Kimchi

[Davie_GLA]

Got a right notion for this.

I've only tasted it in wagamamas so don't have a great range of reference but looking online, Amazon there is Mr Kimchi but there are loads.

Any recommendations? Can I buy it in any supermarkets?

[Type R Tom]

It is pretty easy to make yourself if you can get to an Asian supermarket, although while there you could probably just buy some.

I did enjoy making it though so I'd say give it a go, ingredients are cheap. Get some Gochujang while your at it, it's amazing!

[98elise]

I bought some in Sainsbury's. It was not nice!

[Davie_GLA]

98elise said:

I bought some in Sainsbury's. It was not nice!

Was that because you'd never had it before or just poor quality?

[dickymint]

Spent many months being indoctrinated trained by LG Electronics in South Korea - had Kimchi every day and love it. The proper stuff is buried in clay pots for years!!

[98elise]

Davie_GLA said:

98elise said:

I bought some in Sainsbury's. It was not nice!

Was that because you'd never had it before or just poor quality?

It was the first time, I had obviously heard of it before and was curious.

[jmorgan]

Spooky, just started to try to make my own. First batch is going to be rocket fuel, overdid the chillies

On the face of it it looks dead easy to make.

[devnull]

Good asian supermarkets will have it. Smells like farts when you open the jar, but it has a great Umami taste.

[guindilias]

Sainsburys do it, can't remember the brand and haven't tried it yet - but it's "organic" so surely must be FANTASTIC?

[anonymous-user]

Don't touch the stuff in Sainsburys, it's horrific in my experience. Any decent Asian supermarket will stock it. I love the stuff, and the wife has it with everything. As a poster says above, they bury the 'real' stuff for many years in clay pots in the ground - and that costs a fortune to buy in Korea. Fortunately for the rest of us, they figured out how to make a passable alternative for a lot less, in a lot less time!

This is the most common brand you'll find here in the UK - it's fine...

[jmorgan]

Considering what my garden is mostly I should just dig a hole and save on the crock.

[dickymint]

Coincidently, yesterday I ordered some Korean noodle bowls - very hot and Kimchi flavoured

[Davie_GLA]

Thanks all.

I think i've decided i like it best as a treat. So went to wagas yesterday. Any excuse.

[guindilias]

had ham said:

Don't touch the stuff in Sainsburys, it's horrific in my experience.

Hmm. Maybe I'll leave it to "mature" in it's unopened glass jar for a few years deep, deep underground then...

[LordGrover]

Not tried kimchi, but a lover of sauerkraut. Is it similar?

[dickymint]

LordGrover said:

Not tried kimchi, but a lover of sauerkraut. Is it similar?

Personally I can’t stand sauerkraut!! Good article here.....

http://contemporaryfoodlab.com/uncategorized/2014/...

[mko9]

There are many types of kimchi, not just the cabbage stuff. If you go to a really good Korean restaurant, they'll put out a spread of at least 6-8 different types. Personally, I don't like cabbage kimchi at all, but I love cucumber kimchi!

I would agree with the recommendations to go to an Asian market. We always got ours from Seoul Food in Cambridge.

[dapprman]

Ah, kimchi - love the stuff as well, I tend to buy it from oriental supermarkets, open the pouch/tray and put in a sealed tupperware and leave in the fridge. Of course even with the sealed plastic container, every time I open the fridge I wonder what the smell is and where it's coming from.

It's one of the many things I miss about Oriental City - both the original Japanese and the later pan-Oriental supermarkets used to sell a decent selection of fresh kimchi, often spiced for Korean tastes, not Western or Japanese.

[dickymint]

Last page about six posts up

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[Davie_GLA]

dickymint said:

Last page about six posts up

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

This man Kimchi's!