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Because spicy cabbage is considered a traditional Korean diet.
There are records of Koreans pickling kimchi as early as the early 19th century. In addition, Korea's mild climate makes it suitable for planting, especially for crops like cabbage, which grows well in the north and is easy to cultivate, and can be raised and harvested on a large scale and used as the main edible vegetable variety.
So, after generations of inheritance, kimchi has become an essential food in every meal of the Korean people, and kimchi in the ancestor of the "spicy cabbage", but also become the king of the Korean diet deserved.
Because meat is more expensive in Korea, most people eat cabbage