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Default Not Kimchee (was: That Spicy Cabbage at Chinese Restaurants...)

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:09:23 -0400, DWACON wrote:
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>> 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.
>
> -sw


I know what kimchee is -- this is different.

This is a sweet spicy cabbage in CHINESE (not Korean) restaurants...



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