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RFK Jr.'s staff shuts down questions as he admits he eats 'stuff I find on the street'
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Maybe, but most people don’t have a gag reflex when eating food from street vendors.
He’s saying people would normally gag on the stuff he’s eaten.
I've had stinky tofu from a street vendor, which is both a fairly normal food and absolutely something that might cause a person to gag.
(As for the grossest thing I've eaten: one time, I found that beetles had infested my stash of buckwheat, so rather than letting them have it, I cooked it and skimmed them off when they floated to the top. I wouldn't do that again because I'm a vegetarian now...)
I have had Taiwanese coworkers, and I have tasted stinky tofu. As they pointed out, Westerners eat stinky cheese, so why be snooty? But I have to say my first experience of it was distressing.
Natto, on the other hand, I managed to get used to fairly quickly.
I tried to eat natto but I couldn't go through with it. The taste was fine, but the appearance was just too much for me. It was like eating a bowl of mucus.
Chicken feet in brown sauce. The brown sauce wasn't even good
Ok sure stinky tofu, durian. I don’t think rfk is talking about that.
Durian tastes far better than it smells. It smells like a dirty diaper.
Where from? If it's not Hunan (specifically Changsha) stinky tofu, it's not worth my time.
Sorry to disappoint you, but I was in Taiwan. It did smell so bad while the vendor was still out of sight that I thought my friend was pranking me by leading me to an open sewer or something.
Oh yeah, it still smells terrible but for some reason the Changsha variety (it's kind of fried and black) is delicious. They add some broth and chopped garlic and chili peppers on top.
The one I had was actually pretty tasty, but it tasted like ordinary (but well made) fried tofu. I suppose I should be grateful that it didn't taste the way it smelled, but I admit I was a little disappointed.