What is this food?
Inspired as always by discussions of sea-slug intestines and cod sperm, leading contenders for the laurel crowns of the Nippon Dai-Gastrolympics, I have decided to begin a new game here in the Food and Drink section of e-budo. Hopefully there are a few willing to play along.
Alright, here's them rules:
Post a picture, captionless, of a Japanese food; the more obscure and disgusting*, of course, the better. The rest of us will attempt a guess, supplying both the Japanese name and non-Japanese name for it, as well as any stories or tips from the guessor's experience with it. Correct guessor then posts a new picture. Pictures do not have to be one's own. Sample answer:
"Hey that is toro, a cut of tuna from the fatty belly portion. It's supposed to be buttery and delicious, but personally I threw the hell up into the Japanese Foreign Minister's lap at a state visit"---G. H. W. Bush
Or something like that.
Referees are Dave Lowry and Tri-Ring who, while they may disagree on a specific bit of info, are nevertheless most likely to be able to correct faulty information. For example: "You sir are misinformed. What you call a cut of tuna from the fat belly is of course cheek-meat from a halibut." Of course they can play too, but they are handicapped at having to wait a day after a new post before answering.
* By disgusting of course I mean no offense to anyone, anywhere, as local tastes cannot be accounted for; they sometimes can be enjoyed, but hardly ever understood. I grew up eating lamb fries, and they are extracted fairly disgustingly, cooked quite greasy, and eaten somewhat grudgingly; but they can taste "alright" and I wouldn't expect anyone outside of a hick-background to understand why on earth anyone would ever eat therm. And my Japanese friends couldn't understand my eating deer or rabbit: they don't know what they are missing. Guess I'll never make a good buddhist.
Last edited by nicojo; 26th July 2005 at 16:56.
J. Nicolaysen
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"I value the opinion much more of a grand master then I do some English professor, anyways." Well really, who wouldn't?
We're all of us just bozos on the budo bus and there's no point in looking to us for answers regarding all the deep and important issues.--M. Skoss.