It Ferments: Kimchi & Kombucha
Spicy kimchi, salty miso, fizzy kombucha: do you really know your live ferments?
What this quiz asks
- 1What vegetable is sauerkraut made from?
- 2Kimchi is a fermented specialty from which country?
- 3Miso is a fermented paste made mainly from what?
- 4What is kombucha made from, basically?
- 5What is the gelatinous disc that ferments kombucha called?
- 6Which type of fermentation acidifies sauerkraut and kimchi?
- 7Kōji, miso's key culture, is actually…
- 8Why did sauerkraut long travel aboard ships?
- 9Does kombucha contain alcohol?
- 10Umami, the savory taste boosted by miso, was identified thanks to what?
