3. We’re taking Korean Lessons And I Made Kimchi
I wanted to learn a new language by the time I was 30, well I’m not going to be fluent in any languages but our neighbor is so generously meeting with us every week to teach us Korean. It all makes sense when we’re being taught and then when she leaves we forget everything. It reminds me of that Tiger Woods commercial, do you remember that one?
I also decided last week (when I originally wrote this blog post) that I wanted to make kimchi, so Sunday I did it. If you don’t know what kimchi is it’s fermented spicy cabbage, a staple in Korean food. People either love it or hate it. I enjoy it, its a great way to get more vegetables and fermented foods are a good probiotic.
Saturday I never did get out to the stream to get any fish, but we did have a busy Saturday. Jess and I took our friend Cortney to the airport. She was here from YWAM Kauai. Then Ana (one of Jess’ fellow staff members), Jess and I hiked diamond head. After, we went to the pearl ridge mall to look around since I had never spent any time there. And then we went to palama which is a korean market to buy napa cabbage, and the korean red chili pepper flakes to make kimchi. We also ate kimchi jiggae (kimchi stew) and Ana liked it.
[Our friend Madison said that Ana is a good hypothetical visual of what or grown daughter might look like. Haha… a Sweede and a Korean make a Mexican?]
One sets of our housemates (we share a house and a kitchen with two other married couples) is Korean and I like watching what they prepare for meals. If you’ve ever eaten Korean food then you know about all of the side dishes or banchan. Korean meals are usually a small portion of meat, usually cut up into bite sized pieces and a variety of vegetable sides. Seems like a good way to eat. All of the store bought kimchi has sugar and or msg in it and I don’t want either of those things. I found a recipe for kimchi that looks fairly easy, so I gave it a try. I actually just ordered some seeds to grow cabbage which I sowed yesterday, and just ordered daikon and Korean red pepper seeds so who knows maybe I’ll be a homemade kimchi making machine soon. That’d be pretty awesome.
My kimchi passed the test. Both my house mate and neighbor, who are from Korea said it was good. I haven’t tasted it yet but will soon.
