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Natto, if you haven’t heard, is a popular food item in Japan. It’s basically fermented soybeans, and has been around for over 1000 years. Most westerners don’t care for it, and not all Japanese do either. But it is a uniquely Japanese food that I knew that I would be sampling eventually, and today was that day.
We were at the Asian market a couple of days ago, and I had mentioned I’d like to try it sometime, so we picked some up. It was sold in a three pack of little styrofoam containers.
Not knowing anything about how natto is served, I was quite surprised to see her bring it out with a big yellow glob on top of it. I asked her what it was, and she said it was an egg yolk.
Now, I have this thing about raw eggs… I just have issues with that…and seeing it made me feel sick. But I’d made the commitment to try it, so I was going to have to push that mentally aside, I just needed to work up the nerve first. Read the rest of this entry »
