Making kimchi

Full recipe here: How to Make kimchi and kaktugi (radish kimchi) Ingredients: 2 medium size napa cabbages and 2 Korean radishes, salt, sweet rice flour, sugar, water, 4-6 cups of hot pepper flakes, fish sauce, white onion, fresh garlic, ginger, green onions, Asian chives, fresh oysters (optional) How to handle cabbages and radish: 1. Cut the cabbages in half, and then slit each half through the core, but not through the rest of the leaves. 2. Soak each piece in cold water and sprinkle some salt (about ½ cup of salt per 1 medium size cabbage), and then set it aside for 2 hours. *tip: the stems should get more salt than the leaves 3. Skin 2 radishes and cut them into 1 inch cubes. Do this by cutting them into several disks, and then cutting horizontally, and then vertically. Put them in a big bowl and sprinkle them with ½ cup of salt. Then set these aside, too. 4. 2 hours later, turn the pieces of cabbage over so the
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