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Default That Spicy Cabbage at Chinese Restaurants...


Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:09:23 -0400, DWACON wrote:
>
> > Anyone got a recipe?
> >
> > Just from taste, I gather it contains vinegar, sugar and ginger to pickle
> > the raw cabbage.
> >
> > Am I close?

>
> It's called kimchi (or kimchee). No vinegar. It produces it's
> own lactic acid as it ferments. Plenty of recipes on the net, but
> they're not for beginners.


And you won't find kimchee on a Chinese menu, kimchee is Korean.