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Kimchi: What's your honest opinion of Korea's national dish?
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Kimch -- Love it or leave it?
There's nothing better for breakfast, lunch and dinner than a heaping helping of kimchi.
3%
 3%  [ 3 ]
A side of kimch at each meal is just right.
18%
 18%  [ 16 ]
I'd sooner skip coffee than my morning kimchi.
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
I eat at least one serving a day to stay healthy.
14%
 14%  [ 13 ]
I'm not a big fan of the flavor, but I eat it at least once a week for my vitamin K.
6%
 6%  [ 6 ]
I eat it once a month to remind myself why I don't eat it.
3%
 3%  [ 3 ]
Once was a enough.
13%
 13%  [ 12 ]
I only eat it when I am eating out with Koreans to be polite.
11%
 11%  [ 10 ]
I only eat homemade kimchi, for health reasons.
2%
 2%  [ 2 ]
I like some kimchi recipes, don't like others.
26%
 26%  [ 23 ]
Total Votes : 88

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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I eat it frequently, that's why I never get sick.
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plus99



Joined: 30 Dec 2007

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

my school principal made me some kimchi about two months ago thats been sitting in my fridge. id rather she made me a calzone yo.
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bondjimbond



Joined: 29 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm bloody addicted. Those 4.5 kg bags at Emart may not be meant for one person, but they do me well enough for a month or so.

And to think I hated the stuff when I was back home..
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Speaking of saurkraut, which I love dearly (Mom's grandparents immigrated from Germany so we got a LOT of German food), have you ever tried Chinese saurkraut? That stuff's pretty good. I can't remember the real name of it though.
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kimchi is kimchi. I go ballistic in my own understated way when it's served with pizza, Thai food, or any other retarded mismatch.

With Korean food it's fine (as long is it's not the skunky stuff).


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Privateer



Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like it and always have. And come on guys we all know 'kimchi' primarily means the cabbage kimchi so let's have none of this 'Which kimchi?' bs.

But I also like the radish kimchi and just about every other variety I've ever tried.

OP: I eat it because I like it not 'for my health' nor because I'm over the moon about it, but your poll requires me to either barely stand it or worship it. I'm not happy with any of the options so I'm not voting.
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mistermasan



Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

isn't red/chili pepper indigenous to the new world? when did it get to korea? what was korean food like before the intro of red peppers? ya can't have kimchi w/o the pepper.
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samd



Joined: 03 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mistermasan wrote:
ya can't have kimchi w/o the pepper.


Yes you can. It's delicious. It's the white kimchi you are served occasionally, especially when eating nakjibokkeum or other dishes like that.

OP, what about the option for absolutely love some varieties, but refuse to touch others, such as the acrid second hand mess served at kimbabcheonguk type of places?
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SHANE02



Joined: 04 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like it fresh and crunchy only.
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I only put it in my cereal.
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Homer
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of varieties of kimchi. Some I like, some I can't stand.


Same here.

I will add that homemade kimchi is completely different than the stuff you get in the restaurants or at the supermarket. It tends to be better.

I eat it with Korean meals and not with non-Korean food...pretty simple.
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Homer wrote:


I eat it with Korean meals and not with non-Korean food...pretty simple.


It may be simple for you, Homer, but I just don't get it.

I realize that I'm probably not alone in struggling with the conundrum you have presented, as most of us posters here unfortunately have limited mental faculties. Is it possible for you to further explain your highly-developed kimchi theory for us regular folks?

Thanks a bundle,

caniff
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Mi Yum mi



Joined: 28 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You missed the "I hate it" option.

Hate the taste. Hate the smell. I sometimes hate my wife for keeping some around the house.
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khyber



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good kimchi... like REALLY REALLY good Kimchi (that my friend's mother makes), I could eat that stuff like potato chips. It's SO good.

Bad kimchi? I wouldn't put that crap in my house.
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Homer
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Is it possible for you to further explain your highly-developed kimchi theory for us regular folks?


Sure thing caniff...just for you here goes:

*note that I color-coded it to make sure you get it, to be extra sure here is the color-key so you do not get lost:

Red: Means with Kimchi.

Blue: Means without Kimchi


When eating Korean food I eat kimchi as a side dish.

When eating other types of food (Japanese, Italian, French, German, Turkish, Chinese...) I do not eat Kimchi as it does not go well with these foods.


I hope this helps you with further sarcastic and flame-type posts caniff. No need to thank me. Note that it was no theory but you chose to call it as such. It was an opinion and a preference. I would provide the definition of these two words but I think that with the color-coded explanation above you are now ready to look these two words up.

But, perhaps it was my initial sentence that left you confused as I will admit it was not all that clear.

Cheers
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