four months of silence later and i'm just using up the last of my kimchi. it was getting a bit ripe so i used it up in this recipe i found from maangchi. i used more veg, adding in carrots, celery, and garlic, and instead of the meat i used this weird stuff i found at super h mart in the tofu isle called 'vegetarian beef.' it's basically wheat gluten and msg, not too bad considering. and as always i went with firm, pressed tofu; i just haven't developed a taste for silken, i must work on this. anyway, very spicy, yummy, and deliciously sour.
(tofu pressing under cans)
very quick cooking. it was done by the time the rice cooker shut off.also, while i was at super h mart, i bought something i've been humming and harring over for a while. i've not been able to find it anywhere else or in any smaller quantity, so now i am the proud owner of my own pound of chile threads! the bag is about the size of a pillow case and i may well be garnishing to my heart's content many decades from now. only time will tell what the future holds for me and my pound of chile threads...
