Korean brining salt explained

Korean brining salt, also called Korean sea salt, is a variety of edible salt with a larger grain size compared to common kitchen salt.^[1] ^[2] It is called gulgeun-sogeum (; "coarse salt") or wang-sogeum (; "king/queen salt") in Korean.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] The salt is used mainly for salting napa cabbages when making kimchi. Because it is minimally processed, there are microorganisms present in the salt, which serve to help develop flavours in fermented foods.

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Web site: wang-sogeum. Korean–English Learners' Dictionary. National Institute of Korean Language. ko:왕소금. https://web.archive.org/web/20170110161828/http://krdict.korean.go.kr/eng/dicSearch/SearchView?nation=eng&ParaWordNo=68287. 10 January 2017. live. 10 January 2017.
Web site: wang-sogeum. Standard Korean Language Dictionary. National Institute of Korean Language. ko. ko:왕소금. https://web.archive.org/web/20170110161826/http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=244395. 10 January 2017. live. 10 January 2017.
Web site: gulgeun-sogeum. Standard Korean Language Dictionary. National Institute of Korean Language. ko. ko:굵은소금. https://web.archive.org/web/20170110161828/http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=41865. 10 January 2017. live. 10 January 2017.