/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.10081078]

So is kimchi good ? I have never tried it . and what do you eat with it ?

[Anonymous No.10081084]

shiiiiit whatever you want boy
tastes kinda like real good tomato sauce not even lyin

[Anonymous No.10081090]

Yeah kimchi is the shit. It's good in omelettes, quesadillas, fried rice, by itself, and a hundred other ways. Never made it myself but I've always wanted to

[Anonymous No.10081113]

>>10081084
>>10081090

thanks

[Anonymous No.10081131]

>>10081113
try not to burn out on it i used to love kimchi but then i put that shit on everything for a few months and now i can barely stand the smell

[Anonymous No.10081192]

It's basically like sauerkraut with lots of garlic and chili peppers, not quite like the real thing but close.

[Anonymous No.10081205]

>>10081192
>It's basically like sauerkraut with lots of garlic and chili peppers
also, often made with fish paste or shrimp paste, right?

>>10081078
the kimchi I've had smelled revolting, and tasted great.
the disconnect between smell and taste was new for me.

[Anonymous No.10081542]

Korean food is shit.

[Anonymous No.10081568]

>>10081205
>also, often made with fish paste or shrimp paste, right?
you wouldn't notice it is overly fishy though, it's only providing the salt and umami, sort of the way thai or vietnamese fish sauce is nearly identical to soy sauce in taste, color, saltiness. There's only a hint of seafood.

OP, kimchee done well will have the fermented quality of a half-sour kosher pickle...that flavor. It's less vinegar pickly and more half sour fermented style pickles. Often it is just a side condiment served to enhance a few bites or two of a bowl of rice and meat. It provides a good amount of chili heat, as well as cabbage and pickle flavor. Other vegetables can be used for fermenting...my favorite are radishes and green onion. It's harder to find without a really good asian grocery making it onsite by a grandma somewhere. Craft cooking to say the least.
Pic is a beef and rice bowl with the various garnishes of green onion, egg, etc, and some kimchi to enjoy with it.

[Anonymous No.10081604]

>>10081078
I pan fry it with eggs for breakfast. It's great.

[Anonymous No.10081851]

>>10081542
t. tastlet

[Anonymous No.10081857]

Tastes pretty good, makes yer burps taste like regret for a few hours

[Anonymous No.10081862]

>>10081205
>also, often made with fish paste or shrimp paste, right?
just a bit
i.e. i am allergic to shrimp but have never had a reaction to kimchi made with shrimp paste

[Anonymous No.10082179]

>>10081078
DEUS VULT!

[Anonymous No.10082557]

i love it but im also a gook. just go to a korean bbq near your area, theyll most likely have lots of dif kimchi for you to try. most of my american friends really like pic rel, whihc is cucumber kimchi since it reminds them of pickles lol

[Anonymous No.10082573]

>>10081078
>shovel knight secret boss

[Anonymous No.10082596]

>>10082179
You can eat anything with it, or eat it as a sidedish.Top your brautwurst with it.

>>10081857
Lies.

[Anonymous No.10082858]

I wish I weren't white ▬ The thread ▬

[Anonymous No.10082874]

>>10082858
>you're only allowed to eat and enjoy foods that are associated with your ethnicity
go fuck yourself

[Anonymous No.10082915]

>>10081078
It tastes like wilted cabbage dipped in beer. Not good raw. I haven’t cooked with it though, don’t know if that would change things.

[Anonymous No.10082922]

If you enjoy the taste of raw sewage give it a try! Fucking weebs here swear by it lmao.

[Anonymous No.10082932]

It's fermented cabbage seasoned with chili, garlic and anchovy. If you have trouble with pickled foods or slight fishy flavors you could find it repulsive. Some folks do. It's also incredibly popular, increasingly beyond traditional Korean cuisine. Unless you're a picky eater type chances are you'll like it.

[Anonymous No.10082956]

>>10082915
Trust me, you gotta cook it before eating it. I put my pan on high heat and burn it to get rid of the smell.

[Anonymous No.10082959]

>>10082915
>>10082956
also adding that ifs god tier when grilled with korean bbq. you let the kimchi steep in the pig fat of some samgyupsal and its incredible

[Anonymous No.10082969]

>>10082874
when your order kumchu (literally just sauerkraut with chili) from fucking ESTONIA. You suffer from an ethnic diversity inferiority complex

>NIPPON NIPPON NIPPON NIPPON NIPPON

[Anonymous No.10082974]

>>10082956
>>10082959
Thanks, I’ll give it another shot. I still have a whole jar minus two forkfuls in my fridge atm.

[Anonymous No.10082985]

>>10082969
>NIPPON
it's korean you inbred slav fuck

[Anonymous No.10083011]

>>10082985
>it's korean
Every culture in the world has fermented cabbage or its equivalent

Atsara in the Philippines
Curtido in El Salvador
Dill pickles in eastern and central Europe
Kimchi in Korea
Kiseli kupus in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia
Киceлo зeлe in Bulgaria
Silage, a feed for cattle
Suan cai in northeastern China
Tsukemono in Japan
Brovada in Northern Italy

The obsesion with KIMJUNG AUTHENTIC TRUE KUMCHU FRUM KOREA
is a result of a racial inferiority complex

[Anonymous No.10083032]

>>10083011
how is any of that fucking relevant you retard child
we're talking about spiced fermented cabbage, whatever name you want to call it by, nobody is weebing out like you're so desperately trying to convince yourself

[Anonymous No.10083039]

>>10082858
Go back to pol you fucking idiot

[Anonymous No.10083040]

>>10083032
>spiced fermented cabbage
its called kinchi you autistic fuck
only cums from korea

[Anonymous No.10083046]

>>10083032
>>10083039
just don't reply you faggots

[Anonymous No.10083049]

>>10082956
I don't find the smell bad at all. I'll eat it straight from the jar in front of the fridge

[Anonymous No.10083077]

>>10083040
иди нaхyй дeбил

[Anonymous No.10083082]

I only eat true protein fortified authentic nippon ramen from japan ▬ The thread ▬

[Anonymous No.10083084]

>>10081078
Japanese make kimchi nabe and it is heavenly. I don’t particularly like kimichi on it’s own but as a base for babe it is god tier.

[Anonymous No.10083109]

one last picture
because this thread is literally the embodiment of this picture

>raw fish on rice - height of culinary talent

[Anonymous No.10083119]

>>10081542
>comparing ANY bona fide food or cuisine with shit
Found the nigger.

[Anonymous No.10083973]

dont like stinky food and just hot food,
they have not umami, just hot one.

[Anonymous No.10084806]

Kimchi is pretty good. It's also really cheap and easy to make in bulk.

[Anonymous No.10085074]

i took a year off of school after my sophomore year to teach english in korea. i was placed in sunchang which was a smaller town way out in the boonies (the school i taught at was k-5 grade and only had 20 students total). i'm korean so i didn't feel totally out of place, but all my family were in seoul and i rarely visited them. in my first week i was walking home after catching the bus from school and a random halmuni (grandmother) approached me and asked me if i was new. i'm tall so i stand out, but was kind of surprised she talked to me. i told her i was from america and was here to teach english, and she lit up thanking me for coming all that way to help the kids out. she took me into her house and fed me a really nice meal with all homemade banchans. she told me her grandchildren were all around my age now and how its been a while since shed seen them. she said her husband passed away not too long ago and she spent her days just cleaning the neighborhood around. after i was finished, she packed me up two bags of cabbage kimchi and scallion kimchi and told me to come back anytime for a homecooked meal or more kimchi. i was so fucking thankful i nearly cried. but my dumb ass also forgot to memorize where her house was in relation from my apartment and i never got to go back. i also couldnt tell what she looked like among all the other halmunis in the neighborhood so for all i know i just passed her by tons of times without even saying hi kek. hope she's either well or gone to a better place

[Anonymous No.10085167]

>>10083109
God you are a faggot, I'm a /pol/ man myself but jesus christ it's ck man keep it food related.
Kimchi is good shit. Just enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.10085191]

>>10085167
>I'm a /pol/ man myself

[Anonymous No.10085631]

I wish it went the way of hummus and became popular in the USA so the price would go down. The ingredients are cheap and it's fairly quick to make, but the demand isn't there. I can only get it for like $6-7 a pound in my area. I want to try to make some, but I probably wouldn't eat enough to warrant going through the fermentation process.

[Anonymous No.10085645]

>>10085631
It's easy as shit to make and will last months in the fridge and will stay fresh enough to make soups and stir-frys with for a year. Home-made is also WAY better than store-bought, even the stuff from Asian grocers.

[Anonymous No.10085654]

>>10085645
do you have a good recipe? and is there a way to substitute korean peppers for other ones? I don't have access to them without having to order online.

[Anonymous No.10085663]

>>10085654
https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/tongbaechu-kimchi
Not him but here's a pretty simple recipe that I've used before.
Not sure about replacing the korean peppers but.

[Anonymous No.10085668]

>>10085663
thanks! I'll give it a shot.

[Anonymous No.10085675]

>>10085654
I just used the first one to pop into google and added a few things I had around; like 6 crumbled hatch chilies, some crushed dried miniature shrimp, and 12 grams of nori. Also, I used brown sugar instead of white.

https://www.chowhound.com/recipes/basic-napa-cabbage-kimchi-kimchee-29505

[Anonymous No.10085679]

Kimchi CURED my stomach problems. I almost had to go to the hospital because everything I ate was coming out whole, undigested, like 3 hours after I ate it and one bite of kimchi literally fixed my stomach.

[Anonymous No.10085691]

i had it a few times
it tastes like pickles
whats the point?

[Anonymous No.10085694]

>>10085167
Dude just report him, he's straight up just spamming.

[Anonymous No.10085697]

>>10085691
They gave you old white people kimchi? Also, kimchi is fermented so...