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[afsjesse]

Just out of curiosity I was curious if anyone knew if those yellow radishes were dyed or if they grew that color. Are they generally healthy for you? The same for kimbop?

[Kimchi Cowboy]

I'm fairly certain they're dyed. Nothing edible grows that colour naturally.

[fortysixyou]

I heard they got that yellow #5 in 'em and they ain't good for you.


I think they taste like horseshit!

[Freakstar]

It's called 단무지 or "danmooji" which is basically pickled radish - it's not originally that color, it's originally white. Love this stuff, but I basically grew up on it as a kid.

I don't think it's good or bad for you. Probably not a whole lot of nutritional value, but I can't see it being unhealthy either.

What do you mean by is it the same for kimbap? Are you talking about the danmooji inside the kimbap? Then yeah, same thing.

[Kimchi Cowboy]

I just did a quick Wikipedia search for yellow #5 and related food colorings. Ugh. Yellow #5 (and others) come from coal tar. Carmine / E120 / "Natural Red 4" come from cochineals - beetle-like insects - which are boiled, dried, and ground into powder.


Where's the emoticon for vomiting?

[ryouga013]

[IncognitoHFX]

I eat them daily and I don't mind them. I would much rather have kimchi though.

[Are they the lemmings]

[Roch]

My Korean bud at Dullhousie University told me that they are very toxic.

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[jigab]

They served some to me when I got some pho. I was like

[paquebot]

I know them by the name 'daikon radishes' (or just daikons). They're originally white in color, but apparently there's one strain (the Sakurajima daikon) that's white on the outside but bright pink on the inside ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon_radish

As Freakstar pointed out, takuan (沢庵) / danmuji (단무지) is the variety you'll find in gimbap.

[little mixed girl]

i was just thinking that that might be daikon, and looks like it is. ^

hate daikon, hate the yellow kimbap daikon.
i don't think they are going to kill you or anything. if you like them, eat 'em.

[yingwenlaoshi]

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[Chloe11]

I poke them out due to general grossness.