There are food things that even "Andrew Zimmern" won't touch.

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There are food things that even "Andrew Zimmern" won't touch.

I think he said Durian fruit were his Kryptonite, and he had a hard time with stinky tofu.

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Funazushi (Fermented raw fish)


Funazushi. In most countries, rotten fish is thrown out. In Japan, they spend 3 or 4 years making it, and consider it an expensive luxury. Funazushi, the speciality of Shiga prefecture, is fermented buna (crucian carp).

The raw fish is packed tightly in salt for a year, then dried and mixed with rice. This mixture is left to “ferment” for 3 years. The rice is changed every year, but the fish is allowed to decompose.

As you’d expect, funazushi has an overpowering smell, which discourages many people from trying it. The taste is sharp and vinegary. It can be used in soups, deep-fried in batter to make tempura, or served in green tea (ochazuke).

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Funazushi (Fermented raw fish)


Funazushi. In most countries, rotten fish is thrown out. In Japan, they spend 3 or 4 years making it, and consider it an expensive luxury. Funazushi, the speciality of Shiga prefecture, is fermented buna (crucian carp).

The raw fish is packed tightly in salt for a year, then dried and mixed with rice. This mixture is left to “ferment” for 3 years. The rice is changed every year, but the fish is allowed to decompose.

As you’d expect, funazushi has an overpowering smell, which discourages many people from trying it. The taste is sharp and vinegary. It can be used in soups, deep-fried in batter to make tempura, or served in green tea (ochazuke).

I've never heard of that one, but doesn't surprise me. It's probably considered an aphrodisiac, like a lot of weird stuff. ;~}

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Funazushi (Fermented raw fish)


Funazushi. In most countries, rotten fish is thrown out. In Japan, they spend 3 or 4 years making it, and consider it an expensive luxury. Funazushi, the speciality of Shiga prefecture, is fermented buna (crucian carp).

The raw fish is packed tightly in salt for a year, then dried and mixed with rice. This mixture is left to “ferment” for 3 years. The rice is changed every year, but the fish is allowed to decompose.

As you’d expect, funazushi has an overpowering smell, which discourages many people from trying it. The taste is sharp and vinegary. It can be used in soups, deep-fried in batter to make tempura, or served in green tea (ochazuke).

I've never heard of that one, but doesn't surprise me. It's probably considered an aphrodisiac, like a lot of weird stuff. ;~}

Nutmeg, Absinth, oysters, honey, garlic, asparagus,... Quite a lot, yes.

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Funazushi (Fermented raw fish)
Funazushi. In most countries, rotten fish is thrown out. In Japan, they spend 3 or 4 years making it, and consider it an expensive luxury. Funazushi, the speciality of Shiga prefecture, is fermented buna (crucian carp).
The raw fish is packed tightly in salt for a year, then dried and mixed with rice. This mixture is left to “ferment” for 3 years. The rice is changed every year, but the fish is allowed to decompose.
As you’d expect, funazushi has an overpowering smell, which discourages many people from trying it. The taste is sharp and vinegary. It can be used in soups, deep-fried in batter to make tempura, or served in green tea (ochazuke).

Funazushi is NOT rotten fish.
It's both a conservation and "cooking" method you use when storing fish.
In Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway and Iceland) we also practice the same method.
But the smell... Almost lethal.
I have eaten Surströmming twice.
There will not be a third time...

Here is a traditional recipe from the Shiga Prefecture:)

1) Scale female Nigoro Buna with a knife and remove guts.
2) Remove blood by soaking in salt water for 1-2 hours.
3) Stuff fish tightly with salt. Put fish in barrel. Place lid over fish. Put weight on top of lid. Wait for 2 years!?
4) Remove salt from fish. Dry for 1/2 day.
5) Mix with rice and ferment for 1 year.
6) Remove rice add new rice. Ferment for 3 months.
After a little over 3 years voila!

I know some people call a soft drink, pop, or generically use the word, coke, which I tend to do.

"Pop" is mostly used in the mid-West; here in California, it is "Soda". Since I grew up in Chicago, IL and Danville, CA I am familiar with both.

At one time, years ago 'Soda pop' was the term out in CA when I was growing up.

http://youtu.be/L8TQZBHszI4?t=10m43s

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Christmas feeling.

Sweden in Dubai:)
The project "The Heart of Europe" THOE comprises six islands: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden and St. Petersburg with six additional destinations being Sochi, Belgium, Luxembourg, Geneva, Monte Carlo and Poland.

The villas, which are in the phase two of THOE, will resemble the upturned hull of the Viking ships, representing a Swedish historical treasure, and the island will be home to a floating restaurant, based on Stockholm’s famous Saluhall Market. The island will have snow sauna rooms.
The floating restaurant will serve Swedish cuisine, including Snaps and Glögg and delicacies such as sour herring, Swedish meatballs, Raggmunk, toast Skagen, Swedish smorgasbord and crayfish throughout the year.
http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/sweden-in-dubai-live-in-dh40m-home-on-the-world-2014-12-16-1.573505
But I Think I will skip the sour herring...

Does pineapple make a good pie? Anyone have a recipe for it?

(Just a random thought I had this morning.)

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David
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Does pineapple make a good pie? Anyone have a recipe for it?

(Just a random thought I had this morning.)

It's considered a citrus fruit, so I doubt it would.

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Does pineapple make a good pie? Anyone have a recipe for it?
(Just a random thought I had this morning.)

Maybe its good.
Do some pie dough and fill with pineapple.
I would serve it with some whipped cream after baked in the owen.

Come to think about it. Here we have pizza pies with pineapple, bananas and some curry called pizza Hawaii:)

N9JFE -- I don't know about pineapple pie, but pineapple upside-down cake
is quite good. Moist, too.

N9JFE -- I don't know about pineapple pie, but pineapple upside-down cake
is quite good. Moist, too.

Yes, I love it. I just had the idea that pie might be both easier to make and perhaps healthier.

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Let us know what you find.

N9JFE -- I don't know about pineapple pie, but pineapple upside-down cake
is quite good. Moist, too.

Yes, I love it. I just had the idea that pie might be both easier to make and perhaps healthier.

Pies are not healthy. Too much fat** in the pastry.

**fat can mean any sort, butter marge lard etc. etc.

Does pineapple make a good pie? Anyone have a recipe for it?

(Just a random thought I had this morning.)

Don't have a pie recipe but a cake I do. Extra easy to make.
All you need is a Angel Food cake mix and a 14oz can of crushed pineapple.

Pour the dry Angel Food cake mix in a mixing bowl.
Add one 14oz can of crushed pineapple.
Mix the two together. Nothing else.
Pour into a cake pan.
Bake the cake mix to the instructions on the Angel Food cake box.

Now the hard part.

Let the cake sit about 24 hours after it is done baking. The pineapple sugars and flavor have to have time to filter out into the cake. The less time you let the cake sit. The more it will taste like Angel Food.

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You all have got me craving pineapple right now. I actually have never bought a fresh one. Might have to do that this weekend. :~)

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Just remember. You have to core it. Make it look like rings. The center is hard.

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Just remember. You have to core it. Make it look like rings. The center is hard.

I have an apple core/slicer. Would that work?

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