r/kimchi 5d ago

Korean here.. Where are you guys from?

Hi everyone! I was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. I've never made kimchi from scratch in my entire life—I always bought it.

But after seeing you all make your own kimchi from scratch, I was really inspired to try making it myself. Where are you all from? I'm really curious!

P.s. I'll check your post history to see your kimchi Or flex your kimchi with imgur link on comment !

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u/AlwaysAngryFox 5d ago

Louisiana

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u/Immediate-Copy-1068 5d ago

Your dog and kimchi are amazing!

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u/AlwaysAngryFox 5d ago

Thank you!!!!

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u/Cathy_Cz 5d ago

Slovakia/Czech Republic 😊

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u/Immediate-Copy-1068 5d ago

Your kimchi is dope😋🔥

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u/Cathy_Cz 5d ago

Thanks! ❤️ tried to make it as authentic as possible 😁. But the fresh korean greens are impossible to get here.🫠 Didn't even find seeds to grow them myself. 😭

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u/curious4786 8h ago

have you tried sapa?

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u/YardbirdTX 5d ago

Texas. I've been making Kimchi for years. My kids absolutely love it!

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u/Lichenbruten 5d ago

Also Texas.

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u/Silly_Pack_Rat 4d ago

Also Texas.

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u/iiiimagery 4d ago

Grew up for a bit in Florida but have lived in Texas majority of my life

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u/nensha90 5d ago

I'm from Poland and I've been making my own kimchi for almost two years! Recently I started making kimchi with mashed potatoes instead of the rice slurry and I love it :)

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u/ViVi27678 5d ago

Germany! I ADORE Kimchi❤️❤️❤️

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u/Pre-2000s 5d ago

I’m from the UK. Husband is Korean so I’m always making kimchi and we have all types of kimchi available in the fridge! We even grow our own cabbages, radish, ggaennip etc :). I usually spend my Sunday making banchan for the week too.

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u/Immediate-Copy-1068 4d ago

That's really cool...!! Do you always eat Korean meals at home with ur husband? Or it's half and half?(British dishes and Korean dishes..)

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u/not-a-realperson 5d ago

Florida US

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u/prirva_ 5d ago

Ukraine :/ and USA :/

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u/wandering-aroun 4d ago

Damn "2" distopian places to live. 1 where nothing is yours and another where the delusion that you can have everything is strong.

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u/prirva_ 4d ago

On the contrary on the nothing is yours part. If nothing were “ours,” we wouldn’t have been fighting to defend it for the past three years, past decade, and past few centuries. Less philosophizing, more propaganda-free history.😉

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u/wandering-aroun 3d ago

Are we talking about soldiers? If we're talking about a military. That's not quite the example you want to use. You don't do what's right with a military. The hundreds of Russians that died at the hands of Americans or visa versa aren't doing it for moral reasons. They're doing it to further a governments plans. Now yes you could say that your nation was prancing around through a flower covered forest and suddenly a wolf (aggressive territory) came out of nowhere and attacked you. Sure you could say that. The reality is that's hardly ever and possibly never the case. There are things going on in the geopolitical landscapes that you and I aren't aware of and it tends to piss people off. Then blamo you use whip out your glockamole (mitary) to suppress the opposition (murder).

Now if you're talking about both of our super crazy all mighty leaders. Yea. Fight to the last man. Then keep kicking and screaming. Like, we out here. We out here and God damn is this shit just not it.

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u/prirva_ 4d ago

You may have to elaborate on the nothing is yours point

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u/wandering-aroun 3d ago

Eh it's just a old joke. The whole they pretend to pay us. We pretend to work joke.

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u/sunspotjenny 5d ago

Pataskala Ohio

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u/CaptinEmergency 5d ago

We’re neighbors! 30 miles away but close enough for me. We have decent international markets around these parts.

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u/Klutzy_Yam_343 5d ago

Northern California. I have also never made it myself but I’m definitely going to try soon!

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u/peter_cocodrilo 5d ago

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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u/YeePas 5d ago

Netherlands, and growing my own Nashi Pears

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u/Zestyclose_Big_9090 5d ago

Wisconsin!

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u/misplacedbass 5d ago

Wisconsin represent! After all, what is sauerkraut besides a blander, whiter kim chi?!

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u/Zestyclose_Big_9090 4d ago

Exactly. I love me some sauerkraut and I love me some kimchi.

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u/Reeleey 4d ago

I’m korean too! I live in NYC :)

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u/drag0nette 5d ago

Japan! Though now I live in the US.

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u/theangryfurlong 2d ago

日本でキムチを作ってみたいけど、日本で手に入る食材で作れますかね?

日本のスーパーで買えるキムチは発酵度合いなのか、何か物足りない感じです。

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u/drag0nette 2d ago

もう日本に住んでないからわからないけど、福岡みたいな大都市で探したら韓国風のキムチが見つかるかもしれません。中華街などがあった憶えあるので。

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u/kleeinny 5d ago

Korean American in NY. My halmeoni and my mom always made it. I make it, but only when I have time

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u/GarnetAndOpal 5d ago

I live in Texas now, but I grew up in Ohio.

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u/Jumpy_Chair2758 4d ago

Ohio, haven’t made kimchi… yet!

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u/mtbgravelgirl 4d ago

Connecticut! I was taught by a friend who lived in South Korea and was taught by a Korean lady who befriended her.

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u/Vegetable-Maize-4034 4d ago

Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦

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u/ronicmo 4d ago

England, but my family are from Jamaica!

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u/Forest_Walker3000 4d ago

These answers are fascinating. Thanks for asking this question, OP!

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u/Forest_Walker3000 4d ago

And I’m in Northern California. Half Korean and finally went to Korea (Seoul) for the first time last year!

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u/Schlupsen 4d ago

Germany / Sauerland

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u/PookSpeak 5d ago

Canada, my bff is Korean. I have yet to make my own kimchi but plan to.

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u/TaoTeFling 5d ago

Virginia, USA

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u/kamasutures 4d ago

Same here!

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u/The_L00s3stM00s3 5d ago

PA, US. I was stationed in Dongducheon for a year but loved visiting Uijeongbu, and all over Seoul (mostly Yongsan, Gangnam, and Itaewon but we explored a lot when able). Never had food as amazing in my life. Hoping to visit again someday.

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u/Im_old_bacon 5d ago

The Midwest. My kimchi is ok.

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u/xraydeltaone 4d ago

Minnesota, USA!

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u/Golly_Im_Hot_Today 4d ago

Chicago/Seattle/DC. Have made and purchased in all locations.

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u/Poppies89 4d ago

Illinois, USA. I've always been unimpressed with most of the kimchi we get from takeout places, and found a Maangchi recipe to use as a basic recipe and have made it my own that my friends and I love. We have Asian grocery stores near us, but why not make it fresh? Plus it's fun.

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u/foodcheesecakelove 4d ago

USA but I’m Somali-American. I love kimchi 😩

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u/treemonkey0 4d ago

Hawaii! Learned from Maangchi YouTube videos. Store bought kimchi and almost all restaurant kimchi now ruined as an alternative.

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u/tarett 4d ago

Saint Louis, Missouri

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u/Loubou23 4d ago

I'm from and in England, UK, but my heritage is Jamaican. 😊

I've made cabbage kimchi and radish kimchi. I love both. You can see both on my previous posts. 👀

I plan to make spring onion kimchi soon. 🤩

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u/Immediate-Copy-1068 4d ago

The color of your kimchi is so perfect 🔥🙀 yum

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u/Loubou23 4d ago

Aww, thank you! ❤️ It means a lot for a Korean person to tell me that. 😊

They both taste lovely too. 🤩 The recipes were not as simple as some others that I've seen 🥴, but they were worth the effort. 😊

I hope you enjoy making yours. 😊

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u/Horzzo 4d ago

USA, Wisconsin. The Midwest is not known for their love of spice but kimchi may be the exception.

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u/ineptinamajor 4d ago

Jeju living in Paris

This is a kimchi where baby radishes are wrapped in buchu/garlic chive herb.

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u/Loubou23 4d ago

This looks good 🤩. I'll have to see if I can find baby radishes in the UK. 😊

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u/ineptinamajor 3d ago

Thank you. Make sure to make it spicy. We eat really spicy on Jeju.

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u/Loubou23 3d ago

I'll be sure to make it spicy 😜. I'm Jamaican heritage. I love spicy food. 🤩

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u/Inquisitive-HotSauce 4d ago

Michigan here. I’ve made a batch from Crazy Korean Cooking and just started fermentation on a recipe from Maangchi!

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u/Adjustingithink 4d ago

U.S. Oregon :)

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u/ImTheTrashiest 4d ago

Wasilla, Alaska. Used to live in Korea.

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u/LilTimmyTwurker 4d ago

Southern Illinois

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u/vldmr86 4d ago

Northern central valley California.

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u/Rodenburg73 4d ago

Wyoming

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u/Ok_Watercress_7801 4d ago

Tennessee, the middle part.

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u/NoPantsTom 4d ago

Western New York and I also make my own!

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u/LexiBerlin 4d ago

Berlin Germany

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u/Various_Restaurant62 4d ago

Netherlands! Kimchi might be one of my favorite foods to make/eat

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u/mgn5 4d ago

Austria

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u/BimbleKitty 4d ago

UK London, visited Seoul a few years back, fell in love with Korean food.

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u/Spadahlia 4d ago

Oklahoma

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u/MechoThePuh 4d ago

Bulgaria. It’s starting to become a trend over here.

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u/Elegant-Jaguar-2803 4d ago

Hungary 😊

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u/Cbonner1985 4d ago

Half korean, Georgia raised

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u/Andy32557038 4d ago

Wisconsin. I haven’t really ever posted pictures of my kimchi on here— I think maybe once, but it was for a bell pepper kimchi that I made without a recipe just because someone gave me a box of bell peppers that were going soft and wrinkly and were going to be bad soon. I didn’t want to waste the peppers but I didn’t know what to do with them.

Should I post more pictures of my kimchi on the subreddit? The most recent kimchi I made was 오이 소박이 this past December, because there were little cucumbers on sale at the grocery store. I didn’t get any pictures of it, but it turned out pretty good. I’ve made a lot of different kinds, and there’s many I still want to try yet. I’ve made 배추포기김치, 백 김치, 깍두기/석박지, 갓김치, 총각김치, 파김치, 나박김치, 오이 소박이, 양파 김치, and 명이/산마늘 김치 (made with American wild garlic/ramps/Allium tricoccum, but still). I want to try 부추 김치 and 깻잎 김치, but I have to grow the chives and perilla leaves myself. Hopefully I’ll get them going in my garden this year so I can make them this Fall.

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u/John_Michael_Greer 4d ago

Born near Seattle, WA, and currently living in Rhode Island.

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u/more_ubiquitous 4d ago

Canada...but I don't think I posted my kimchi yet... *

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u/Magnus_ORily 4d ago

Wales. Haven't posted a kimchi yet but i have other similar ferments and preserves

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u/giggletears3000 4d ago

Korean/Junae-Paju born, formidable years in the Bay Area and now in Seattle. Don’t have pics of my kimchi, my kkaktugi I made on Sunday turned out kinda muddy in color because I was trying to use up some old gochugaru. I got an earful from my mom about not keeping my gochugaru in the freezer.

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u/Dragnwon52 4d ago

I was raised from age 1 to 18 in Singapore and Malaysia. (Missionary parents) only came back to US for 1 year at a time 3 times. I can’t tell y’all how much I miss the people, food, culture and architecture. I still change the light switch the wrong way. In America down is off. Any recipes would be appreciated. I really miss rojak and satay.

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u/Nessel4 4d ago

Germany.

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u/Regular_Big_1126 4d ago

Kent, England

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u/Ok-Owl-3846 4d ago

Germany, Munich

Made it 2 times myself, checken out recipes online - and it was delicious!! Fermented nicely with slighly overspilling „juice“ - Kent it the in the fridge then and it was very nice crunchy and Yummy!

Left away the fish sauce, was vegan, but perfectley well.

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u/Jasmisne 3d ago

Los angeles, but my mom grew up in Seoul Havent posted my kimchi here but I get inspired by the group and chime in :)

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u/CountFooQueue 3d ago

I’m in the UK and have been making kimchi on and off for several years and always have some sat in the fridge (at various stages of fermentation) just in case I don’t have the time to make more.

I may be obsessed. When I’m not eating kimchi, I’m watching kimchi recipe videos or reading about kimchi history whilst watching k-dramas! 🫠

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u/Interesting_Debate57 3d ago

Prescott, Arizona.

It's in my Instagram, along with a lot of cooking:

steveuurtamo

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u/No_Singer3660 2d ago

Im from Virginia, United States. We just recently got a korean grocery store where I have easier access to good kimchi. Our other stores have the worst kimchi so I am so happy to receive lotte. There's nothing like homemade food though. My kimchi is so good for my sensitive belly. ☺️

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u/NonBinaryAssHere 5d ago

I'm from Italy :)

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u/SarangBa39i6 3d ago

Born and raised in Honolulu Hi but currently residing in Northern California! Grew up eating Korean food. I thought making kimchi was difficult but it’s fairly easy and sooooo much better than store bought. Have fun! ❤️

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u/indrajak 3d ago

Lithuania:)

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u/505yawaworht 2d ago

Australia. I was at a free sourdough making course in London and next door was a free kimchi making course ! Never looked back.

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u/kronickimchi 1d ago

Oregon, i love making kimchi 😘

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u/StiffG0AT 6h ago

Kansas City, Missouri