Recipe - Northern Cabbage Kimchi

5 Heads cabbage
7 Korean readishes
One half Bundle

One half Bundle

4 Soaked forest mushrooms ,
Soaked and cut int
4 Dried stone mushroom ,
Soaked, cleaned an
2 Korean pears , cut into
Thin juli
5 Garlic bulbs , peeled and
Crushed
3 small Ginger roots , peeled and
Crushed
3 cup Red pepper powder made
Into a paste wi
Red pepper threads
One half cup Pickled corvina , cut
Into narrow st
1/3 cup Pickled baby squid, ""
1 small Octopus,
1/3 cup Pickled baby shrimp,
Chopped
1/3 pound Oysters
1 One half pound Beef brisket, boiled in 5
qt Water or bee
4 cup Coarse salt
Table salt
Sugar
Korean watercress , cut
In 2" length
Green thread onions , cut
In 2" length
""
""

Preliminaries

Trim off the tougher outer leaves of the celery cabbage and save them; cut
each cabbage head into 2 to 4 sections lengthwise (see above recipe)

Preparations

1. soak the cabbage sections and the radishes in a brine prepared with 3
cups of salt and 4 quarts of water for 3 to 4 hours or until softened.
Rinse with cold water.

2. halve the radishes, reserving 2 and make slit cuts up to 2/3 of the
length from the bottom.

3. cut the pears into thin julienne strips.

4. cut the pickled fish and the fresh squid and octopus into 1 1/2" narrow
strips.

5. cut the 2 remainding radishes into thin julieen; mix the radish strips
with the red pepper paste. Then, add all the remainding vegtables,
mushrooms, and chestnuts along with the octopus, squid, and pickled fish;
mix well. Finally, toss the mixture with oysters and pear strips and season
with salt. This is the stuffing.

6. Pack the stuffing between the layers of the cabbage leaves; filling the
slitcuts on the radishesi. stack the stuffed cabbage and radishes in a
crock; cover with the salted outer leaves (preliminaries). After 2 or 3
days, add a mixture of salt, pickled corvina juice, pickled baby shrimp
juice, and beef broth, just enough to cover

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