Natto?

[ViciousBrutality]

no its not purple, its brown, its strannnge, and i think the package of whatever i had included the word bean something or other. but its strange grossesness and lack of flavor left me asking whether or not it was natto. I believe these bean things are pretty popular, something you could find in an asian super market. I personally found it at some sushi place in some mall in philidelphia.

 

[boroboro]

beans

Originally posted by ViciousBrutality
no its not purple, its brown, its strannnge, and i think the package of whatever i had included the word bean something or other. but its strange grossesness and lack of flavor left me asking whether or not it was natto. I believe these bean things are pretty popular, something you could find in an asian super market. I personally found it at some sushi place in some mall in philidelphia.

Hey VB I believe the stuff your talking about is called "anh" and is made from a dark brown bean called "azuki" bean. There is a common japanese confection called "manju" (see other posts) which has a lot of varieties made a lot of different ways. The best are some of the best food on earth while the worst are still edible in a pinch (like how sometimes even a mc donald's cheeseburger tastes good if that's all you can get).

 

[Sgt. Wang]

I've had anh before (or something just like you described), and it tasted pretty good. I like it because it is sweet/sweeter than natto. But natto now is actually pretty good for me ( because I've had it 6 times now). It's very good with the soy sauce packets that you can sometimes get with it in the vending machine type ones........My Japanese friend said that they usually don't eat it plain, but with the soy sauce stuff (don't know the name?). It was very good then. And healthy for you!!!!

 

[Brooker]

Do you like nattou?

So many Japanese people love these furmented beans, but I can't stand them. And I like almost all Japanese foods! It just doesn't smell like something that should be eaten. And the texture is so gross. I can stand it (a little bit) if it's in something, but I can't eat it plain. Yuck!

 

[bezz]

納豆

Natto might not be as bad as surstrﾃｶmming...

 

[jeisan]

merged these threads...

 

[Lina Inverse]

Ewww... looks like slimy dogfood to me
From what I've seen of it and heard of it alone, it makes my stomach turn... add the disgusting smell, and I'll most definitely never touch it.

 

[Daniel]

I tried natto on my recent trip to Japan. My wife's father ate a norimaki with natto in it by accident ( he thought it was tacuan ) and looked all weird and disgusted. My wife and her sister told me how disgusting they thought it was, so naturally I had to taste it...how bad could it be? I have enjoyed most other japanese foods, so in it went. And I must say, that natto is absolutely disgusting! I felt like someone took a dump in my mouth...yes, that bad.

This was at my wife's family's house, so I had to eat it, and I just managed to avoid throwing up by washing it down with a large amount of beer. How embarassing it would have been if I had puked all over the table.

I'll recommend anyone to try it though, and I also forced the wife to have a taste, after I found out that she never tasted it before, because she found it too disgusting. Who knows, you might like it.

 

[DoctorP]

I was just about to post a question about this before I found this thread! I knew that someone else had to have already asked this question. I have not yet tried natto. I have a hard time bringing something that smells that bad up to my mouth to tasted it! My oldest son eats it religously, and my daughter eats it too...can someone accurately explain what it tastes like? :? (and I don't mean gym socks, or poo! )

 

[mdchachi]

You could probably compare it to stinky cheese or vegemite. (Though my spouse doesn't look either but does like natto.) But rather than the tangy zip that those two things I have, I mainly detect a bitter taste. The taste isn't that bad. It's just combining it with the slimy texture and terrible smell that makes it unappealing. If you have it in the house already you may as well try it. You might like it.

 

[bezz]

Mmmmm natto on a bed of freshly steam rice.

Oh so super oishi!

 

[Minty]

I have not tried it yet.

 

[xerxes99]

If evil has a flavor, it is nato.

 

[euske]

As Westerners hate natto, many Japanese people don't feel good about the flavor of some cheese such as blue cheese or feta. But both are good when you're used to.