Natto is very popular in Hawaii - a regular staple in supermarkets. Yum! |((| Ellen Chapman |))| Archivist for Congressional Papers |((| University of Hawaii at Manoa Library On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, O'Brien, Jeff (Clerks) wrote: > Well, the great thing about food is: it just keeps getting weirder and > weirder. Ahem... I give you: "The Natto Test": > > "Many a foreigner [in Japan] has been rated according to whether he or she > could eat natto. Natto is made from fermented soybeans and has a sticky, > slimy texture that produces lots of fine strings between clumps and makes > the whole mess hard to eat. Some people are grossed out by the texture, > others by the smell. I've been told that about 50% of Japanese--especially > those residing in the Kanto region--don't like it either. Again, this may be > a regional thing. > > "I failed the natto test, quite unintentionally, at a conveyor belt sushi > shop. I thought the seaweed roll had negitoro (tuna) in it, so I grabbed the > plate off the conveyor belt and shoved one roll in my mouth. Surprise! I > discovered natto tastes just like it smells... like something that has been > decomposing underground for a while. I bet that amused the chef." A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List! To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>