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Put kimchi (new-season greens kimchi)풋김치

Put kimchi is made in spring or autumn from newly grown yeolmu radish or young cabbage. In a study of young-cabbage kimchi, the pH fell most sharply up to day 4 of storage, and lactic bacteria were at their peak from day 4 to day 18.

Fully documentedVegetables4 days – 18 days

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe sources read give no recipe or amounts; they name only the greens.
New-season yeolmu or young cabbage[kowiki]

Total time across the recorded steps: 4 days – 18 days

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What changes: New-season young radish greens or young cabbage are the starting material

Step 1 of 2
Take new-season young greens
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria

Korean Wikipedia defines put kimchi as kimchi of new yeolmu radish or young cabbage, made in spring and autumn.

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

Put kimchi is made in spring or autumn from newly grown yeolmu radish or young cabbage. In a study of young-cabbage kimchi, the pH fell most sharply up to day 4 of storage, and lactic bacteria were at their peak from day 4 to day 18. Made in 2 steps over 4 days – 18 days. The longest step, ripen at room temperature, then store, takes 4–18 days (Park Y.-H 2007).

Key numbers
Main step4–18 daysMeasured[park2007]Ripen at room temperature, then store

What makes this one different

Put kimchi is defined by its new-season young greens, made in spring and autumn, not by a fixed recipe. In the storage study its microbial changes were similar to those of ordinary cabbage kimchi, according to the authors.

Related ferments

Variants

  • Eolgari kimchi (얼갈이김치)A cabbage kimchi (baechu kimchi), listed on Korean Wikipedia; its cabbage, olgari-baechu, is young Chinese cabbage (Jung 2016).
  • Cho kimchi (초김치)Put kimchi or eolgari kimchi made with vinegar.

Safety

For kimchi in general, a review says salting and chilli powder hold back spoilage and disease-causing bacteria, and the lactic acid the bacteria make lowers the pH to 4.0–4.2, which most other microbes cannot tolerate (Surya 2022). In the storage study of young-cabbage kimchi, nitrate fell by about 11 % from the day it was made (Park 2007).

History and sources

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

History
The sources we found do not record its history.
Starter
The sources we found do not say how its fermentation begins.
Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
Temperature, salt and pH
The sources we found give no temperature, salt or pH figure for any of its steps.
  1. [park2007] Park Y.-H., Seo H.-J., Cho I.-Y., Han G.-J., Chun H.-K. 2007, Changes of quality characteristics and nitrate contents in Ulgari-Baechu kimchi, Yulmoo kimchi and Yulmoo mul-kimchi during storage period, Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition 36(6):794–799 (abstract)paper
  2. [kowiki] Korean Wikipedia, 김치 (종류 section; one-line definitions of 풋김치, 얼갈이김치 and 초김치), read 2026-10wiki
  3. [jung2016] Jung, Kim and Chae 2016, Quality and functional characteristics of kimchi made with organically cultivated young Chinese cabbage (olgari-baechu), Journal of Ethnic Foods 3:150–158 (title record)paper
  4. [surya2022] Surya R. and Lee A.G.-Y. 2022, Exploring the philosophical values of kimchi and kimjang culture, Journal of Ethnic Foods 9, 20paper