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    Anybody else here LOVE kimchi but think it's so gross how it's made? For those of you that don't know, Kimchi is a Korean side dish. The only kind I've had is made from chinese cabbage. They let the cabbage ferment, then season it with a mixture of different seasonings including brine....which is gross if you consider what brine is. Say you wanted brine from sardines. You'd let the sardines rot and the rank liquid that spews from them is salted, that's brine (at least, that's traditional brine, nowadays it may be heavily salted water). It sounds sooo disgusting but the kimchi itself is irrisistable. Anyone else share this view?
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    DeLISH, imo! Eat some kimchi and wash it down with kombucha...

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    Kimchi is so good for you, too! I love it, especially with lots of garlic in it.

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    Kimchi is similar to saurkraut in that it is cabbage that is fermented in a salt brine...albeit, highly seasoned. So, don't feel bad about the fermentation...lots of delicious things that we eat are fermented (think beer, wine, cheese, sourdough bread). It's a natural and healthy way way to prepare great things to eat and drink.

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    Kimchi - my favorite!

    Hrm, it may be time to take some into the club! Kimchi and dancers = good times and not-so-good breath!

    -afx

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    Quote Originally Posted by zzzzzzzz View Post
    Kimchi is similar to saurkraut in that it is cabbage that is fermented in a salt brine...albeit, highly seasoned. So, don't feel bad about the fermentation...lots of delicious things that we eat are fermented (think beer, wine, cheese, sourdough bread). It's a natural and healthy way way to prepare great things to eat and drink.
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    All love a lot of Asian foods but kimchi doesn’t do it for me and I didn’t even know before now how it was made. I'm just not a big cabage person.

    Now my husband on the other hand would eat a Chinese buffet right out of kimchi if wasn’t a rude thing to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zzzzzzzz View Post
    Kimchi is similar to saurkraut in that it is cabbage that is fermented in a salt brine...albeit, highly seasoned. So, don't feel bad about the fermentation...lots of delicious things that we eat are fermented (think beer, wine, cheese, sourdough bread). It's a natural and healthy way way to prepare great things to eat and drink.

    I didn't know that saurkraut was fermented. Good to know! Now I'm not grossed out when I think about how it's made.
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    Quote Originally Posted by afxturnip View Post
    Kimchi - my favorite!

    Hrm, it may be time to take some into the club! Kimchi and dancers = good times and not-so-good breath!

    -afx

    I'd love you for life! LOL. I am actually notorious for eating smelly foods on dates and before/during work. I just can't pass it up. Onions, garlic, peppers, kimchi. I love it all.
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    I know one thing. It's WAY TOO HOT!
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    ^^^ I absolutely LOVE spicy foods. My whole family does except for one of my sisters and my dad. We eat jalapenos out of the jar like olives...even my 9yr old brother does it. He puts so much wasabi in his soy sauce his face turns red but it's soooo good. LOL
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    DAMN! I like wasabi and scotch bonnet peppers but Kimchee is like fire! Maybe I just went to a really hardcore restaurant, though.
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    Mmmmm....scotch bonnets are gold! Yeah, you probably did. lol
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    Mmm... I love Kimchi! I ate it all the time in Japan. But I had NO idea that's how it was prepared....

    Maybe I won't eat it as often now......
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    to hot for me
    I still try it every time but every time i'm like ow way to spicy



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    I love kimchi but it smells sooooooo bad! and if you buy it from the international markets, the real kimchi is not hot.


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    Quote Originally Posted by sparkleeyz View Post
    I'd love you for life! LOL. I am actually notorious for eating smelly foods on dates and before/during work. I just can't pass it up. Onions, garlic, peppers, kimchi. I love it all.
    Well they've been giving dancer's dirty looks about bringing their own food in, so I've cooled it for now.

    All kimchee is not equal and some are hotter than others. I have two favorite places, one with crisper cabbage and then one that is very hot but kinda sweet.

    I love going to my fave Korean restaurant. They really pack on the side dishes, so you get kimchee, daikon, little anchovies, tofu, seaweed, and more and more. Good stuff!

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    ....drools....
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    Quote Originally Posted by ladyserenity5 View Post
    Mmm... I love Kimchi! I ate it all the time in Japan. But I had NO idea that's how it was prepared....

    Maybe I won't eat it as often now......
    Oooh yum, when you're in Guam check out Bari Bari... crazy-ass after-hours (4 am) Korean bar... ridiculous times and tons of kimchi

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    I hated Kimchi when I was younger, but now I absolutely LOVE it.



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    never heard of it until now, but since its spicy i will stay away! u know that gum big red? that is wayyyyy too hot for me!
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    I've tried it, but it made me gag. The smell of it did me in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luxurious1 View Post
    never heard of it until now, but since its spicy i will stay away! u know that gum big red? that is wayyyyy too hot for me!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sparkleeyz View Post
    Anybody else here LOVE kimchi but think it's so gross how it's made? For those of you that don't know, Kimchi is a Korean side dish. The only kind I've had is made from chinese cabbage. They let the cabbage ferment, then season it with a mixture of different seasonings including brine....which is gross if you consider what brine is. Say you wanted brine from sardines. You'd let the sardines rot and the rank liquid that spews from them is salted, that's brine (at least, that's traditional brine, nowadays it may be heavily salted water). It sounds sooo disgusting but the kimchi itself is irrisistable. Anyone else share this view?
    Not to go off topic but brine is just water saturated with/containting large amounts of salt.



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    I know, I know...I would have remained a lurker but fermented food...heck....good food is a hobby of mine.

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