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I love Koreans. Come on, let's all get on board. The Germans never did a Sauerkraut fridge. :)

by o0-0o 2y ago

sho_hn 2y ago
As a German married to a Korean, it was a definite upgrade to my Sauerkraut. Jokes aside, the kimchi fridge is indeed quite common in Korea, and the household justification is typically that you don't want the kimchi's aroma to interact with all your other refrigerated food supply. Especially the older generation makes kimchi infrequently in large batches, and it's very common to share the fruits of the labor among the different households in the family (you often leave with it on family visits), so it's routinely well stocked with the remains of various batches. I'm most familiar with the single or double drawer types, integrated into the more modern kitchen aisles, making it easy to tower above and access the tubs/jars/containers. Since you usually wind up having one anyway, you're also gonna use it.
portaouflop 2y ago
Almost no one makes their own sauerkraut in Germany (except some hippies/hipsters maybe) - it’s dirt cheap to buy and really good. I might be ignorant but for me the flavour of kimchi is far more complex and varied - sauerkraut is pretty much always the same.
- 4ad 2y ago
  The problem with kimchi is that it is spicy. I won't understand why you'd ruin a perfectly good sauerkraut by making it spicy. If you make your own sauerkraut, or anything else fermented really, the flavour is much more complex and varied than the store bought stuff.
  - sho_hn 2y ago
    There's quite a few different variants of kimchi, including non-spicy ones, known as white kimchi (백김치): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baek-kimchi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baek-kimchi There's also diced radish kimchis (깍두기), sometimes non-spicy as well.
    - 4ad 2y ago
      Thanks, I will check it out!
    - sushid 2y ago
      It's also the OG kimchi as Koreans didn't have red peppers until the Columbian Exchange (but have been preserving vegetable via brines since the Three Kingdoms era)!
  - pndy 2y ago
    If you can't eat normal kimchi due to spiciness, there are variants of kimchi that aren't spicy and resemble sauerkraut or doesn't even include cabbage at all.
dyauspitr 2y ago
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I love Koreans. Come on, let's all get on board. The Germans never did a Sauerkraut fridge. :)

by o0-0o 2y ago

I love Koreans. Come on, let's all get on board. The Germans never did a Sauerkraut fridge. :)

As a German married to a Korean, it was a definite upgrade to my Sauerkraut. Jokes aside, the kimchi fridge is indeed quite common in Korea, and the household justification is typically that you don't want the kimchi's aroma to interact with all your other refrigerated food supply. Especially the older generation makes kimchi infrequently in large batches, and it's very common to share the fruits of the labor among the different households in the family (you often leave with it on family visits), so it's routinely well stocked with the remains of various batches. I'm most familiar with the single or double drawer types, integrated into the more modern kitchen aisles, making it easy to tower above and access the tubs/jars/containers. Since you usually wind up having one anyway, you're also gonna use it.

portaouflop 2y ago

Almost no one makes their own sauerkraut in Germany (except some hippies/hipsters maybe) - it’s dirt cheap to buy and really good. I might be ignorant but for me the flavour of kimchi is far more complex and varied - sauerkraut is pretty much always the same.

4ad 2y ago
The problem with kimchi is that it is spicy. I won't understand why you'd ruin a perfectly good sauerkraut by making it spicy. If you make your own sauerkraut, or anything else fermented really, the flavour is much more complex and varied than the store bought stuff.
- sho_hn 2y ago
  There's quite a few different variants of kimchi, including non-spicy ones, known as white kimchi (백김치): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baek-kimchi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baek-kimchi There's also diced radish kimchis (깍두기), sometimes non-spicy as well.
  - 4ad 2y ago
    Thanks, I will check it out!
  - sushid 2y ago
    It's also the OG kimchi as Koreans didn't have red peppers until the Columbian Exchange (but have been preserving vegetable via brines since the Three Kingdoms era)!
- pndy 2y ago
  If you can't eat normal kimchi due to spiciness, there are variants of kimchi that aren't spicy and resemble sauerkraut or doesn't even include cabbage at all.

dyauspitr 2y ago

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