kimchu is a vegetable dish made usually from chinese cabbage chillies and some other ingredoents like onions garlic ginger salt and fish sauce. it has a long history in korea. sinc farming began in thecountry the peoplehave been growing and eating vegetables. however the early farmers soon realized they could not grow vegetables in winter. they had to find a way to preserve vegtables so that they could be eaten throughout the cold winter months. the farmers discovered that when the vegetables were covered in salt they did not turn bad. this discovery took place a very long time ago -exacty when no one knows