Is this kimchi normal? I’ve never eaten it before and it tastes very fizzy, like soda. The vegetables are crunchy and appear normal

by Longjumping_Ebb_9694

18 Comments

  1. I aspire to get fizzy kimchi! It’s a sign of happy microbes and great fermentation.

  2. Accomplished-Ant6188

    Ahh the discovery of what fermentation really is.

  3. WitchedPixels

    Older kimchi, not that that’s bad, just fermented longer is all. My mom would wait for kimchi to get this old so she could fry it. I think she thought it tasted better but idk.

  4. piirtoeri

    The word you’re looking for is ‘effervescent’, and sounds perfect.

  5. You want the fizzy. Once you have the fizzy, you chase the fizzy. Long live the fizzy.

  6. It’s normal. If the lid is kept on tight during fermentation it becomes carbonated – just like beer and champagne. If you don’t like it fizzy, just leave the lid slightly loose for a few days and it will go flat again.

  7. Rainbow_in_the_sky

    I’ve experienced that but don’t enjoy it myself.

  8. IzzyBella5725

    Get another serving!! That’s the best kimchi!

  9. seventeenMachine

    How much rice flour y’all using that makes it carbonated

  10. First-Kaleidoscope20

    this happened to me too. if it’s your first time eating kimchi then no usually it’s not fizzy like soda but it can get that way and it is normal. as long as the color is bright you’re good. i wouldn’t judge by crunchiness of the veggie because that just depends on how long it’s been fermenting.

  11. Clean_Lavishness_356

    “I’m Korean, and I like fermented kimchi, which is often called ‘shin-kimchi,’ but the kimchi in the photo looks like something I’ve never seen before.”

  12. Dudedude88

    Kimchi almost can not rot. It just gets funkier and funkier. Also sour.

  13. DwightsJelloStapler

    Ok I’m new to kimchi and I had a container with a bloated lid and it freaked me out and I asked my friends who eat kimchi often if it was safe and they said if it tasted like soda fizzy it was bad so I tossed the whole thing. I never tried it bec I was scared of botulism or something. (Please don’t laugh it was my first time buying kimchi)

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