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What does kim chi mean ? is it asian language or what? |
Travel Info What does kim chi mean ? is it asian language or what? Travel Tips Korean dish. Preserved Vegetable, usually cabbage. Spicy and sometimes sour. Others KIM-CHEE, KIMCHI Kimchi is a Korean spicy hot fermented pickle seasoned with garlic, chiles, onion, ginger and other spices. Different vegetables are used, such as cabbage, Chinese turnips and cucumbers. It is stored in sealed jars and either buried or stored in underground cellars for up to a month. Kimchi is a Korean dish (food). Kimchi is a product that is fermented through lactic acid production at low temperatures to ensure proper ripening and preservation. It is processed with a seasoning mixture mainly consisting of red pepper powder, garlic, ginger, green onion and radish 'Ever since human beings began cultivation, they have enjoyed vegetables that are rich in vitamins and minerals. However, during the cold winter season, cultivation was practically impossible, which naturally led to the development of a storage method: pickling. As a kind of pickled (salted) vegetables kimchi was born in Korea around the 7th century. Note: Many westerners find the smell of Kimchi very offensive. Kimchi is the Korean national dish. It's quite disgusting, actually, and smells horrible. Koreans eat kimchi and rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner pretty much every day. There's lots of good Korean food out there... kimchi isn't one of them. Kim Chi is a spicy, fermented side dish that Koreans eat every day. It can be eaten on its own, or it can be fried, made into soup, or added to other dishes. Some Koreans will tell you that it cures or prevents cancer, SARS, and a variety of other ailments. While KimChi does have some good, healthy qualities, some of the medical claims are a little far fetched. Well, the real meaning of Kim Chi is actually just "watered vegatables" and it is from an ancient form of the Korean language. The Kim Chi of today, with the hot red pepper, was (as most Koreans refuse to admit) brought to Korea from Japan, whose merchant marine traded with South America often enough to import large amounts of the red chilis that are used to make modern Kim Chi. Kim Chi did exist in Korea prior to that, but it was just salted vegetables served in water, much like water kim chi (氍缄箑旃? is today. The roots of the word kim chi (旯€旃? are most often traced back to the Chinese characters (娌堣彍) "Shen Cai" whose ancient meaning is actually pickled vegetables, but this is often cited as a mistranslation. The same character (娌? "Shen" or (旯€) "Kim" is tranlated more appropriately as "watered" by Korean sources, which I have cited below. Hope that helps. http://dic.search.naver.com/search.naver... |
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