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Yuja chimchae (citron water kimchi)유자침채

Yuja chimchae is a water kimchi scented with yuja (Citrus junos) peel. A 1990 survey of kimchi in old Korean cookbooks is said to list it, but the survey's text could not be read, and no source we read gives its ingredients or numbers.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Yuja chimchae itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Dongchimi (winter water radish kimchi), the closest documented vegetables ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Yuja chimchae.

Short entryVegetables

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
yuja (Citrus junos) peel

Total time across the steps of Dongchimi (winter water radish kimchi): 2 days – 46 days

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Close-up: salt moving into a piece

What changes: Whole radishes are trimmed and salted

Step 1 of 4 · steps of Dongchimi (winter water radish kimchi)
Trim and salt the radishes
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
L. plantarum

Radish is the main ingredient; whole green or red chillies, leaf mustard, garlic, ginger and leeks may go in too [wp-dongchimi]. Output: salted whole or halved radishes.

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

Yuja chimchae is a water kimchi scented with yuja (Citrus junos) peel. A 1990 survey of kimchi in old Korean cookbooks is said to list it, but the survey's text could not be read, and no source we read gives its ingredients or numbers.

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History and sources

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

Earlier notes say one cookbook in a 1990 survey of kimchi in old Korean cookbooks records it; this could not be checked against the full text.

  1. [LL1990] Lee Hyo-ji and Lee Hye-gyeong 1990, 김치문화의 변천에 관한 문헌적 고찰 (a literature review of changes in kimchi culture), Korean Journal of Heritage, History and Science 23:107 (article page only; no abstract shown)paper