Posted on 11/07/2018 6:24:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Can you recommend a brand or type most risk-free for a kimchi noobie? I think I’d like to order a small jar on amazon.com
Kimchi usually keeps the crisp consistency also. It’s not heated and softened like kraut. Think fermented pickle crisp not raw. It’s got some funk smell to it, but it doesn’t match the taste. And yeah, it’s mostly pretty hot. It takes some time to make kimchi, I’m not sure it’s going to be done over a weekend festival if it was made at the festival.
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We were in Seoul for a week last year. We now love kimchi.
My Korean SIL brings me her home made kimchee every month. It is delicious. I like it on Triscuits. It is an acquired taste.....but. we love it.
I was turned on to it 20+ years ago now. A Korean in-law. It’s key to get past the first whiff of it and concentrate on the taste. I sure didn’t have any thing to compare it to in my regular diet.
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I've read that having one is a status symbol.
A friend of mine is married to a Korean American woman who has relatives in Germany.
I think they live in Berlin but in any case, these people along with other Koreans, make Kimchi to sell at an outdoor market.
They always sell out right away. German’s really love.
I’m a huge fan myself. Wish I knew more about Korean food. My friends wife once made dinner for me as a guest of the family. Never had such variety and tastes served at a meal. All of it healthy according to the lady of the house.
really a first rate memory.
Ha, now I bring Kimchi to my Korean in-law when I visit. I have an Asian market that makes it, they don’t. Their six kids have been eating kimchi since they could take solid food, ha. It must be in the genes. I once had some Korean exchange students and was much more stinky, fishy, and mushy than I was used to. But I still dug it. It had thistle tops in it, if I recall.
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Tell me about the restaurants!
Surprisingly nice...and cheap. We travel to meet people and experience their culture so we ate in neighborhood restaurants.
A lot of Koreans emigrated to Germany in the Sixties when Korea was still a dirt-poor country. The men worked in the mines and a lot of the women became nurses and went into the medical professions.
I'm curious: How does one "shade" sauerkraut?
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We were just there. Food is very reasonable, especially if you go to the “local” restaurants. You can get a pretty decent meal from 7,000 - 9,000 won (roughly $7-$9). Even if it is a total hole in the wall, it is likely to serve good food. I think there is so much competition in Korea that unless you serve good food, you will quickly go out of business. Don’t worry, all the menus are in English as well as Korean, and usually have pictures of the food as well.
One thing Koreans don’t eat is western-style breakfasts, so if you like that it can be hard unless you go to somewhere like McDonalds (which is Koreanized to an extent). An option is to go to one of the many upscale coffee places and get a coffee and a piece of fancy cake. (Something they are always doing in the K-Dramas.) That can cost you the equivalent of $10 but it is a nice experience. Quality of the coffee is much better than you would get at Starbucks, although it will not necessarily be as big.
Ugh... that place must smell like Elizabeth, New Jersey.
I think Id like to order a small jar on amazon.com
I actually try to read my posts, before hitting the ‘post’ button. Then again, my eyes aren’t as good as when I was younger. Shredded . There I’ve got it.
Ah, but once it is acquired...
My favorite is cucumber kimchi.
try cucumber kimchi. generally it is a bit milder. it’s my favorite. I spent almost four years in Korea. It’s an amazing place with wonderful food and friendly people.
My wife’s is Daikon Radish Kimchi.
this is making me hungry!
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