Eat it So You Will Know the Taste

Eat it so you will know the taste…my mother would say to me.

Good Kimchi is the taste of ingredients getting acquainted with one another and transforming into a completely new thing. My mother stirs the thick red, hot mystery sauce in a rhythmic motion as she chants the list of ingredients and cooking methods. It doesn't work when you write it down. You have to learn to sing the song. I'm still eating.