The Obligatory Space Kimchi Post
I had mentioned a while back that researchers were working on space-friendly kimchi. So when they finally came through with a product, I thought, well, okay–old news.
But the unveiling of space kimchi is getting this story some more legs. It was in The New York Times this past weekend. Some part of me, though, feels that the stories have a certain snicker quality to them. As in, two guys sitting in a bar. One nudges the other with his elbow.
“Hey, Bob. I hear that Koreans are taking kimchi into space.”
Pause.
They laugh.
Joe McPherson is the founding editor of ZenKimchi. He is also dining editor for 10 Magazine and writes and consults for multiple publications. He is the only non-Korean judge for the Korean section of the Miele Guide--but don't ever call him a food critic.
