[Korean Culture] GIM (김) is a famous food of Korea. Many foreigner love to eat the GIM. What do you think KOREA GIM?

Have you eaten Korean GIM? or Have you listened the Korean GIM? 

Today, I am going to post the Korean GIM. 

What is a GIM? 

Gim is made of seaweed that grows around rocks on the ocean floor and is dried into a rectangle. Produced in the clean water surrounding the Korean Peninsula, it is the ultimate nutrient from the sea. Gim is produced from late December to mid-April and is considered to reach its peak, in both taste and nutrition, in the winter. 

GIM has which Nutritional Facts?

Gim has everything that the human body needs. It contains plenty of Vitamin A (good for the eyes) and Vitamin B (good for the brain) and is rich in iodine, a mineral severely lacking in most land plants. It is an important source of protein and has eight essential amino acids. The taurines found in gim are believed to help prevent high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis and help relieve hangovers. Gim is high in dietary fiber and contains a variety of important minerals: calcium, potassium, phosphate, and iron.

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How to eat GIM? 

There are many ways to eat GIM, and I think this image could represent how to eat GIM. 

1) GIMBAP 

GIMBAP is similar to Japanese sushi, but we could put a variety of ingredients by your choice. In general, we put rice on the GIM, and then put yellow pickled radish, quickly sautéed carrots, spinach seasoned with sesame oil and salt, and strips of egg. 

2) Having GIM whith Rice

It's a very simple. When eating rice, you just wrap rice by GIM. It's already salted, Gim make rice become more delicious. 

Let's see which GIM is at Lotte.com global. 

1. GWANG CHON GIM (광천김)

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Weight: 20g* 9 bag

Price: $ 8.24

Manufacturer: GWANG CHON GIM/ Korea 

This is a seasoned GIM, So wrap rice with this Gim. And this Gim was grilled
twice, so it's more crispy. The last feature is that came from the west sea of Korea, so has a much mineral. 



2. SUNG KYUNG GIM 

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Weight: 30g* 20 bag

Price: $ 19.26

Manufacturer: SUNG KYUNG KIM/ Korea
This is a seasoned GIM, So wrap rice with this Gim. And this Gim was applied twice by perilla oil, it's very delicious. 



3. Pulmuwon GIMBAP GIM

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Weight: 500g

Price: $ 1.16

Manufacturer: SG FOOD/ Korea

This is not a seasoned GIM, and it is used to wrap GIMBAP. If you wanna go picnic, try to make GIMBAP using this GIM. It's grilled twice and is more crispy than other GIMBAP GIM. 


Today, I posted 2 types of GIM, What you want, What you purchase.
If you have some question about GIM, please let me know.
Thank you.

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