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Subak kimchi (watermelon-rind kimchi)수박김치

Subak kimchi is a summer kimchi of watermelon rind. The green skin is peeled off and the white rind is sliced, salted, seasoned and fermented briefly. A 1990 review of 61 Korean cookbooks found it in only one of them.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Subak kimchi itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Oi-sobagi (stuffed cucumber kimchi), the closest documented vegetables ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Subak kimchi.

Short entryVegetables

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
white watermelon rind
salt
seasonings

Total time across the steps of Oi-sobagi (stuffed cucumber kimchi): 24 h – 8 days

Start
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What changes: Cucumbers are cut into short pieces and slit into four from the middle

Step 1 of 5 · steps of Oi-sobagi (stuffed cucumber kimchi)
Cut the cucumbers and slit them
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria

Pieces are 4 cm long, or 7 cm with the ends left joined and the middle split four ways. Output: cucumber pieces slit in a cross.

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

Subak kimchi is a summer kimchi of watermelon rind. The green skin is peeled off and the white rind is sliced, salted, seasoned and fermented briefly. A 1990 review of 61 Korean cookbooks found it in only one of them.

What makes this one different

Unlike most kimchi, it uses the white rind of watermelon, a summer by-product, in place of cabbage or radish.

Related ferments

History and sources

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

Recorded in 1 of the 61 cookbooks (752–1984) in Lee and Lee's 1990 review [LL1990].

  1. [LL1990] Lee Hyo-ji and Lee Hye-kyung 1990, 김치문화의 변천에 관한 문헌적 고찰 (a literature review of changes in kimchi culture; 116 kimchi and 10 kkakdugi in 61 cookbooks, 752–1984), koreascience JAKO199071663776322paper