How to eat Natto

This is a short instructional video I made to explain how to prepare and eat this delicious food.

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Howto & Style

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• japan
• natto
• japanese
• food

[MsRrrr77]

By the way how would you describe the taste? Cheesy? Pickled?

[n0exit]

I suppose it would be more cheesy than pickled, if I had to choose... It's definitely not pickled. It also doesn't have as strong a smell as most aged cheeses. It's really hard for me to call it cheesy. It's fermented, so the... slime... is proteins broken down by the fermentation process. It's one of the best ways to eat soy beans because this processes gives your body access to proteins that it would otherwise not be able to digest.

[john1969t]

If the raw egg is added, bitter of natto becomes mild.

Isn't there custom of eating the egg by the raw in the United States?

[n0exit]

Not a lot of people eat raw eggs in the US for two reasons. First is that people don't like the texture. This is also one reason many people don't want to try natto. The other reason is that for a long time, people here have been led to believe that eating raw eggs will make you sick. The fact is though, that the inside of an egg is sterile. This is why eggs are used to grow the yearly flu vaccine.

[Shiruvi]

What does it taste like? I've had some very... different opinions on natto so far x3

[n0exit]

It really depends on who you ask. To some, it has a really offensive smell. Maybe I've sniffed too much Zicam or something, but it's not so offensive to me. My roommate, who loves to experiment with ferments and stuff, can't stand natto. A lot of people have a problem with the consistency rather than the taste.

[fujitaj]

Great video. I'm Japanese and have been eating natto daily for a very long time and was getting very disappointed of all the immature natto reaction videos on youtube until I found yours that shows the proper way to eat natto and actually promotes it. It has a long history and tradition in Japan and I wish more people in the west will have an open mind when trying it.

[exclamation3mark]

Natto tastes like washed baked beans. Its foulness is over-rated! It is mild and pleasant, gooy but not slimey as such, it does not stick inside the mouth, it does not resist chewing or evade the tongue. Perfect alone. Use for fibroid healing, also lower intestinal bacterial support for vitK production. Legend as anticlotting agent as in heart and stroke prevention & recovery. Value for money and enjoyable,the best way to optimise grain is fermented as with most food must be sprouted/soaked etc

[realessence]

I have tried natto once. I didn't have any problems with its smell or its taste. Like someone has described that it tastes like washed baked beans, I totally agree. The gooey texture, though, was what I didn't like, but I'm sure that given some time, I might learn to love it. If Japanese people have been eating it for hundreds of years, there must be something good about it, right? Nice video.

[btnheazy03]

i definitely want to think about slug slime whenever i eat natto.....

[crystalclearwolf]

I'm a bit scared to try natto. I don't really like food that smell bad, but hey, if other people like it, kudos to them. Any ways to make it a bit more mild smelling/tasting?

[ca1cifer]

I think natto smells kind of nutty. I don't think it tastes bad...but not good either. It tastes bitter to me. I just have a hard time getting over the slime. I feel bad for the people who freak out when eating natto (or anything from a diff culture) cause they're the ones who are to closed minded to enjoy anything that isn't overly processed beef or chicken.

[rinkagamine991]

@manlekim don't it tastes horrific!

[rinkagamine991]

DON'T EAT IT!!!! it smells like fart and it tastes like Someone ate sewage and crapped it out and a dig ate the crap and pooped it out then some kid ate it and Craped it out again and the finnaly you eat it throw up and some poor soul eats that puke called Natto

[NerdyGamerStrikes]

DUDEBRO, THanks awesome video ! Just what I was looking for ! :)

[ratiocinativeness]

@n0exit true, eggs are more sterile than people realize. I've been eating raw eggs for about 6 months now and never have gotten sick once. Eggs only go bad when they've been sitting in your refrigerator for a month or longer. I recommend organic, free range eggs raw.

natto is packed with some good vitamins! It has the rare but beneficial vitamin k2 in it.

[HybridHumanSquid]

:D I want to try it!!

[dragonsder]

It really looks quite disgusting but I really want to try it.