Worked for a Korean company in northern Germany 10 years ago and was frequently invited to eat Korean food.

Excellent food. I was most sceptical of Kimchi when I first saw and tasted it. However I soon got hooked on it and to my dismay when I returned to Bavaria I couldn`t find it anywhere.

Now I have found a special Korean shop where I can get small tins of it but they are incredibly expensive. Recently I bought 10 tins paying almost a month`s wages for them. Thinking nobody else in the family would even look at this strange suff I innocently stored them in the food cupboard. Unfortunately my son, who now plays a mean bass guitar discovered this food on one of his midnight hunger rambles and he is now also hooked on the stuff.

The shopkeeper told told me he can get me the pepper/chili powder required to make it and I am seriously considering having a go at making it.

Don`t laught at it until you have tried it.

JB