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Vinegar from Korea

Samhwang-cho (삼황초, 三黃醋), dog-days old-rice vinegar삼황초

A Joseon rice vinegar made from old rice during the three dog days (삼복), the hottest days of summer. It is recorded in the Sallim gyeongje (about 1715) and the Imwon simnyukji, and is known here only from earlier notes on Lim and Cha (2010).

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Samhwang-cho itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Joseon grain and honey vinegars, the closest documented vinegar ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Samhwang-cho.

Short entryVinegar

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
old (aged) rice
steamed

Total time across the steps of Joseon grain and honey vinegars: 46 days – 48 days

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Close-up: water moving into a grain

What changes: Wheat soaks in water for three days and is lifted out

Step 1 of 5 · steps of Joseon grain and honey vinegars
Soak the wheat for three days and drain it
Time
3 days
Reported
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Moulds

Output: soaked wheat.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

A Joseon rice vinegar made from old rice during the three dog days (삼복), the hottest days of summer. It is recorded in the Sallim gyeongje (about 1715) and the Imwon simnyukji, and is known here only from earlier notes on Lim and Cha (2010).

What makes this one different

Tied to the three dog days of midsummer and to old rice, where most Joseon vinegars use fresh rice or wheat and name other days.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [s1] Lim E.-J., Cha G.-H. 2010, Study on manufacturing of vinegar through literatures of the Joseon Dynasty, Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture 25(6):680–707paper