Plate or bin?

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But speaking as a mere observer - seems quite logical to me!
 
My approach would be to assume that if it's really really horrible then it's probably done right. But that's just because I hate kimchi.
 
I like bought kimchi but I wouldn't be confident about eating home made kimchi unless it was made by someone who had been making it all their life because I am very anxious about fermented foods and paranoid about potential food poisoning. So I'm going with bin.
 
@rebrascora I find kimchi goes wonderfully with melted cheese. Apparently, cheese and kimchi toastie is common in Korea and I can see why.
I don't believe you eat bread so lovely sourdough toasties are not on your menu but I guess you can just melt cheese on top of a dollop of kimchi.
 
Docb said:
Just started off a jar of kimchi. Never tried it before. Hence the question, will it finish up on my plate or in the bin. What do you reckon?
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Hi my son makes this it is used a lot in Japanese meals
 
To finish the story.... I have just finished the jar! I have no idea whether it was good kimchi or bad kimchi or even if a Korean would recognise it as kimchi. Certainly had a lot of unusual flavour and best described as an acquired taste. Must get a jar of proper kimchi to find out what proper kimchi tastes like but have not seen any in either the Asian or Chinese shops I frequent. If I get some, its got to come from an oriental shop.

PS It was clearly not toxic.
 
Docb said:
To finish the story.... I have just finished the jar! I have no idea whether it was good kimchi or bad kimchi or even if a Korean would recognise it as kimchi. Certainly had a lot of unusual flavour and best described as an acquired taste. Must get a jar of proper kimchi to find out what proper kimchi tastes like but have not seen any in either the Asian or Chinese shops I frequent. If I get some, its got to come from an oriental shop.

PS It was clearly not toxic.
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Glad you didn't kill yourself.
If you are looking for a jar of kimchi, my local supermarkets sell it. They are not huge stores ... but one is Waitrose! The other is Sainsburys. It is far too exotic for the local Morrisons and Coop though. And Tescos is not walking distance from home so I have no idea if they have it.
 
I make kimchi from Chinese cabbage, radishes, ginger, Korean chilli and fish sauce. Key for me is to let it ferment just far enough by keeping it out of fridge and burping it regularly. For me that’s about 2 weeks before it becomes ‘stinky kimchi’. Then I put in fridge which stops the fermentation.
 
I still want a puking emojii :rofl:
also I still would have binned it 😉
 
Not a thing I'v ever been tempted to try myself either. Why on earth would you only buy it from an oriental shop? The only place I've ever seen a jar of it on sale was in Aldi.
 
trophywench said:
Not a thing I'v ever been tempted to try myself either. Why on earth would you only buy it from an oriental shop? The only place I've ever seen a jar of it on sale was in Aldi.
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I would assume, in order to get something as authentic as possible so that he has a good benchmark to compare it to his own home made version.
 
Well just because summat's in a jar in a normal UK supermarket doesn't stop it being authentic. eg 'Pataks' and 'East End' are both acknowledged Indian brands whether you buy them in an Indian supermarket in Handsworth (B'ham) or Tescos in Bedworth.
 
helli said:
Glad you didn't kill yourself.
If you are looking for a jar of kimchi, my local supermarkets sell it. They are not huge stores ... but one is Waitrose! The other is Sainsburys. It is far too exotic for the local Morrisons and Coop though. And Tescos is not walking distance from home so I have no idea if they have it.
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I buy Kimchi from Tesco sometimes. We have all our shopping delivered and you can find this product (they have four different types and I've tried two of them) online here:
 
Yuck!
 
trophywench said:
Not a thing I'v ever been tempted to try myself either. Why on earth would you only buy it from an oriental shop? The only place I've ever seen a jar of it on sale was in Aldi.
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You wanna spoil my fun eh? Anyway, I would want to get some where I could be reasonably confident that it had not been formulated against some supermarket specification to "meet European taste expectations".
 
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