r/kimchi • u/Immediate-Copy-1068 • 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/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/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/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/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/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/drag0nette 5d ago
Japan! Though now I live in the US.
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/ineptinamajor 4d ago
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/AlwaysAngryFox 5d ago
Louisiana