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'''Kimchi''' (<span style="font-family: Batang, Serif">김치</span>), also transliterated as "kimchee", is | '''Kimchi''' (<span style="font-family: Batang, Serif">김치</span>), also transliterated as "kimchee", is a family of [[Korea|Korean]] vegetable-based [[pickle]]s. They are a basic part of Korean cuisine, with many variants, although usually strongly flavored, featuring [[garlic]] and [[pepper (fruit)|hot peppers]]. Kimchi is a key ingredient for Korean dishes such as [[kimchi jjigae|kimchi stew]] and [[kimchijeon|kimchi pancake]] and is often eaten by Koreans with [[ramen]] noodles and [[gimbap]] rolls. The side dish is generally considered very healthy due to its [[lactic acid bacteria]]s, [[antioxidants]], and high [[fiber]] content. Although it is widely accepted that the advantages of eating kimchi include improved digestion and bowel function, other benefits, such as increased immunity and reduced chance of cancer, are disputed due to contradicting studies or lack of concrete evidence.<ref name="latimes">[http://articles.latimes.com/2006/may/21/world/fg-kimchi21 Koreans’ Kimchi Adulation, With a Side of Skepticism], Barbara Demick, ''Los Angeles Times'', 2006-05-21.</ref> In 2008, the ''Health Magazine'' listed kimchi as one of the five healthiest foods in the world.<ref name="healthmagrank">[http://eating.health.com/2008/02/01/worlds-healthiest-foods-kimchi-korea/ "World’s Healthiest Foods: Kimchi (Korea)"], Joan Raymond, ''Health Magazine''. 2008-02-01.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:40, 23 June 2009
Kimchi (김치), also transliterated as "kimchee", is a family of Korean vegetable-based pickles. They are a basic part of Korean cuisine, with many variants, although usually strongly flavored, featuring garlic and hot peppers. Kimchi is a key ingredient for Korean dishes such as kimchi stew and kimchi pancake and is often eaten by Koreans with ramen noodles and gimbap rolls. The side dish is generally considered very healthy due to its lactic acid bacterias, antioxidants, and high fiber content. Although it is widely accepted that the advantages of eating kimchi include improved digestion and bowel function, other benefits, such as increased immunity and reduced chance of cancer, are disputed due to contradicting studies or lack of concrete evidence.[1] In 2008, the Health Magazine listed kimchi as one of the five healthiest foods in the world.[2]
History
The kimchi has its roots in the salted vegetables that were preserved as a source of food during the winter months. This practice existed in China and Korea some 3,000 years ago, and its method would be later transferred to Japan by the Koreans from Baekje.[3] Accordingly it is theorized that the Koreans originally called the dish, chimchae, meaning "the salting of vegetable." The name underwent several phonetic changes over the centuries, to timchae, dimchae, jimchi, and finally kimchi.[4][5] The first historical record to mention kimchi in Korea was the Records of Three Kingdoms compiled by the Goryeo Dynasty scholars,[6][7] and it read: "
"Summer kimchi" is made from leaves and cores of the cabbage family, while "winter kimchi" is based on white radishes of the daikon family.
notes
- ↑ Koreans’ Kimchi Adulation, With a Side of Skepticism, Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times, 2006-05-21.
- ↑ "World’s Healthiest Foods: Kimchi (Korea)", Joan Raymond, Health Magazine. 2008-02-01.
- ↑ 김치의 변천사 [the history of kimchi], Pulmone Kimchi Museum. 2007-10-08.
- ↑ History of Kimchi, Korea Sparkling. Date accessed: 2009-03-10
- ↑ Kimchi, the fundamental Korean food, Korea Sparkling. Date accessed: 2009-03-10
- ↑ Note: 삼국사기:三國史記 (Korean/Chinese)
- ↑ 김치 기원 고구려에 닿아, 김장 역사는 최소 800년, Korea Times, 2004-12-01. Date accessed: 2009-03-11.