Nattō is associated with both health/wellness food culture, which as we all know has fascistic roots and is associated with ideas of purity and national strength.
Further reenforcing this is that Nattō is considered a food only Japanese people like, a pillar (albiet a minor one) of ethnonational identity. Consider: 30% of people who eat it do not enjoy it but instead eat it based on aformentioned health reasons[1]. Offering nattō to people in order to see their repulsed reactions is an act of humiliation, reenforcing the superiority of the Japanese character and identifying an out-group.
Anyway it’s ok, a little mild. More stale coffee than cheese, I keep craving it though and am now fermenting my own
I don’t think it’s fascist bc it looks too yummy to be marketed as a wellness product. I’ve never eaten it, but it looks like cheesy beans, and damn cheesy beans sounds like decadence. Yes I like farting too how could you tell
I think protein marketing is fascist, and I say this as an intermittent gym-goer
I regret to inform you that it does not taste like cheesy beans. The experience is more like: what if you mixed spider webs in with your compost, poured usa style coffee over it, then mixed it with beans
Wouldn’t be my favourite but I think I’d still try it once