4/27    Do any of you like natto?  What's the appeal?
        \_ I thought this was Japanese porn or something like bukake but
           turns out to be food.
        \_ Is it anything like Dweanjong?  (Korean soy bean paste.)
           \_ Fermented whole soybeans that smell like rotten armpits
              \_ More like stinky feet.
        \_ Once you get used to the taste and the smell, it tastes good and
           is full of great nutrients.  My wife likes to eat it with a raw
           egg.  --erikred
           \_ I'm so sorry.
              \_ I concur. About half the Japanese people I asked didn't like
                 natto, either, or weren't admitting it anyway.
                 -- ulysses
                 \_ True!  Natto is generally considered a Kanto thing.  Most
                    southerners tend to beat it away with a stick.  Me, I like
                    it.  Now, sea urchin, on the other hand, wtf? --erikred
                    \_ I've never had the pleasure (misfortune?) to try uni.
                       What's it like?
                       \_ I've had uni a total of three times my whole life.
                          Everytime, I keep forgetting what it tastes like
                          so I try it again to remind myself how bad it is.
                          I do have to admit that it gets better each time
                          but I still don't like it. I think that yellow
                          stuff inside a crab is the closest thing I can
                          think of.
                       \_ It's a very odd texture (which is what i think turns
                          most people off).  Sort of a cross between a soft
                          patee and jelly.  It's sort of mildly sweet with a
                          bitter finish.  It's worth trying just to find out
                          what it's like.
           \_ Watch out for Salmonella.
              \_ Very very few eggs contain salmonella, and the amount in an
                 infected egg is generally small enough that a healthy person
                 can fight it off with no problem.
        \_ http://www.gaia21.net/natto/natto.htm