HOW DID THE GIB MAKE KIMJI?
Kishiro left many unessential questions in Gunnm unanswered, or has answers in his unpublished notes. Much of Gunnm fandom operates by rhetoric: whoever can argue the best, the loudest, the first, or the most parsimoniously becomes accepted as the dominant paradigm; and (more often than not) others will take these arguments in lieu of gospel. An example of this is the question of how the GIB made Kimji. There was no one central agreement until bobengel@aloha.com proposed the following: This recipe came from “How to Make it in Korea” published in Korea by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Korea Mission 3 heads Chinese cabbage (preferred) or head cabbage 14 large cloves of garlic, crushed with heel of a knife and chopped 10-15 green onions cut into two inch lengths About 4 inches of fresh ginger peeled, crushed and chopped 4 Tablespoons sugar 1 tsp. MSG 3 Tablespoons regular salt or 1/4 cup course salt 3/4 cup red pepper powder (not chile powder or cayenne pepper. Look for
