Here I am, starting a blog focused on a couple things I happen to enjoy very much: flying kites and making (and giving away) fermented foods. As for the fermented stuff, I make lots of pickles, kimchi, and sauerkraut. I also make miso from a simple recipe that comes with the koji starter I buy at local Asian markets. Among the things my friends and neighbors love to be treated to is hard boiled eggs that are fermented in brine with some spices and gochugaru (Korean chili flakes used in kimchi) and lots of garlic. I have a neighbor, an EMT, who really loves those. A while back I gave him a small jar of fermented eggs and somehow they wound up in the bottom of the fridge and behind other stuff and he forgot about them, went out of town for most of a week with his family, and accidentally unburied them days after they returned. He was thrilled and got them out and eagerly opened the jar. The lid popped off rather violently and flew a few feet away; I'd forgotten to warn him they were still fermenting and he should remember to burp the jar every few days for a while. They were still fine. He ate them. He's still alive.