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Subject: [Leica] Grits
From: jerryleh at pacbell.net (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Mon Apr 5 00:02:17 2004
References: <040520040016.26911.4070A57400061E1A0000691F2200734840FF91908B919E8B8CD19190@comcast.net> <1081130757.4070bf05750a1@dory.singnet.com.sg> <4070C6ED.4050505@osheaven.net> <1081135271.4070d0a80087a@dory.singnet.com.sg>

Joseph

In Japan, it is called "natto", an acquired taste.

Jerry

joelct wrote:

> Sam - as the story goes - a certain cook discovered that rotten bean curd was delicious - and he devised a way to make fermented bean curd after that.
>
> However - the Chinese prefer to call it rotten - to further dramatise this dish
>
> Joseph Low
>
> --- Sam <sam@osheaven.net> wrote:
>
> > I suspected the use of "fermented" was just a dishonest euphemism.
> >
> > Sam S
> >
> >
> >
> > joelct wrote:
> >
> > >Sam - nothing beats Chinese rotten bean curd - which is a
> > Shanghainese delicacy ( sic )
> > >
> > >Joseph Low
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--- jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>To the least palatable foods list you might think of including
> > >>vegimite or marmalite
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Any list of the most disgusting food substances know to man must
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>include
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Hawaiian poi. I've never tasted grits, but I doubt it can stand
> > up
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>to
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>poi for insipid flavor.
> > >>>
> > >>>Sam S
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>Daniel Ridings wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>other delights, I must emphatically say that...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>GRITS ARE THE MOST DISGUSTING SUBSTANCE KNOWN TO MAN!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Bon appetit,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Nathan
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>No, Nathan, I would have to disagree. Traditional African beer
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>takes that
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>prize. To get a fair idea of what it is like, think watered
> > down
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>grits
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>that have been allowed to rot.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Cheers!
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Daniel
> > >>>>
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