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This is a batch of gochujang my grandmother made before she passed away 10 yrs ago. My mom calls it a time capsule. She’s kept it in the basement freezer all these years and wanted to surprise my dad with it one day. So one day, a few weeks ago, my mom brought it out for dinner.
We watched my dad’s face carefully as he tasted it. It didn’t make him cry or anything sappy like that, but it did make us talk about his mother (my grandmother) the whole dinner. What she was like, how they seemed to always have a small dish of gochujang with meals growing up.
Most of all, he noted what a strange sensation it is to taste something he thought he would never have again. Grandma’s gochujang is less sweet than store-bought & tastes good rubbed into barley rice. Or as a dipping sauce for roast chicken. I just can’t believe it’s 10 yrs old.
What’s the oldest thing in your freezer?
