North Korea's Latest Technological Innovation...Fermented Bean Curd!

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Pyongyang, August 19, 2005 (KCNA) -- Researchers of the Foodstuff Institute of the Branch Academy of Light Industrial Science under the Academy of Sciences in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have succeeded in making fermented bean curd. It is highly nutritive and delicious. They infect sliced bean curds with bacteria, treat them in some processes and put them into a pot and seal it up to ferment them for 40 days in high temperature. In order to add seasoning to them, they put spices such as garlic, pepper, ginger and black pepper into the pot. The fermented bean curd contains various kinds of vitamins 15 percent more than the ordinary bean curd and 18 kinds of amino acid 8.4 times those of the latter. It, strong in deoxidation, is very efficacious for preventing aging and treating circulation disorders. The longer, the better. It can be well stored for six months even in hot weather and its taste remains unchanged for several days in open-air. The taste of the bean curd varies according to the fermentation conditions and kinds of bacteria. The institute is now introducing the production method of the fermented bean curd among people.

I had no idea the North Koreans had soy bean STORAGE needs...

Well, Good on the... "Researchers of the Foodstuff Institute of the Branch Academy of Light Industrial Science under the Academy of Sciences in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"(?).