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Chinese cabbage salad marinated in pepper
There is one dish served always in Korean¡-s dining table ; that is Gimchi.It is Korea¡-s preserved food with long history using basic ingredients such as Chinese cabbages, radish, inions, pepper powders, garlic marinated in pickled shrimps and anchovies. If cabbage is eaten as law, it becomes salad and when it¡-s cooked, it is soup. And if that is marinated, it becomes Gimchi. The taste of Gimchi is neither natural as in salad, nor civilized as in soup; however,

it has a new taste with the combination of nature and civilization. It¡¯s taste and excellency are already well known worldwide. Those who try Gimchi for the first time taste spicy but after trying several times, people taste sour in the process of fermentation instead of tasting hot and salty. And also refreshing taste from radish and sugar can be experienced.
Gimchi contains all kinds of nutrients such as vitamins, proteins, amino acids, and other fibers and it is good for constipation with lots of lactic ferments. Moreover, it is effective for preventing cancers and recognized by academic society for improving appetites and preventing aging. Besides cabbage Gimchi enjoyed by people most, there are various kinds such as radish Gimchi using Chinese radish, Ggakdugi with chopped radish, Oisobagi with cucumber as the basic ingredient, and Mulgimchi using various kinds of vegetables soaked in water. Also, if Gimchi is tasted more deliciously, it should be wrapped in Fofu ( Bean curd ) or tried with boiled fork or order BossamGimchi with pickled shrimps in restaurants.
Gimchi is not a simple side-dish. It has the taste of hand passing down from long ago to the children and people can experience Korean¡-s wisdom to wait and to be relaxed.
If you visit Korea and try Gimchi, try it slowly to taste its fantastic flavor. Additionally, feel the cosmic mystery kept to the heart of Korean people where nature and human become one body .