It's a dish made of fermented soybeans. They're very sticky and slimy and have a distinct odor...but, ah, I quite like them, a lot of people do where I'm from!

[She closes the cabinet she'd been looking in - no luck there, and it was a bit too high for her, standing on her tiptoes.] I was hoping we would have some in an instant package, because...well, making it from scratch takes a long time.