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The Secrets of Fermentation

Episode 12

Let’s open it

What will it be like when we open it?

Half a year later, Mugi has both hands on the lid of the miso container, about to open it with Hakkoh-chan.
MugiCan we open it now?
Hakkoh-chanHalf a year. You waited well.
MugiI’m a bit scared.
Hakkoh-chanFirst let’s look, and check the smell.
Inside the opened container, the miso has turned a deeper color with a smooth texture.
MugiThe color has got deeper.
Hakkoh-chanThe smell is different from the start, too.
MugiWork I couldn’t see was going on all along.
Hakkoh-chanIt was. The enzymes worked away slowly.
Mugi tastes miso soup made with the miso she prepared herself, and looks delighted.
MugiIt’s good!
Hakkoh-chanMugi, what did you do?
MugiI prepared it, kept a record, and waited.
Hakkoh-chanWaiting is the hardest part.
MugiSo doing nothing is work as well.
Around the finished miso, the microbes met so far gather quietly beside Mugi and Hakkoh-chan.
Hakkoh-chanPeople long ago didn’t know about microbes.
Hakkoh-chanEven so, they prepared their batches and waited.
MugiMaybe they knew something was there, unseen.
Hakkoh-chanYou can see the unseen now, Mugi.
MugiI can. Let’s ferment together!
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