A Bold Taste Goes Where It Has Never Gone Before:
Now kimchi is set to conquer the final frontier: space.
When South Korea’s first astronaut, Ko San, blasts off April 8 aboard a Russian spaceship bound for the International Space Station, the beloved national dish will be on board.
Three top government research institutes spent millions of dollars and several years perfecting a version of kimchi that would not turn dangerous when exposed to cosmic rays or other forms of radiation and would not put off non-Korean astronauts with its pungency.
Just how good could kimchi that “would not put off non-Korean astronauts with its pungency” be? 😉
Gimchee is wonderful. Any non-Korean astronaut who doesn’t like – no! love – the pungency of Gimchee should step through the closest airlock immediately! They are a disgrace to the astronaut profession!
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