The structure of the egg was once seen as analogous to the structure of the cosmos.
According to this theory, the eggshell was supposed to be the sky, the membrane inside the sky with clouds, the egg white symbolized water, and the egg yolk symbolized earth and minerals.
The key ingredients of kimchi are napa cabbage, radish, carrot, garlic, chili pepper, onion, ginger, pepper, mustard, watercress, salt and sugar, sometimes accompanied by salted shrimp, anchovies or other seafood.
Sometimes soy sauce and sesame are added to the pickle.
Kimchi is also an ingredient of other dishes, such as gimchijjgae (kimchi stew), gimchiguk (soup), gimchibuchimgae (pancake) or gimchibokkeumbap (kimchi fried rice).
Scientists are working on a use for tea mushrooms other than making kombucha.
Through the efficient production of cellulose, they are developing a method to create food packaging and clothing materials (artificial leather and other textiles) from the “mushroom.”