When I saw a homemade kimchi recipe on Facebook that said we would have kimchi in one week I was hooked. Especially since it did not have any weird ingredients.
The ingredients were all normal...though I did not have that Napa Cabbage on hand and still had not been able to get the fresh ginger last week when I was shopping but THIS TIME there was the fresh lovely ginger.
Because this recipe failed I am not going to put it out there to disappoint another person. I will just say that there was Napa cabbage, fresh ginger, fresh garlic, carrots, onion, and spring onions plus sea salt, I think some rice vinegar. Also a few red pepper flakes.
These jars have been sitting on our counter for seven days now. I took off the covers a couple times a day as the recipe said to do. Well, on Friday I noticed a little white fuzz on the half-full jar. Then today I saw that not only was there white fuzz, there was actual mold. Plus the full jar now has the white fuzz. I am not foolhardy enough to sample it. What a disappointment! My mouth was all ready for some lovely not too spicy kimchi, sort of like a seasoned sauerkraut.
More research will have to go into this before I try it again. I had hoped to share it with our family who is coming to visit, but instead I will be putting it down the drain. So sad.
If anyone has any tips, tricks, or suggestions on how to have a successful outcome, I would love to hear about it!
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