If Southerners buried ham, it was probably during the Civil War!! I’ve never heard of that one.
Speaking of burying kimchi pots, there was an episode of M*A*S*H where Frank was convinced the local Koreans were burying bombs near the camp. He went on his usual rampage and ordered everything dug up, but of course there were no bombs but only traditional pots full of kimchi. That episode made no sense to me when I saw it, but it all clicked in my head decades later at a Korean restaurant!
A Korean fellow I once knew commented that Koreans refuse to eat anything soft or mushy. It seemed like an odd, overly general statement at the time, but I can’t say that anything I’ve ever eaten disproves it. So as Mr. Master notes above, kimchi made correctly will always be crisp.
My own family used to make sauerkraut in large barrels. There is nothing German at all about my family, but apparently kraut (as we call it) was common throughout the South until very recently. It was a necessary way of storing food, but it was also considered to be extremely healthful. My grandmother told me that back in the day, when family came in to visit from far off—driving all the way on winding US highways and city streets—the first thing they wanted before they even brought in their bags was a bowl of sauerkraut. It cured whatever ailed them, or so I’m told!!
Speaking of burying kimchi pots, there was an episode of M*A*S*H where Frank was convinced the local Koreans were burying bombs near the camp. He went on his usual rampage and ordered everything dug up, but of course there were no bombs but only traditional pots full of kimchi. That episode made no sense to me when I saw it, but it all clicked in my head decades later at a Korean restaurant!
A Korean fellow I once knew commented that Koreans refuse to eat anything soft or mushy. It seemed like an odd, overly general statement at the time, but I can’t say that anything I’ve ever eaten disproves it. So as Mr. Master notes above, kimchi made correctly will always be crisp.
My own family used to make sauerkraut in large barrels. There is nothing German at all about my family, but apparently kraut (as we call it) was common throughout the South until very recently. It was a necessary way of storing food, but it was also considered to be extremely healthful. My grandmother told me that back in the day, when family came in to visit from far off—driving all the way on winding US highways and city streets—the first thing they wanted before they even brought in their bags was a bowl of sauerkraut. It cured whatever ailed them, or so I’m told!!
