Fermented Vegetables
Bossam Kimchi
보쌈김치
Kaesong, North Korea
A Kaesong specialty: spiced napa cabbage leaves folded around a filling of sliced pine nuts, apples, pears, chestnuts, and jujubes; elaborately wrapped and fermented; at the table the top is cut in a cross so the bundle opens like a flower; a celebratory and ceremonial dish from the historic city of Kaesong.
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What it is
A closer look at Bossam Kimchi.
A Kaesong specialty: spiced napa cabbage leaves folded around a filling of sliced pine nuts, apples, pears, chestnuts, and jujubes; elaborately wrapped and fermented; at the table the top is cut in a cross so the bundle opens like a flower; a celebratory and ceremonial dish from the historic city of Kaesong.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
The cabbage should be wrapped into a bundle with fruit and nut filling visible when opened; the top is cut in a cross to open like a flower; from Kaesong, the historic capital of the Goryeo dynasty; a celebratory dish; look for pine nuts, apple, pear, and chestnut inside; visually striking and complex in flavor.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Bossam Kimchi.
Names around the table
One food, more than one name.
Same family
Related foods and regional cousins.
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