Online Kimchi

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Sep 30th 2005 @ 3:56PM

Do you want to start a relationship with kimchi, but feel like you need to get to know it a little better first? Of course you do.

Lucky for you, there’s OnlineKimchi.com. Their goal, plainly stated at the top of their homepage, is to “provide people, especially western people other than Korean, with valuable information of Kimchi. Eventually, we are pursuing the goal of making Kimchi one of popular and favorite foods to all kinds of people.”

That right there is quite a goal.

Aside from just selling a wide variety of spiced, fermented Korean-style vegetables, OnlineKimchi hosts a ton of information on the nutritional benefits of kimchi, as well as a timeline tracing kimchi’s origins back to around 700 A.D.

Personally, I love the stuff, but I know that my roommates are sometimes less than happy when they see a big jar of it show up in the fridge. I guess they’re the one’s OnlineKimchi is looking to convert.

For even more kimchi info, including a cute little anthropomorphized kimchi character, check here.

Filed Under: Stores & Shopping, The History of..., Ingredients
Tags: stores-and-shopping, vegetables

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10-02-2005 @11:55AM David T said... I always keep a jar of the stuff in my fridge. There are times when I crave the deliciously spicy fermented cabbage.

Living just outside of Washington DC, we have a huge Korean population in Northern Virginia and there are lots of excellent Korean restaurants here. I always take friends who have never tried Korean cuisine to one. As of yet, I haven't been able to sell many (if any) people onto Kim Chi. I think it's an acquired taste- growing up in Hawaii I had my fill of the stuff.
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