Koreans say they must eat kimchi wherever they are. When South Korea dispatched troops to the Vietnam War in the 1960s, tearful mothers sent off their sons with clay pots containing homemade kimchi. Soon troopships were filled with the pungent smell of the fermenting cabbage slathered with pepper and garlic.
So it was only natural for Koreans to think that their first astronaut must have the beloved national dish when he goes on his historic space mission in April. Three top government research institutes went to work. Their mission: to create “space kimchi.”
“If a Korean goes to space, kimchi must go there, too,” said Kim Sung Soo, a Korea Food Research Institute scientist. “Without kimchi, Koreans feel flabby. Kimchi first came to our mind when we began discussing what Korean food should go into space…”
What about kimchi’s strong aroma, which often keeps non-Koreans from trying it?
“We managed to reduce the smell by one-third or by half,” Kim said. “So the other astronauts will feel comfortable trying our space kimchi.”
And then – there are other smells “derived” from Kimchi.
Space First : Rocket propelled human
Should be easy in an oxygen rich environment, high entertainment value.
The reason Germans were called “krauts” during WWII was the love of sauerkraut – fermented cabbage – by Germans.
So…this could explain why “Kim” is such a popular name for Koreans …from the love of kimchi”.
Gee…Americans = Mac?
Limey = British, who were the first to use limes to stave off scurvy in the British navy.
Anymore? 😉
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Mmmmmmmm……Kimchee…The top quality stuff will just about take paint off the walls, but Dang!! It’s tasty.
Do not be afraid.
Canucks = Canadian
Acronym of the worlds best hockey team, eh?
#4 Mark Derail
Ok…the Canucks’ mascot is “fin the whale” and while whales right now are not particularly PC…its still food never the less!
Sauerkraut = Germans (Not a nice name)
Kimchi = Koreans
Big Macs = Americans
Limey = British
Beaner = Mexican (Not a nice name)
Any others?
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I shared an office for ten years with some guy who ate nothing but fish head soup, and can tell you for sure that it took months for the stench to wash out of my clothes. The space station will need a complementary room cleaning.
I have a tough time with authentic Korean food, especially that neon-orange glop that tastes like battery acid and those little fish that look like neon tetras that get served as an appetizer – actually, if you like anchovies, you’d like them, they taste the same. It’s just that, unlike anchovies, they are looking up at you. I ate them, but they’re too salty for me. But I like kimchee. The spiciest is too much for me, but mild kimchee – yummmm. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. I wonder if the name is a pun on Kim, common Korean name, and chi, life force. Any Koreans out there?
“And then there are other smells “derived” from Kimchi.”
Oh, perhaps you’re referring to the essence of Kimchi sweating out through an eater’s pores and bodily oils…as in, skin and hair oils? Talk about leaving one’s mark in the Space Station.
And a even single, nasty Kimchi fart would have an interesting persistence effect in the air system…and ooooh, the endless possibilities of Kimchi diarrhea! 🙁
Any Koreans out there?
Probably in Korea
(sorry, couldn’t resist – SHOULD have, but couldn’t)
J/P=?
I just don’t want to see the monster that is created when Kimchi gets hit by space radiation.
hhmmm lets send some lutefisk with them too….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk
When cooking and eating lutefisk, it is important to clean the lutefisk and its residue off of pans, plates, and utensils immediately. Lutefisk left overnight becomes nearly impossible to remove. Sterling silver should never be used in the cooking, serving or eating of lutefisk, which will permanently ruin silver. Stainless steel utensils are recommended instead.
The dish has sometimes subjected Nordic-Americans to jokes about the personality traits “produced” as a side effect of the consumption of chemically-treated white fish. Lutefisk prepared from cod is somewhat notorious, even in Scandinavia, for its intense odor.
I’ll donate a healthy serving of Limburger* Cheese for all aboard the Space Station to go along with their Kimchi.
*The bacterium used to ferment Limburger cheese, and other rind-washed cheeses, is Brevibacterium linens; this same bacterium is found on human skin and is partially responsible for human body odor.
Two words to define most foul: Hillary crotch.
Given Bill will hit anything that can’t out run him, you know that must be a funky monkey if he preferred Monica’s tail.
#14 Gee thats not very nice…
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#15 TIHZ_HO – most likely true and very funny.
Sad that there is still a shot that Miss Cankles might still win the election.