So I just tried some Natto...

[hai, how are you :)]

It's the best source of K2 they say.... Absolutely awful. I had one partial teaspoon and that was enough, threw the whole package out.

I can't even compare it to the other bad stuff I've eaten.... I mean tofu is dogsh1t but at least I was able to eat like 5 lbs of it before saying enough is enough. Legumes are pretty bad/bland... but still nowhere near as bad.

Vegan food is awful and I'll never be vegan. Eating cardboard is not my style.

[Birds]

You really want to make your own, if you don't live somewhere with good fresh natto. And it's kind of hard to do well on your own.

A ton of stuff in the us, for instance, is like a week or a month out of date by the time you get it. Even when it's produced locally. Same issue with brie that tastes like ammonia (piss.)

It's a bit challenging as a food, but the good stuff is good.

[Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...]

So what you're saying it that it's "Natto" that good.

[Birds]

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So what you're saying it that it's "Natto" that good.

nottwo! not twue!

[Vince ✟]

Apparently it's culturally tasty if you grew up on it as a kid.


Maybe like Grits or something idk. We eat weird stuff too.

[Xautos]

might be an acquired taste or something of the like. like someone outside the US eating american bread or sugar cookies for the first time. the latter is apparently good as sawdust.

[Yew Nough]

I looked natto up and I still don't know what it is.

From the pictures, it looks like old-ass beans that were sitting in the back of your fridge for 3 weeks.

[hai, how are you :)]

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I looked natto up and I still don't know what it is.

From the pictures, it looks like old-ass beans that were sitting in the back of your fridge for 3 weeks.

fermented soybeans with some sticky stuff on it (that looks like melted cheese). I tried the frozen supermarket edition... It's Japanese.

Apparently it's the highest source of vitamin K2 available, and some other good stuff.

[Birds]

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Apparently it's culturally tasty if you grew up on it as a kid.


Maybe like Grits or something idk. We eat weird stuff too.

Not to naysay this idea, because it does tend to be true. People like the things that comfort them, make them nostalgic, fit their preconceived routines, etc.

Just, not every culture is as locked into one kind of cuisine as your average island nation is. Which includes landlocked islands who are food deserts, like NK. Or places where shwarma and pita are staples because they're the only thing you can definitely find everywhere, for example.

[Birds]

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Yew Nough:

I looked natto up and I still don't know what it is.

From the pictures, it looks like old-ass beans that were sitting in the back of your fridge for 3 weeks.

fermented soybeans with some sticky stuff on it (that looks like melted cheese). I tried the frozen supermarket edition

Oh, ew.

... It's Japanese.

It was probably on a boat for a month, then in storage and transfer for a few weeks before the market put it out. Same basic issue as domestic production in transport societies with very long-distance agricultural centers, like the US. Nobody's really importing natto from okinawa to Nagano, for example, but most US food travels that much or more.

Typically it has a 1-3 month life frozen, and Japan rarely produces the 3 month variety.

Apparently it's the highest source of vitamin K2 available, and some other good stuff.

Very healthy food, but if you eat more than a kilo or so a day bad stuff can happen.