Kimchi: Korea’s Affordable Health Care

Washington Post ^ | September 18 | Tim Carman

[kimchi lover]

Damn skippy!

[nitzy]

Forget fermented cabbage. I use ferme
nted barley.

[knarf]

OK, KL ... gott’a recipe ?

[dynachrome]

Kimchi cures eveerything!

[gorush]

Don’t underestimate the value of fermented veggies.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/528106-nutritional-importance-of-fermented-food/?utm_source=RELARTICLES_R1

[JRandomFreeper]

True story... Did a 2 week deployment to Korea and I took to the place like a duck to water. Great people, great food.

Deployment commander ORDERED me to lay off the kimchee 3 days before our flight back.

Love the stuff. Great for keeping the system clean.

/johnny

[GeronL]

Well, lets hope that ObamaCare saves money by prescribing it for everything.

[1st Division guy]

used to buy kimchi at the local walmart till they stopped stocking it. damn.

[kimchi lover]

This recipe is very good, but we add a bit of sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds for extra flavor.
http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/authentic-traditional-kimchi-recipe/

[Ronald_Magnus]

My wife’s half Korean, so I’ve been eating Kim Chee for nigh on 25 years. As for wrinkles; I’m 57, but I don’t look a day over 60.

[irishtenor]

I love kimchi. I eat it whenever I find it. And... I should add that I will be 58 on Friday and I do not have any wrinkles and my hair is brown but not dyed. I have no proof that kimchi is the reason, just stating facts.

[GeronL]

Yep, you would never know that Yoon Eun-Hye was 98...

((JUST KIDDING!!!))

[struggle]

On a subway in Seoul you can smell it coming out of everyone’s pores.

[nickcarraway]

Ping

[andyk]

Love it! I have a huge jar in the fridge from the local oriental market. Learned it from Osan, Pusan and Kunsan.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Don’t underestimate the value of fermented veggies.”

And don’t forget fermented green teas! Wonderful stuff. Two mugs a day. I get Pu Erh tea from Generation Tea, online. Don’t buy the cr@p in the supermarket! Get the real, good stuff!

[OldEagle]

I did a 13 month tour and never tasted kimchi. As bad as it smelled, I wouldn’t eat it.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I did two year long tours. Mogo kimchee, mashee sayo!!

[RegulatorCountry]

I think there must be some sort of heritable aversion to certain fermented foods. I'm pretty adventurous and open-minded about trying new foods, but kimchee just snaps my head back and provokes nausea from even the slightest whiff of it. Surely it doesn't smell like that to people who manage to get it into their mouths, lol. That's why I think it might have a genetic component.