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Gochujang reads as ancient Korean heat, but chili peppers only reached the peninsula after the Columbian Exchange — the pepper is the newcomer. The real engine is older: meju, the fermented soybean block, and yeotgireum malt doing the enzymatic work.

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Gochujang's sweetness was there before the heat. Barley malt, glutinous rice, and fermented soybean built the base over centuries — the chili peppers that define it now didn't arrive from the Americas until later. The paste is older than the pepper.

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