Natto

[Durgan]

http://www.gaia21.net/natto/making.htm

Does anybody make Natto at home? If in the affirmative, where do you purchase the Natto bacteria, and what is your experience?

[Durgan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natto Here is a succinct description of Natto.


Comparing Natto to cheese is probably stretching the definition a bit. It is just another way of eating soy beans, the rural people in Japan have been using Natto for centuries, as basically a replacement for meat. In Japan it is sold in small containers, readily available in cafaterias and supermarkets.

Many Japanes don't eat Natto, but it has good nutritional benefits, and is easily digested, if one can get it down. The appearaance is like gluey, soft beans, sticking together with strong cob webs or taffy like. I don't suppose one eats Natto for the flavour or taste, but for the nutrient content.

I eat soy beans daily boiled and blended, and have some experience eating Natto, while visiting Japan, I would like to attempt making it, simply for another dietary food.

My personal view is that the Japanese have the best diet in the world, as long as they can keep the fast food companies at bay, it will remain so. One seldom sees an overweigth person in Japan, and this includes the expatriots.

Today 27 Decembder 2007. I have all the utensils and heat box prepared to do a dry run in preparation to making Natto. All I need is the spores, and my daughter living in Japan can send me a 3 oz cannister. Apparently it keeps for ages.

When in Japan a few years ago, when asking about making Natto, the explanation was so complicated that I never persued the matter. But now that I have the time, I will give it a try. If I am successful I will post pictures of the process. I have asked about Natto in some Sushi bars in the Supermarkets with no success, but most of the people working the bars are Chinese, trying to appear like Japanese, so they probably never heard of Natto.

[Lesley Jay]

It certainly seems a very different way to serve soya beans. You must keep us informed with your progress Durgan.

[Durgan]

http://hahngi.notlong.com

Natto video showing eating for breakfast and other uses. Possibly a nutritional replacement for some of the junk food products.

[Durgan]

http://eimiew.notlong.com Pictures, annotated of Natto making at home. The first effort.

[Durgan]

http://xrl.us/beber

Probiotics affect metabolism, says new study.

This study might haved something to do with the benefits of Natto. More by accident than design. I just found this link from another forum. Food for thought anyway.

[bkloeckl]

Originally Posted by Durgan

YouTube - #151 Natto

Natto video showing eating for breakfast and other uses. Possibly a nutritional replacement for some of the junk food products.

Hello Durgan,
I'm writing from Alakanuk, Alaska on the Yukon River Delta. I tried to access your video about Natto; I'm anxious to try it. Unfortunately, I use the local school district's wireless system for internet access and it must have struck on "notlong" and determined it was a *********** site. The upshot is that I could not access your video and I wonder if you would send it to my email?
Thank you for your help,
Brad
bkloeckl@yahoo.com