Natto-licious
On today’s menu was natto, fermented soy beans. I got a heads up on the menu so I requested just a small portion just so I could say I actually tried the dish. When I got to the desk with my lunch, I found a bowl of soup, bowl of rice, and a filled bowl of goupey yellow stuff with potatos, carrots, and peas… ah natto! Thanks for the extras! I also scored a dessert, couldn’t tell what it was, but it a had a cute cartoon baseball player on it so bound to be good.
With my strawberry milk ready to wash down the natto, I first attacked the potatoes. Wasn’t so bad, got a little shiver down my spine, but I was doing alright. I then tried the hunks of tofu looking things… well, kind of firm, not so bad… I tried not to smell it because of all the horror stories associated with it. It was a tough ordeal but I managed to eat the potatoes and peas and leave the tofu goop alone. Desert time!! I asked the secretary what the desert was and she replied, “Natto.” A cold wind blew through the room, “So this is tofu and potato?”, “No, that’s chicken.” I thought I could finally say I ate natto but I wasted my efforts on chicken. So I finished the chicken goop which turned out to actually taste a lot better when you stop thinking it’s natto. I put the desert (natto) into the fridge and defeatedly walked back to my desk.
October 11th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
my ex’s mom used to make that. she would always force me to try the food she prepared, except when it came to natto. she said unless you grow up eating certain japanese food, you’ll never get a taste for it.
there was this one dish that was really good, though. i forgot what it was called (okonomiyaki? something like that, i think), but it was some sort of cabbage patty. i used to love it.
October 12th, 2006 at 2:50 am
ahahahh you are so funny. and such a big baby. it’s just food! that story reminds me of when i forced jonathan to eat his veggies. he would pick a sliver of lettuce off his whopper….slowly put it in his mouth like it was a mouse trap…then he would close his eyes, swallow, and shiver & shake. drama queen.
October 12th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
So you didn`t even try it?!? I`ve been dying to have it at least just so I can say I`ve tried it.
I would have been even more grossed out after I realized I had been eating nasty glops of chicken instead of harmless tofu.