going to eat it. – Gotcha, it’s by eating it. – To see if you’re right. – Yeah there’s no way I’m gonna like anything in a tin can that looks like a pretzel. Oh my goodness. – Yeah, oh, you know what? – It’s got sesame seeds. – It’s tomatoes. – That is not a tomato. – It’s a tomato, man. – You’re right, it is a cross section of something. There’s a lot of soy sauce. Very thick. – It’s not bad. – Not bad. Very savory. – Very salty savory. Okay, what is this? – This is not candy. – [Woman] That is marinated lotus root. The translation of the text on the front translates to, “My Mommy Yun Gun Jo Rim.” – Jo Rim? – Jo Rim. – My Mommy Yun Gun Jo Rim. – Yeah, my Mommy’s into Jo Rim. – Not bad guys. I would say we were wrong about this one. – Yeah, I would eat that. – Wrong about that one. – Yeah, if I was in a pinch. – Oh this one’s frozen or cold. It looks like little pink wieners with yellow stuff coming out of ’em. – Oh come on Link. (laughing) – Yellow oozing. – I think it’s ice cream with some kind of pudding inside of it. Oh, potato. It’s ice cream with – That’s a yam. – with a yam paste inside of it, and I’m gonna like it. – What are those little smokies called? It’s a purple little smokey with yam in it. – Oh wow. – I think I might like it too. – I like it; it’s not ice cream. – It’s sweet on the inside. Now I’ve eaten Korean pizza, and they have this same yam stuff in the crust, and it’s amazing. – It’s cheesy. – It’s got some cheesiness to it. – No, it’s just yam. What is it, because it’s great. – [Woman] It translates to fusion snack sweet potato rice cake. – It’s basically like a little bun. – It’s not frozen when you eat it. – Yeah, it’s very good. Okay, next one. – Oh I love these little things made for kids, but then they have adults on the front. – Oh, it’s from Quandong. If Quandong makes it, I’m into it. That’s what I’ve learned so far about Quandong. – You just suck on the end of it. – Look how happy she is tough. – The only thing I can read on this is 500. And Dong, I can read that. She’s so surprised. I’m gonna love this. – Oh, it says C. – This is a vitamin C immunity shot from Quandong. – We’re gonna open this up. – Citrus, it’s citrusy. – Gotta be citrusy. – Gonna love it, right? – Yeah. – I was right. – It’s just juice. – It’s incredibly citrusy. – But it’s not, it’s like a mango juice. What is it? – No, it’s orangey. – [Woman] It’s a frozen energy drink called Frozen Vita 500. – Frozen Via? – Frozen energy drink. – Vita. – That’s good, and you know what? – It’s good. – It’s collapsible and good for fitting in pockets. – From Quandong, not a sponsor. – Here’s another package. – But Quandong if you’re interested in sponsoring us, let’s talk. – This looks like a fancy shmancey granola packaging thing, but on the back, oh, it’s it’s tea bags. – It’s a specialty tea. – Is it a tea or is it a soup in a bag? (Rhett hesitating) – Oh you know what, it makes broth for a soup, and I feel as if I’m going to enjoy this. – Yeah, I don’t think there’ll be anything bad about this. Let’s try it. So it’s a soup made in a tea bag type of scenario. – Don’t smell it. (laughing) You’re not gonna like it. – Oh it smells like insects. – It smells like somebody’s bait bucket at the pier that they left. You know they finished and they were like just leave that for the– – Maybe it smells bad and tastes good. (sipping) Nope, tastes bad too. – Seaweed, it’s got it’s a seaweed soup. – Seaweed tea soup. – It’s seaweed soup. – [Woman] It’s a crab flavored seafood broth. – Once I know that – That’s a crab? – there’s some crab happening in there, I’m a fan of crabs. – Does that, smell the bag straight, does that not smell just like somebody’s bait. – Yes. – You can probably use this as bait and turn the whole sea into crab flavored soup. There’s an idea. – Great for the environment (laughing). – Okay, what we learned today is snackaging ain’t easy. – No it’s not. Stick around and watch us dissect a frog with Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik. – [Rhett] How you smell me now? Get a bottle of our brand new Mythical No. 9 fragrance online now at mythical.store.

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