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  • Most scholars agree that Japanese invaders brought red peppers to Korea during the Imjin War in 1592, and that Koreans began fermenting them in the mid-1700s to make gochujang — a gochu paste — and jjigae.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • Koreans consumed gochu centuries before the Imjin War, they say, citing evidence in cookbooks as early as 850 A.D. that include gochu-like peppers — which predated the chili peppers from the New World through Japan — in recipes for stews resembling jjigae.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • Most scholars agree that Japanese invaders brought red peppers to Korea during the Imjin War in 1592, and that Koreans began fermenting them in the mid-1700s to make gochujang — a gochu paste — and jjigae.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • Koreans consumed gochu centuries before the Imjin War, they say, citing evidence in cookbooks as early as 850 A.D. that include gochu-like peppers — which predated the chili peppers from the New World through Japan — in recipes for stews resembling jjigae.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • Most scholars agree that Japanese invaders brought red peppers to Korea during the Imjin War in 1592, and that Koreans began fermenting them in the mid-1700s to make gochujang — a gochu paste — and jjigae.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • The history of when gochu arrived in South Korea is hotly debated, partly because it involves a centuries-old rivalry between Korea and Japan.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • The common ingredient: gochu, a spicy red pepper, known in the West as the chili, which originated in tropical America.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • Koreans consumed gochu centuries before the Imjin War, they say, citing evidence in cookbooks as early as 850 A.D. that include gochu-like peppers — which predated the chili peppers from the New World through Japan — in recipes for stews resembling jjigae.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • The common ingredient: gochu, a spicy red pepper, known in the West as the chili, which originated in tropical America.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • The history of when gochu arrived in South Korea is hotly debated, partly because it involves a centuries-old rivalry between Korea and Japan.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

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