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made out of equal parts of garlic and cabbage, buried in a crockery pot behind the outhouse for a year? REALLY lethal?
 
Originally posted by Kismet
made out of equal parts of garlic and cabbage, buried in a crockery pot behind the outhouse for a year? REALLY lethal?
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Kimchee = Korean mouthwash neutralizer:)
 
Originally posted by Kismet
made out of equal parts of garlic and cabbage, buried in a crockery pot behind the outhouse for a year? REALLY lethal?
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Kimchi isn't so lethal.:p
It was buried up to its neck in earthenware jugs to preserve it for the winter.
There's an instant kimchi that's ready in a couple of days according to one of the recipes I found in the search.
Couldn't absob much in the way of flavor in just a couple of days it seems to me.

Funny story about the garlic in kimchi. A few years back I worked at a place just down the street with a couple of Korean guys. Mu was about my age and had seen a whole lot of $hit in his home country when he was young.
He kept talking about kimchi, I didn't know what it was at the time and asked him to bring me some.
Mu told me, "Americans don't like kimchi. It has too much garlic for them."
I told Mu that I wasn't the average American and that I loved garlic.
Guess he didn't believe me.:rolleyes:
He never did bring me any.:(
It wasn't long after that the recipe came out in the paper and we made some.
I added more garlic than it called for as it didn't seem like enough to me.
I told Mu about making it and he just grinned and said, "You bring me some American kimchi."
I told him I would and did the next day. Mu wouldn't eat it that day since he didn't have any sticky rice to go with it but brought some the next day.
Come lunch time Mu came back to my desk and said, "Now we try this American kimchi and grinned."
After watching Mu eat a few bites I asked him how he liked my American kimchi. Mu said, "Too much garlic."
I said, "See Mu, I told you I wasn't the average American.":D

It isn't the garlic that makes it so lethal, it's the red pepper flakes and cayenne.:p
The nice thing is that the heat disappears pretty quick for some reason.
It really is good and good for you too!!!! Like yogurt it has lactic acid and the good bacterias. Moreso even than the yogurt has!!!!

John is spot on when he says there's many different kinds. So far I don't much care for the vegetable chunk style kimchi, just doesn't have the same qualities as the cabbage style.
I did break down and put a whole fairly large daikon radish in this batch.
Thin slices made with a potato peeler. We'll pot it up tomorrow and it should be ready in about a week.
I prefer my ginger either in tea or gingerbread so didn't add any. Of course there was that little red head Ginger way back in Jr High School, but those days are gone forever.:D
 
Buddy of mine, Chul Kim. His mom make the best. She also made Kimchee Chigeh (spelling?) which is a Kimchee soup madde with beef or pork. That stuff lit me up, it was lovely. Also Korean eggrolls (Mandu) are the best ever. Ene Bu, friend of the family, taugh us how to make those.
 
Keith would it be possible to get a kimchi recipe for us? The ones I found on the web were just for measly 1 quart to 4 pounds of Napa Cabbage.
It isn't any use in making it a gallon at a time when two or three gallons is better.:D
 
More great avatars from Pen. I notice Mr. Powell does not have an avatar yet. I wonder what would fit a plane flyin', carrier landin', khuk totin' expert?

Good to hear there are other kimchee aficionados here. I got turned onto this stuff by a Tae Kwon Do teacher many moons ago. He would threaten the kids in classes with having to eat kimchee when they misbehaved. Every once in a while he would bring me a gallon or two his wife made up. Ususally lasted only a day or two. I've made it a few times but usually I buy it in gallon lots at the Korean market now.

We need to have us a kimchee eating chopping party.
 
Howard,

How about the foward cockpit of an F4 with crossed khukuris under John's (the pilot's) name. Ghurka pilots....!!!

-or-

a Klunk (just add a khukuri)
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n2s
 
I'll be out on business next week, but when I get back, we'll get some more avatars going.

mamav

I figured out the problem with the avatar I made for you. I had it resized properly and then added the red border around it and forgot to resize it again.

I've emailed the proper one to you and in case you don't get it, I'm attaching it here.

Again, sorry about the mixup.

Dan
 
Pen,
Fun offering and nice work!:D
You sure are good with computer stuff.
(Took 3 fried modems for me to learn to unplug my telephone line during thunder storms:( .)


Mamav:
No need to be scared of prowlers now; it's "dem tha's gotta be afraid!!!". And probably will run far, far away,too!:D


Don't know who I am and lack imagination to think up an avatar.
Could ask the children, kids usually have plenty of imagination and know all about everything. But naw... they might say "Mom, you should have a fire-breathing dragon!"

And that is so not true!!!
 
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