What is Natto?

[bulruq]

The BOOGER EFFECT?! Not sounding good!

[lips555so]

When you put Nattò in your mouth, I had shiver down my spine....

[express375]

Hi in Vitamin K2

[brunoproducer]

it supposed to taste better mixed with mustard, green onions and soy sauce. i never tasted it before, but really wish to. but can't find any local store, damnit.. lol

[matreyia]

@brunoproducer - You should try looking in WholeFoods or something if you don't have an asian market around town.

[biofire]

Next time, make a feast of live oysters, thousand year old egg, natto, fermented shrimp paste, fish sauce, honggeohoe, kiviaq and surstromming

[matreyia]

@biofire - surstromming ... no thanks. Tuan would die.

[HaystackCaldoon]

I love how it's recommended that nattou be stirred up.

Stirring it increases the Evil Within tenfold. I've had it a couple of times and noticed that it manages to get even more disgusting and slick, the more it's disturbed.

[saintangelius]

Hehe! You should have bought the japanese one with the Noh Mask Mascot and had it straight out of the fridge with soya sauce instead of the mustard. I noticed your packet was not japanese, hence the fact that it was missing the all important condiments ^^;;

[matreyia]

@saintangelius - yeah, this one was bought at the general asian market in austin. should look for a true japanese only market...that's hard to come by though.

[KingDNH]

Man, this is the only food that I've ever tried in my life that I have trouble with. Might not try it again with mustard and soy sauce. I'll probably add an egg and rice and try it that way.

[Kingdelfrong]

dude what u camera use ?

[matreyia]

@Kingdelfrong - Panasonic HVX200 with a Brevis 35mm adapter & Nikon prime lenses.

[wunderbeast]

lolol i actually love it now and it amazes how i got to that point because i was just like you in the beginning. maybe there's some kind of psychological connection with my childhood because i have vague memories of my mom eating it. enough with the freudian mumbo jumbo, this video is really funny!

[icecoldlover]

are u thai? cuz u're wearing a thai shirt

[matreyia]

@icecoldlover - No, Tuan is not Thai. He has Thai friends and have also been to Bangkok.

[icecoldlover]

@matreyia Thanks :)

[apoc6400]

i have a stomach of steel......or so i thought i had this in vegas it brought back memories of drinkn in high school spewing hot chunks and prayn to the toilet gods......yes thats what it taste like

[ludahfang559]

He Doesn't Even now how to use a damn chop stick

[urpmi]

After seeing all these natto videos on Youtube I had to go buy some and try it. The store sells the same Hime brand that's in this video. To me it smelled and tasted like burnt coffee. Even after the used container spent the night in the garbage, the residue only smelled faintly of burnt coffee to me -- no stinky feet. Anyway, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks it smells like burnt coffee.

[poisanjp]

納豆は玩具じゃない！

アミノ酸の塊なんだよ！

混ぜて混ぜて、固くなるまで混ぜろ！

ま～旨みを感じる事が出来るのは日本人だけだけだろ。

無理して食べる必要はない。

[TbrTurbo]

If you dont put inside the egg and sauces, of course, they smell is not pleasant!! Most important: you need to twist much more the natto beans!

[Serasia]

I've had natto and stinky tofu (natto-Japan, stinky tofu-Taiwan) and I heard that both are really stinky. On first impression natto, to me, didn't taste or smell like anything so I didn't think it was nasty. I've had it for breakfast with rice and soy sauce. The first time I had stinky tofu it didn't smell too bad, but other times I encountered stinky tofu, it stunk, or smelled strong. The taste was okay, and the texture was good. But I think I'd go for natto if I had a choice ^^

[matreyia]

wow, you'd go to natto instead of stinky tofu? I would do the very opposite! Haahaaaa...of course, I haven't had the stinky tofu that they sell in Taiwan yet so perhaps until I eat the Taiwanese version, I should keep my mouth shut about it!

[Serasia]

Then I'll give you my stinky tofu so you could try it and you could give me your natto ^^

It's funny, when I went to Japan my friends mostly didn't like natto, but I didn't think it was that bad, but in Taiwan my friends thought stinky tofu wasn't good, and this time I agreed x3 It probably depends where you get it if it smells bad. It's not bad if it doesn't stink a lot...but if it doesn't stink I guess it's just normal tofu :)

[Zzasko]

Natto is awesome stuff. Raw egg, natto, kimchi, soy sauce mixed up is the best ever. Forget the rice next time too.

[sabu85]

natto is delicious, but you can't eat it without soy sauce and karashi...

i always eat natto here in japan it's so yummy!

and in italy i make it by myself

[matreyia]

I didn't taste anything when I tried it. But I will surely try again soon... and next time, I will wait for the Natto to melt completely so I can experience the sweaty foot in sock smell. : )

[stzach]

Please forgive, but natto is an acquired taste -- I've had it several times under many guises, in Japan and in Japanese restaurants here in the US. Every time, I recoil. In the same way, I would never tell someone that a ripe cheese is delicious - especially someone from China or Japan who was not used to cheese. I grew up with cheese, so I like it. But it's an acquired taste.

[chickNchoke]

It tastes gross....But it is quite healthy (thins the blood and helps prevent un-needed clotting).

[JUNENFIONA]

that is a serious camera man. I found one for 1,670 used LOL.

[JUNENFIONA]

what kind of camera are you using the quality is great super.

[matreyia]

all info on camera is at the beginning of this thread.

[loveAnimeNaj915]

is it tasty??

[matreyia]

apparently not unless you flavor it with soy sauce or mustard.

[prophecy2012]

the natto stringiness/stickiness are very well after the aging process in the fridge for 3 days :)

[prophecy2012]

my second attempt making natto are very successful, I'm having natto almost everyday, the remaining natto, i divided it in small packs with paper cups and kept it in the freezer :)

[prophecy2012]

actually the fermentation process failed, I forgot to add some sugar and salt while mixing the bacillus natto with soy bean, the natto stickiness are too little only :( gonna do it again next week.

[matreyia]

sorry to hear that...

[prophecy2012]

no worries, i'm not going to give up that easily, I decided to do it again tomorrow, tonight I gonna wash and soak new raw soy beans to start making natto again, luckily it just 500 grams of soy beans only that failed to ferment, its not total failure it just that its not sticky enough which I consider a failure. A total failure is the beans is contaminated with other germs and have sour taste

[prophecy2012]

another way if beginners want to eat natto in the general way, add a bit of white vinegar, the vinegar will cover the acquired taste/smell

[spbkloh]

the general way to eat natto for beginners are quite torturing that can't stand the aquired smell,

beginners can start eating natto other ways, like natto curry, natto toast, natto ramen, natto kimchi, natto ice cream, natto spaghetti

Peace to all for first timer consuming natto

[prophecy2012]

i'll be homebrewing natto myself in these few days, its not actually that bad.

oredi got my natto-kin (bacillus natto) for making natto :)

[matreyia]

Let me know it goes...

[prophecy2012]

well uhh, oredi ordered a thermoter/ gyrometer from , still waitng for the thermother/gyrometer to arrived so I can start making natto.

[spbkloh]

the thermometer has arrived but my light bulb is not ready yet, I gonna be busy these few days, have to go to outstation do some things, I'll be making natto next week, will continue to post how it goes on

[prophecy2012]

fermentation process have started on Monday @ 1523 (GMT +8), temperature maintained at around 40 degrees celcius,

[prophecy2012]

fermentation process is done, currently the aging process is in progress, I have to admit the fermentation process does stinks, but I'm a health cautious person, I don't mind of the smell

[xSaKuRaxSaRaHx]

Haha,I've seen gintama[an anime] where one of the characters is obseessed with natto and she flings it at people. So it's meant to be edible and a weapon :D

[matreyia]

Haaaahaaaaa!!LOL that sound freakin hilarious.

[garblojones]

did you mix in soy sauce ?

[matreyia]

yeah, he did, I think. That was shot in all natural lighting. We were lucky to have a wall that blocked out the direct rays of the sun. His apartment complex is weird, but very useful if you want to shoot outside. Thanks for the compliments.

[matreyia]

Well, apparently I was wrong...as you can see in the video, he didn't put any soy sauce in. : (

We are gonna do a Balut (duck fetus egg) video soon. MMMM, I love Balut...

[jjpnoi]

Looking forward to your balut video. You filipino yourself?

[matreyia]

We are both Vietnamese. He was born in Texas and I was born in Nam in 72.

[garblojones]

on a side note, the lighting/camera work is pretty dope.

[popura0025]

とりあえず鼻つまんで一ヶ月食え

そうすると一生やめられなくなるよ

[allgoo19]

Brave soul... ^_^

Seriously though, you can make natto anyway you want it to taste like. Mustard, wasabi, bonito flakes, some egg, sea weed etc.

[Stantorr]

I GOT to try that.

I'll check my local store to see if it is imported (or produced) here.

[pearlygate]

You should've added soy sauce into it to make it tastier. Otherwise it just tastes bland. Did you buy the natt from vietwah, seattle?

[matreyia]

Na, we live in Austin, Texas.

[whatsmynameA4]

Lovely. Looks like Turds 'n Snot.

[matreyia]

Yep, smells like it too!

[eliseo20]

Wow, this vid has really good quality. What did you use to film this? :-)

[matreyia]

It was filmed with a Panasonic HVX200. The audio was recored with a Sennheiser Lavalier wireless microphone. The graphics and editing were all done by myself in Final Cut Pro and After Effects 7. The film like image is a result of a 35mm lens adapter called "Brevis 35" lens adapter. Thanks for your comment.

[nameLessSUPERnaturaL]

natto is actually a very healthy food which many japanese kids like to eat. i personally do not like it, but if you mix in some green onion and egg yolk, and eat it with rice, the stink goes away and an even more insane sticky feeling ensues. give it a shot!

[junkrabbit]

I just have to ask if they sell natto in Japanese shop here, I'm so curious what does it taste like - it looks disgusting! :D

[matreyia]

It didn't have a taste when I tried a bit afterwards. But if you wait until it thaws out properly, you won't want to eat it because it just smells like a sweaty foot just taken out of a soaking wet sock after a day's hard work in the sun...Good luck.

[kaoruneko16]

LOL

[matreyia]

Yeah, Tuan is a good sport and funny fella.

[kaoruneko16]

I'd try it. hahaha Thanks for explaining the natto experience.