Kimchi was not always red

Kimchi is a traditional Korean side dish. It is made of salted and fermented vegetables.

Gaston: Always spicy! Chili is ancient!

Pip: But old kimchi was not red?

Early records do not mention chili pepper. Chili peppers were unknown until the seventeenth century.

The Wolf: Portuguese traders brought them from the Americas.

Chili peppers are originally native to the Americas. Widespread use only started in the nineteenth century.

Gaston: So I'll add chili to the oldest recipe!

Historical versions were not a spicy dish.

The Wolf: Kimchi came first. Chili came much later.