[Viking2002]

I almost married a Chinese girl way back when, and I can tell you that some of the regional cuisine that Asians partake of - and I don't mean what's on the carry-out menus they hand out to ol' Round Eyes like us - very well could take down a ship. Some of that kimchi should be declared a WMD. I can just picture a machinist's mate lighting up a butt next to some poor SOB who just cracked open a jar of that stuff. *BA-BOOM*!!!!!

[AmericanInTokyo]

Kimchi is devastating no doubt, if you are the one not eating it, however i will swear by it in terms of keeping colds and flus at bay....it even was a great deterrent to the avian flu in Asia a few years ago. Very volatile stuff. thats why they have those special (chlorophyl? mint?) pills you can swallow afterward which go right into the stomach and neutralize any of the garlic odors of that stuff on contact. mouthwash and toothpaste just does NOT cut it after “kimchi”. God bless them Koreans ;-)