I’m skeptical of the printed expiration. Can I use this in fried rice and soup, or will I expire, as well?
by iiTzSTeVO
7 Comments
ZanyDroid
3 months over? It’s still a spring chicken.
You should be able to finish it really fast. It’s not that much for even a single person.
d00kieshoes
You’ll be fine, might start tasting better after 3 months.
adamokari
Can someone tell me what kimchi tastes like? It looks really good but Google tells me it tastes like pickles.
richonarampage
Probably close to never… as long as it was refrigerated. The salt content in it is probably too high to truly go bad. But I mean there’s a point where it does get a little too funky and it’s only really good sautéed or cooked in other ways.
tw23dl3d33
I’ve been eating my mom’s huge jar of kimchi she made me at the beginning of sophomore year of college- like 2.5 years ago. Tastes even better now lol
trx0x
Always remember that there are almost no food expiration dates that have to do with food safety or actual food expiration. All dates on food, except for baby formula, are quality assurance dates set by the manufacturer: after that date, the food may not be up to the standards the manufacturer has set for that food.
Kimchi is a fermented food. It will just ferment more, and get more sour with time. I actually use that particular brand as my “sour’ kimchi when cooking; my everyday kimchi is one that is made locally by the Korean market near me. It’s much less fermented than the Jongga I get from Costco.
lifeuncommon
Is this from Costco?
I noticed when I got my last jar from there that the expiration date was really soon.
I know, it’s not actually an expiration date, it’s the best if used by date or best before date or whatever… But it was only like a couple of months after I got it.
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3 months over? It’s still a spring chicken.
You should be able to finish it really fast. It’s not that much for even a single person.
You’ll be fine, might start tasting better after 3 months.
Can someone tell me what kimchi tastes like? It looks really good but Google tells me it tastes like pickles.
Probably close to never… as long as it was refrigerated. The salt content in it is probably too high to truly go bad. But I mean there’s a point where it does get a little too funky and it’s only really good sautéed or cooked in other ways.
I’ve been eating my mom’s huge jar of kimchi she made me at the beginning of sophomore year of college- like 2.5 years ago. Tastes even better now lol
Always remember that there are almost no food expiration dates that have to do with food safety or actual food expiration. All dates on food, except for baby formula, are quality assurance dates set by the manufacturer: after that date, the food may not be up to the standards the manufacturer has set for that food.
Kimchi is a fermented food. It will just ferment more, and get more sour with time. I actually use that particular brand as my “sour’ kimchi when cooking; my everyday kimchi is one that is made locally by the Korean market near me. It’s much less fermented than the Jongga I get from Costco.
Is this from Costco?
I noticed when I got my last jar from there that the expiration date was really soon.
I know, it’s not actually an expiration date, it’s the best if used by date or best before date or whatever… But it was only like a couple of months after I got it.