Thanks to trusty uberblog BoingBoing, I now know that, should I ever find myself suddenly in orbit around the earth, I would not be without space-ready kimchi.
Of course, now that kimchi is safe to eat in orbit, Nana wonders if kimchi that's safe to eat on earth can be far behind. (I keed!)
N.B.: If you're not familiar with kimchi, it's cabbage, buried in a pot filled with vinegar and left to ferment. When it's unearthed, it's slathered in hot sauce.
In other news, South Korea's first astronaut goes into space on April 8!
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Koreans love their kimchi: this is one stereotype about Koreans that is so true that it becomes simply a statement of fact.
Korean students studying overseas often get together and talk about the months they endured in Rhode Island/Wisconsin/Tennessee/other random places in the US without a supply of Korean food as if they were swapping war stories. "Three months without kimchi...I don't know how I survived!"
And they always share the similar reaction when they get their first bite of the stuff after a long dry spell. It's almost a religious experience. Once the taste hits the lips, they get a little bit of their homeland back.
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