Dolsot

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 25, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Geoffrey Steven Nathan wrote:

> Korean place down the road from my office (called Wasabi--go figure) features dolsot of various kinds.

Actually, "Wasabi--go figure" is an appropriate name for a Korean restaurant.  Yuk yuk.

LH
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>> From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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>> On Jan 25, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
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>>> Dolsot (also spelled "dol sot") is in the Seattle Times today
>>> (http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020208625_sarah25xml.html).
>>> It's the "stone" bowl that bibimbap is sometimes served in. The
>>> dolsot gives the rice that semi-crunchy texture like half-burned
>>> macaroni in a casserole.
>>>
>>> Dolsot isn't in Wiktionary, the OED or the AHD. Wikipedia gives the
>>> Korean spelling as 돌솥 under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibimbap.
>>>
>>> The earliest I see the word in Google Books is 1992
>>> (http://books.google.com/books?id=6xy0AAAAIAAJ&q=%22dolsot%22&dq=%22dolsot%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gtoCUZ7wOIaM0QH1voCoBQ&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAw)
>>> as part of the name of a restaurant. Surely the term would have
>>> been on their menus as well as the menus of other restaurants by
>>> that date.
>>>
>>> The next appearance on Google Books is 1996 in the phrase "dolsot
>>> bi bim bap"
>>> (http://books.google.com/books?id=yLyuG2RqlooC&q=%22dolsot%22&dq=%22dolsot%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CNsCUZn-DYrV0gHp9oCgBg&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA).
>>>
>>> The Internet has two pages from 1994:
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/11/garden/a-treasure-hunt-for-korean-foods.html?pagewanted=2
>>> (dolsot)
>>> http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-15/restaurants/second-helpings/full/
>>> (dol sot)
>>>
>>> Benjamin Barrett
>>> Seattle, WA
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>> I haven't encountered that useful and authentic sounding term. Around
>> these parts the distinction is between "bibimbap" and "stone pot
>> bibimbap", so presumably the latter = dolsot bibimbap.
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>> LH
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