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."

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