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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!
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By foot vomit do you mean "Umami?"
If Umami smells like foot vomit, sure.
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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!”
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It's all about the dose, really. And the entire umami thing is a very special story (same goes for some smelly things).
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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.
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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...
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...
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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.
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Ordered.
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Good to see some healthy options!
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100% !!
I had never even considered Indian or Thai till I met my wife. We love both!!
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Not may people have a better view than I do in Calif looking 10 miles across the Sierras -you do! What lake/state?
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PNW looking West over Puget Sound towards the Olympics
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I think this is supposed to arrive today
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