caretaker

Make your own, you're better off. Look at the kimchi I have, and I just took a jar for the fridge at work.

Jingsamichty

I love to cook but I'm not into jarring and preserving

Can you deliver? Serious question.. I'd pay for good gear, man...

caretaker

You buy a jar then put it in your fridge anyway... get a tub of gochujang paste and bottle of fish sauce at the Asian store and you already have ginger, garlic, sea salt, crushed chili and sugar. Buy the onions, cabbage, daikon and cucumbers on the way home. You don't even have to use the stove. Once again, just for the music:
Edit: I paid $10 for a 1kg tub of gochujang at the Asian store, it's well worth it, good in many ways, doesn't take much so lasts ages. My friend up north in the bush ordered it from Amazon. Amazon's gochugaru (Korean crushed chili without the seeds) is far too much though, $7 for 4oz when it's $8/lb at the store.
https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-mak...at-home-189390

Or this: https://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_no...eywords=kimchi

Souvy

Ham, cheddar, crackers, some cold pasta salad, a beer and a smoke.

I was still wearing my plaid PJs and Crocs.

Nice image, innit?

caretaker

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Oink

I think lunch is my favourite meal of the day.

Teaandtoday5

I have never tried kimchi, and the person in the first link said they didn't like it at first. So before I go to the bother of making it is there a ready-made version that is worth trying?

caretaker

I've never had store-bought kimchi, but if I was in the market I wouldn't be shy about trying Kimchi Korea from Ontario. I saw this program when it first aired and it explains quite a bit about it. The kimchi segment begins at 5:30.
Food Factory Video - Salty and Sweet | Season 2 Episode 2 - Foodnetwork.ca

Teaandtoday5

Thank you. I will find some to try. If nothing else I am fairly sure our last food truck festival had a Korean barbecue seller. However the recent failure of Bridge Farm kefir warns us that fermented foods do not necessarily suit the British palate

Oink

I don't like cabbage and I don't like things that have gone off.

Teaandtoday5

Previous posts suggest you are far from completely averse to the concept of fermentation.

Oink

I don't think eating rotten cabbage will mitigate the gross indignities of living here, the intoxicant needs to be somewhat stronger.

caretaker

Oh Oink, that's fine dear, just leave it on your plate and go outside and play. Teaandtoday5, the easiest way to try it might be if you're in the big city and see a Korean food truck slam on the brakes and get a dish with a side of kimchi.

Oink

caretaker

Beef and vegetables and rice and beer.