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To Eat or Natto Eat

Matt is smiling with a small cup of natto in his left hand and chopsticks in his right hand. The soybean mush is gripped by the chopsticks with a trail of goo leading back into the cup. He is smiling despite the fact that he is about to eat something gross.
Matt is smiling with a small cup of natto in his left hand and chopsticks in his right hand. The soybean mush is gripped by the chopsticks with a trail of goo leading back into the cup. He is smiling despite the fact that he is about to eat something gross.
Matt is incredibly fine with the goo trailing beneath his chopsticks.

There are many wonderful culinary treats that come from soybeans. Natto is not one of them.

Japan is very good at fermentation and it is very good at using soybeans. So it is reasonable to put them together. After all, this is how we get soy sauce!

Soy sauce is uniform in texture and easy to love with a savory flavor. Natto is the opposite.

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