[CH] Re: Kimchi organisms

Rob Solarion (solarion@1starnet.com)
Wed, 30 Jan 2002 20:36:19 -0600

Thanks, George.  I'll give it try and let everybody know what happens.  I
was in Dallas this week and almost stopped for lunch at a Korean restaurant
which had a kim-chi notice outside.  But I opted for Vietnamese, not
Korean.  Rob

<< Subject: [CH] Kimchi organisms

Rob Solarion asked how the kimchi fermentation got going.  I remembered
Kris Blennow had looked up the organisms during the last time the thread
went around and his recent post was a good exposition of how the bacteria
that are present on all the cabbages begin to grow and metabolize the
carbohydrate to lactic acid.  I cannot add much more except from my own
observations. >>