Kimchi fermented Korean side dish made of vegetables with a variety of seasonings. Different types of kimchi were traditionally made at different times of the year, based on when various vegetables were in season and also to take advantage of hot and cold seasons before the era of refrigeration. Although the advent of modrrn refrigeration-including kimchi refrigerators specially designed with precise controls to keep different varieties of kimchi at optimal temperatures at various stages of fermentation has made this seasonality unnecessary, Koreans continue to consume kimchi according traditional seasonal preferences.
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