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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:18 PM
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Kimchi is evil DO NOT TRY THE KIMCHI
That's just friendly advice. Take it or leave it.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:18 PM
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1. Is that the old rotten Korean cabbage stuff?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:19 PM
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2. Yeap - the rest of the food here is great though.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:21 PM
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3. It's basically a case of two different countries trying to come up with the grosses thing they can
do to lettuce, and coming up with almost the same thing.

Actually I've never tried kimchi. But sauerkraut makes me want to purge. So I'm assuming that I won't like kimchi either.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 11:21 PM
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23. Kimchi is 1000x worse than sauerkraut
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 06:05 AM
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29. ... I find that very difficult to imagine.
I mean, is that physically possible?
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 07:46 AM
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30. Yes
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:22 PM
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4. Kimchi is da bomb!
:9

:D
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:23 PM
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5. Yes, an atomic one that will destroy your taste buds.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:25 PM
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7. Foodie wimp!
:P

I've eaten all kinds of hot stuff and I can still appreciate a well made creme brulee.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:26 PM
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8. I was raised on Irish cooking. I had no idea food had flavour
Until I was nine and tried pizza.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:29 PM
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11. Have you tried the fish jerky yet?
I don't know what they call it. But I love that stuff.

It's so thin, almost like a thick paper.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:31 PM
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13. No friggin way
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nomorenomore08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 03:11 PM
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43. Irish food doesn't have flavor? What about corned beef, or lamb stew with Guinness?
Gotta love that lamb stew... mmm...
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 08:11 PM
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48. WHat about boiled bacon.. who the fuck BOILS bacon?
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oregonjen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:23 PM
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6. Kimchi with cottage cheese=YUM!
Good stuff! :hi:
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lumberingbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 02:56 PM
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42. or Kimchi with scrambled eggs.
:-) :) :9 :9 :9 :9 :D ;) ;-)
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:27 PM
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9. I couldn't agree with you more...
...Korea is the only place in the world where I did not eat anything local. Awful!
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:31 PM
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12. Really? Other than Kimchi, I'm loving it.
I mean, I'm not eating anything besides BBQ pork and stuff, but, sa'll good.
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 10:21 PM
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20. You're better than I am...
...or at least your stomach is stronger.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:28 PM
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10. duh!
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:32 PM
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14. that's the sound I made right after.
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:04 PM
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15. Well there's tons of types of kimchi
Some of it is ok, some good, and some of it I wouldn't dare touch :scared:.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:06 PM
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16. Natto is worse
except I love it. But most people gag on it.
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 08:08 AM
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32. So you're the person who likes natto
I knew I'd find you eventually! :rofl: :hi:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 10:11 AM
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38. *snort*
I like it with mustard and scallions.
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:29 PM
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17. First time my wife opened a jar, our smoke alarm went off
I told her the stuff smelled horrible through both the jar and the plastic bag. She told me it was all in my head. Then she opened the jar and the smoke alarm went off. I think it spurred one of the longest laughing attacks we ever had.

Over the years I have gotten used to kimchee and actually like it now. But we have never had it set off our smoke alarm since that one time.
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 10:14 PM
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18. yeah, I can't stand the stuff
I had a roommate in graduate school who was korean and he filled our refrigerator with various pickled odds and ends.... man, I hated that guy. He too up 1/2 of the fridge shared by 6 people with his pickled disgustingness! He also spend a lot of time cooking what I can only assume were fish necks - smelled up the whole apartment. Now I don't think I can ever have korean food again... even though some of the stuff he made was really good.
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momophile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 10:19 PM
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19. I only like good kimchi. bad kimchi is bad. nt
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 10:27 PM
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21. I ****LOVE**** Kimchi!!
Drool drool drool.

I miss having a ready source of home made, good kimchi.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 10:29 PM
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22. My cousins make Kimchi
Never been a big fan. Tried mixing the Korean cousins homemade Kimchi with the German cousins homemade Sauerkraut. Still not a big fan of either. Not a little fan either. In fact I second the advice. Do not try the Kimchi.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 11:23 PM
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24. I loved all the kim chis I had in Korea
I had no idea there were so many kinds! But I loved all of 'em.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 11:24 PM
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25. You have to take the mold off the top first. That's the key.
And be sure to put it back when you're done.

Kimchi is just sauerkraut past its expiration date.
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 11:37 PM
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26. I'm going to add my voice to those who love Kimchi.
:9

It's got to be vegan though, no shrimp paste. A friend's mom makes the absolute best homemade Kimchi.
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 09:34 AM
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37. I make my own too...but I do use fish sauce...so it wouldn't be vegan.
is there such a thing as vegan "fish" (flavored)sauce?
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 07:52 PM
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47. That is a very good question.
I don't know of any, but I'm sure there must be. :)
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 11:42 PM
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27. it's fantastic, if made well and you've been introduced to it
gently. My husband looooves it, and it's taken me a few years to enjoy it, but now I love it. Some rice, seaweed sheets, and a good bok choy or turnip kimchi - yum!
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MrsBrady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 12:01 AM
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28. i agree...i'm open minded, but not for SMELLY stuff....ewww n/t
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 07:54 AM
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31. I've never had it.
But I love sauerkraut! I think I was weaned on it. Heh.
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 08:21 AM
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33. drool
I locve kimchi

CB
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 08:23 AM
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34. I love Kimchi!
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 08:29 AM
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35. Thank you
now I am having an appetite for Sauerkraut ...
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 09:30 AM
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36. OMG! Blasphemy! I LOVE the Kimchi!
Edited on Tue Mar-18-08 09:35 AM by youthere
In fact..I keep a large jar of it in my refrigerator at all times (I make my own). Kimchi rawks! Especially over rice with a drizzle of sesame oil...drool. My husband was stationed in Korea for a year, and he says the stuff I make is just like the stuff he ate over there.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 10:16 AM
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39. Sounds like a shit ripper.
I shall heed your advice.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 11:26 AM
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40. Both Kimchi and sauerkraut
are fantastic. I can eat bowls of each. I especially like the goptugi (sp?) the daikon radish kimchi.

Yum!
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 01:11 PM
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41. Kimchi can be great
I have had Koreans come up to me in restaurants asking me if I actually really liked Kimchi, I do.
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 03:14 PM
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44. I have never had kimchi
but you know what is seriously evil? Okra. :puke: It's SLIMY, for Pete's sake! :scared: I'm convinced that okra is the vegetable equivalent of a slug, although I must admit that I have never tried to pour salt on my okra to see if it will shrivel up and die (or at least become less slimy).

(Disclaimer: Yes, I was raised in the South, and yes, I have had fried okra, which is probably the only form of okra that is even marginally edible, IMO. Even so, you can't fry all the slime away...ugh.)
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 03:30 PM
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45. You Canadians better learn to like it.
Otherwise, after the world economy collapses, you're all gonna be dead of scurvy before spring, and then we're gonna take all your oil and gas and burn it all up doing pointless and destructive things with our motor vehicles.

SAVE THE WORLD, MAN, LEARN TO LOVE KIMCHI!!!
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-18-08 05:08 PM
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46. You're just not trying the right KIND of kimchi
Cabbage kimchi can be pure evil (ask for "summer kimchi," because I think you're getting winter kimchi).

Turnip kimchi (looks like slivers of radish, and for the longest time I thought that's what it was) and bean sprout kimchi are both great. Try those. You'll never see them anywhere except in a Korean restaurant, and they're rare in one outside Korea.
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