Eat Your Peas

[JJ]

I secret to eating brussel sprouts is gravy!

[49er]

Lise wrote:
I'm still..... palate-allergic (ok, I hate the taste) of some type of tofu. There's this dish, it's called (literally!) 'stinky tofu' and OMG, did it deserve its name. Yucko. My dad gave me some when I was little. He said it tastes really good and nevermind the smell. And I totally believed him. UGH.



Stinky tofu is the best!  Unfortunately only place that sell it here in the Bay Area, that I know of, is in SF Chinatown.  Always get two take out orders when I am in the City and eat them up in my car on my way home........never bring it home because it will stink up the house.
 

[P.C.]

What's in it that makes it stinky ?

[49er]

I think its the fermentation or the addition of some sort of bacteria into the tofu.  Good stinky tofu really stinks.......I could smell it two storefronts away from the restaurant that I buy it from

[P.C.]

Can you describe it ?  What smell would you relate it to ?

[P.C.]

When I think about it, that's really strange...because our sense of taste is so directly connected to our sense of smell.

[Lil Me]

 I don't think I've had stinky tofu, unless you count this stuff- fermented bean curd in a jar.  We cook it on green beans.
 
 
   

[49er]

no, this is not.  I cannot describe the smell.  This stink is not associated with rotten food, meat, etc.  It a nice clean stink....if there is such a thing.  The stinky cubes are fried

[P.C.]

Yes...there is such a thing as a clean stink IMO.  Like the wonderful fragrance of rich soil.

  Sour ?  I can't handle anything that smells sour.  Half of what makes something enjoyable to eat, is in it's aroma...I can't imagine being drawn to eat something that stinks. (let alone liking it)

[49er]

I read a while back that stinky tofu is sold at the Vancouver Night Market but I suspect that there are various degrees of stink........because visitors would complain of the smell if the real stinky ones are prepared in the open

[Sportsdude]

[a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_tofu"]vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_tofu[/a]  

[P.C.]

I like hearing it from someone who's experienced it. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g066.gif" border=0]

[Sportsdude]

that's why I gave the link. I've got really nothing to add.