Monday, June 14, 2010

eat this now: korea kimchee

korea kimchee is by far the best jarred kimchee you can buy, at least in cincinnati. the only place around here that i know of that sells it is jungle jim's. the best part is that not only do they do the standard pickled cabbage but they do all kinds of other things (my other favorite is the cucumbers). it is super spicy and delicious. the flavors are bold and authentic and far better than anything else available locally (especially that nasty fabulous ferments crap... bleah).

crappy cell phone pic so you know what it looks like

i really want to make my own pickled things. i am too lazy to learn how to do canning so i am going to try to do fridge pickles like sierra does on forkheartknife. i am absolutely obsessed with pickled green beans so i have to do that. i also want to try making pickled garlic.

does anybody know how to make kimchee? is it hard? this might be one of those things that i am better off just buying.

7 comments:

Jens Sutmöller said...

try Ottugi in downtown/OTR, near Findlay Market. I think she told me they get fresh kimchee deliveries every tuesday. At Ottugi you can also rent from a wide selection of Korean Soap Operas on VHS if that's your thing.

liz said...

thanks for the tip! i will neither confirm nor deny whether i am into korean soap operas on vhs.

Cincinnati Bites said...

Oh dude, Kimchee is awesome! Wish I still lived near Jungle Jim's. That place is quite unique. They used to sell the cheapest tofu in town --not sure if they still do. And then there's the Durian...

If you need another refrigerator pickles recipe I can email you my girlfriend's. She makes it all the time.

Anonymous said...

a friend of mine from cincinnati who now lives in CA and has a pretty beautiful food blog (heavy on the bacon) - has pickling tips too.. i'm going to ask him about kimchee...

http://billievethat.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/momopickles/

Anonymous said...

There are a few very authentic kimchi recipes on Saveur.com. It is more complicated than I had anticipated. Those little salted shrimps are quite special!
http://www.saveur.com/solrSearchResults.jsp?q=kimchi

Anonymous said...

There are a few very authentic kimchi recipes on Saveur.com. It is more complicated than I had anticipated. Those little salted shrimps are quite special!
http://www.saveur.com/solrSearchResults.jsp?q=kimchi

liz said...

thanks everybody! i think i am going to stick to pickles for now and maybe if i master that i will move on to kimchee...