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[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Natto. Japanese fermented bean paste. Slimy and tastes like rotten cabbage.

[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 3 points 1 day ago

Over a decade in Japan and I still can't eat more than one or two beans at a time and only the small cut ones. Anything else and I'm gagging. I want to like it but my body refuses

[–] Skanky@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Tried it once and I didn't think it was all that bad? I guess I was expecting far worse

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

And this isn't even about not accepting foreign culture. Plenty of Japanese people hate it too.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

It smells like sweaty feet but I liked it in my pasta. Good source of K2 as a fermented food

[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Not paste. Just fermented beans. You stir that shit up and it forms sticky threads. I can’t stand it but I used to eat it when I didn’t know any better.