The Food Thread

[DrewJD82]

I saw some decent looking sirloins at the store today, grabbed some brussel sprouts and made some horsey sauce that made the hair fall off my chest and grow back immediately. I’m stuffed but I kinda want to cook the other one!

 

[la szum]

Fucking nootch, as the vegans call it. If feet could vomit, dehydrate the vomit and scrape it up to sell, they could sell it as nootch. My ex put that shit on everything.

For popcorn I always just google a recipe for kettlecorn because I forget the oil/sugar ratio.

By foot vomit do you mean "Umami?"

 

[DrewJD82]

By foot vomit do you mean "Umami?"

If Umami smells like foot vomit, sure.

 

[fretworn]

By foot vomit do you mean "Umami?"

Can you say nato?

 

[DrewJD82]

Can you say nato?

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I bet I know some terms to put into Bing to get a similar pic!

Also, I’m pretty sure there were some pranksters runnin’ around in antiquity. Couple samurai were fuckin’ around, “Hey, let’s tell people this is some good shit, they’ll be eating this crap in hundreds of years!”

 

[Sascha Franck]

It's all about the dose, really. And the entire umami thing is a very special story (same goes for some smelly things).

 

[laxu]

Can you say nato?

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Nato is what we Finns just joined, "natto" is what is pictured.

Natto ranges from "eh, not as bad as I expected" to "god damn what is this vile stuff!" The "eh not bad" version was in the only restaurant that was open at 5 am in Kobe and served as part of a nice breakfast. A bit slimy, but not awful.

The "god damn what is this vile stuff" was in a conveyor belt sushi restaurant in Tokyo. My spouse said "hey taste this, what is this?" and handed me a little roll that looked tasty and nothing like the picture. Then we were both trying to eat the piece of sushi while not trying to offend the chef.

 

[la szum]

Fermentation is a sliding scale.

 

[Sascha Franck]

When I was in Tokyo for the first time, our local guide told us that natto would be something like a litmus test for european folks and the likes, to see whether they were like tough enough to deal with the world.
Even if I was in Japan 3 times, I've only seen natto once outside of some supermarket safety and absolutely didn't feel like trying it.
Fwiw, I guess the swedish folks used to eat surströmming (fermented herring in cans that you'd apparently only open in a plastic bag or under running water...) would have no issues with natto at all. Maybe @the swede could share some lovely details...

 

[DrewJD82]

My stepmother is from Bagio in the Philippines, they do fermenting on a whole different level that I’m 100% certain you need to be born in a 3rd world country to have an immune system that can handle that stuff. When I was saving for my house and staying with my father/stepmom she made this fermented fish and mushroom dish one day, I’ve been to industrial meat processing plants, I’ve come across dead deer that have sat in the summer heat for weeks, nothing even came close to the smell of that dish.

 

[la szum]

This stuff is deliciousness in a jar.

 

[fretworn]

This stuff is deliciousness in a jar.


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Ordered.

 

[la szum]

I hope you like it, fret.

 

[la szum]

They also have an Hatch Chile infused Dijon Mustard that is

I want to buy one of everything they have.

 

[cragginshred]

Last hours in Mumbai. Had this earlier, should've ordered 2. Or 4. 100% vegan, just incredible tastes, everything very different.
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Good to see some healthy options!

 

[cragginshred]

I held back on Indian food until my mid-20’s and quickly regretted the years of not having those amazing flavors in my life.

The first time I got a really spicy vindaloo I was in heaven. I LOVE spicy foods but the flavor has to be there, heat for the sake of heat is pointless and often tastes like garbage. I don’t think I’ve ever intentionally caused myself discomfort as much as I did that day, didn’t care how bad my mouth was burning, it was just so damn good.

I got one a couple weeks ago and could barely eat it, they went a little too hard on the spices. My sinuses were cleared before it even hit my mouth.

During the plant-based years I got it all the time because it was one of the few things I could order without modifying. I have very few regrets about leaving everything to my ex-wife in the divorce, but my spice collection is a serious regret. Especially since she can’t cook.

100% !!
I had never even considered Indian or Thai till I met my wife. We love both!!

 

[cragginshred]

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“soon”

Not may people have a better view than I do in Calif looking 10 miles across the Sierras -you do! What lake/state?

 

[fretworn]

Not may people have a better view than I do in Calif looking 10 miles across the Sierras -you do! What lake/state?

PNW looking West over Puget Sound towards the Olympics

 

[fretworn]

This stuff is deliciousness in a jar.


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I think this is supposed to arrive today


Update:

 

[la szum]

Heck yeah, fret!

Excited to hear your thoughts.