Let's Cultural Exchange
So the sequence of events goes something like this.
1.) I view Steve, Don't Eat It! (Arguable work-safety; funny as hell, but some of these things are flat-out gross.) All of them are worth your time, but the inspiration for this post can be found here.
2.) dethorats and I have the following conversation on AIM:
Price: Ahahaha natto. Natto is awful and I can speak from experience. It also smells terrible.
Lee: I've never had natto, but I'll take your word for it.
Price: It's hideous. Amusingly, the Japanese family I was staying with that served it hated it too. Well, all but the dad. Apparently about 60% of Japan thinks it is a most disgusting creation and the other 40% adores it.
Lee: Hmmm. I ought to ask H what his stand on natto is. XD
3.) H and I have the following e-mail exchange:
Lee: Also, I have a question for you this time! This has kind of a weird context, but here goes: My friend Price and I were talking about Things Nobody Should Eat, Ever (inspired by a website called "Steve, Don't Eat It!", wherein Steve eats completely unappealing food items). Needless to say, the subject of natto came up. Price, unlike me, has been to Japan and consumed natto (she didn't care for it), and said she remembered reading that something like 60% of the population finds natto rather grotesque. So I thought I'd ask where you stand on the issue of natto?
H: Ok, at first I think it's been about 10 years since I could eat natto and about 5 years since I come to like it. By the way I went to see that web site "Steve, Don't Eat It!" and read the issue about natto. I laughed my head off!! He’s genius!! Bless all of his thoughts about natto!! Well as your friend said, I think most of Japanese think that natto is grotesque and so do I. However, once you got used to THAT smell (Thank goodness a sense of smell is the fastest go-weaken sense among 5 sense but don't use 6th sense if you like to be fond of natto) and knew how to cook it properly, you could like it. Yeah you can't imagine the picture that you're eating natto delightedly as long as you think it's like a creepy creature from outer space. I remember Steve saying that the container had some air holes in it but actually it needs to "breathe" in a way because air helps its fermentation. (I loved the joke that he needed to breathe instead). And like yogurt, somehow it has an expiration date. Please don't eat them way after the date, otherwise you'll be dead like the last his joke!! One regretting thing is, usually, it has two packets of mustard and seasoning thus it's easy to imagine that the taste would be awful for Japanese if it's with only mustard. If only I could get you some "tasty" natto though besides I can suppress the smell. I think this food became sort of "puffed-up" food for Japanese like "Oh you can't understand this subtle taste?". Even among Japanese, they ask me like "can you eat natto?" sometimes. Actually I've been asked this by some guys because where I used to live (west Japan, especially Kansai region) is told that people there hate natto but east people like Tokyo ( especially Kantou region) can eat it. Anyway it's a very healthy food no one denies it but after all, it's just fermented beans.
4.) Everyone starts pretending they don't know me.
[EDIT: This has nothing at all to do with the content of this post, but apparently my cat doesn't like A Flock Of Seagulls because when "I Ran (So Far Away)" came up on my Winamp, she darted out from under the desk, where she usually sits on my feet.]
[EDIT to the EDIT: Still not relevant, but when the Beatles came on, the cat decided to come back under the desk and curl up and purr. In case you wanted to know about my cat's musical tastes.]
1.) I view Steve, Don't Eat It! (Arguable work-safety; funny as hell, but some of these things are flat-out gross.) All of them are worth your time, but the inspiration for this post can be found here.
2.) dethorats and I have the following conversation on AIM:
Price: Ahahaha natto. Natto is awful and I can speak from experience. It also smells terrible.
Lee: I've never had natto, but I'll take your word for it.
Price: It's hideous. Amusingly, the Japanese family I was staying with that served it hated it too. Well, all but the dad. Apparently about 60% of Japan thinks it is a most disgusting creation and the other 40% adores it.
Lee: Hmmm. I ought to ask H what his stand on natto is. XD
3.) H and I have the following e-mail exchange:
Lee: Also, I have a question for you this time! This has kind of a weird context, but here goes: My friend Price and I were talking about Things Nobody Should Eat, Ever (inspired by a website called "Steve, Don't Eat It!", wherein Steve eats completely unappealing food items). Needless to say, the subject of natto came up. Price, unlike me, has been to Japan and consumed natto (she didn't care for it), and said she remembered reading that something like 60% of the population finds natto rather grotesque. So I thought I'd ask where you stand on the issue of natto?
H: Ok, at first I think it's been about 10 years since I could eat natto and about 5 years since I come to like it. By the way I went to see that web site "Steve, Don't Eat It!" and read the issue about natto. I laughed my head off!! He’s genius!! Bless all of his thoughts about natto!! Well as your friend said, I think most of Japanese think that natto is grotesque and so do I. However, once you got used to THAT smell (Thank goodness a sense of smell is the fastest go-weaken sense among 5 sense but don't use 6th sense if you like to be fond of natto) and knew how to cook it properly, you could like it. Yeah you can't imagine the picture that you're eating natto delightedly as long as you think it's like a creepy creature from outer space. I remember Steve saying that the container had some air holes in it but actually it needs to "breathe" in a way because air helps its fermentation. (I loved the joke that he needed to breathe instead). And like yogurt, somehow it has an expiration date. Please don't eat them way after the date, otherwise you'll be dead like the last his joke!! One regretting thing is, usually, it has two packets of mustard and seasoning thus it's easy to imagine that the taste would be awful for Japanese if it's with only mustard. If only I could get you some "tasty" natto though besides I can suppress the smell. I think this food became sort of "puffed-up" food for Japanese like "Oh you can't understand this subtle taste?". Even among Japanese, they ask me like "can you eat natto?" sometimes. Actually I've been asked this by some guys because where I used to live (west Japan, especially Kansai region) is told that people there hate natto but east people like Tokyo ( especially Kantou region) can eat it. Anyway it's a very healthy food no one denies it but after all, it's just fermented beans.
4.) Everyone starts pretending they don't know me.
[EDIT: This has nothing at all to do with the content of this post, but apparently my cat doesn't like A Flock Of Seagulls because when "I Ran (So Far Away)" came up on my Winamp, she darted out from under the desk, where she usually sits on my feet.]
[EDIT to the EDIT: Still not relevant, but when the Beatles came on, the cat decided to come back under the desk and curl up and purr. In case you wanted to know about my cat's musical tastes.]