OK there’s probably no such thing as Yorkshire Kimchee (Yet). But it a a wide reaching name for a family of fermented condiments / side dishes in Korean cuisine. We bought bean sprouts for our Nori Rolls the other day and as ever we ended up with half a bag loitering in the fridge. So experimental cooking / fermenting time it is then….
This was loosely based on a Korean recipe, but I swapped out some of the ingredients as the objective here is to use up items, not to end up with half a Korean radish added to the fridge collection!
Ingredients:-
200g (Or so) of Bean Sprouts
3 cloves of Garlic minced
½ a fresh raw Beetroot
1 Carrot
A thumb sized piece of fresh Ginger
5 dried Chillies
2 tsp of Chilli flakes
2 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp Fish Sauce
1 litre of cold water
Method:-
(1) Add the salt and sugar to the water and set aside to allow time for it to dissolve.
(2) Peel the Ginger, Beetroot, Carrot and cut into very fine strips lengthways.
(3) In a bowl mix all the ingredients and then place in a clip top jar.
(4) Press down quite firmly and add further Bean Sprouts so that the top on the dry ingrients is going to be just under the lib when closed.
(5) Add the brine solution so that everything is submerged.
(6) Pop the lid on and place in a cupboard.
(7) Shake gentle from time to time. The Lacto-fermentation will be complete in 7 to 14 days. As with all these fermented recipes is it smells bad or develops mould just bin it….
I appreciate that the Job Centre Plus staff have a very difficult job to do. I also appreciate that they have internal rules and guidance to follow.
However if they have information and documents which might assist those looking for work I would have thought that it was their duty to share these with their clients. It would seem this is not the case. Here is an example:-
“Having had several appointments over the last few months and also having made it clear that I was happy to do anything in my power to find employment, I asked on the off-chance if they had a list of Employment Agencies in the York area. Strangely the agent reached into a desk tidy to her left and plucked a copy from a stack in the top shelf which contains names and contact details for 25 Agencies which are active in the area. Many of these are not easily located using Google as they have head offices in other locations.”
Not a great service from a failing system really is it?
If you are willing to work for an Employment Agency in the York area here is the list as a .PDF. (11.46Mb) You can also click on the picture above in you are using a mobile phone, because we like our services and articles to be accessible to all! It's possibly not the greatest quality but if you call in and ask they are more than willing to give you a copy.
But which should you have to ask in the first place?