American Foods That FREAK Japanese out
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Mrs. Eats shares her unique experiences discovering American foods that surprised her. She recounts trying grits, a creamy dish she likens to Japanese food, and catfish, which initially seemed strange but turned out to be delicious. She also talks about other foods like honey buns, boudin, and pickle juice, comparing them to Japanese and Korean dishes. Throughout the video, she reflects on how these unfamiliar foods challenged her expectations and gave her new culinary experiences, expressing a mix of surprise, curiosity, and enjoyment.
Takeaways
- 😀 Many Japanese people find the idea of eating catfish scary, but the speaker enjoyed it.
- 🍣 The speaker introduced 'shirako,' which is fish sperm sack, and explained how it's eaten in Japan, usually with hot pot and ponzu sauce.
- 🍴 The speaker was surprised by many American foods and shared her first experience with them, including grits, which she described as creamy and delicious.
- 🍞 She tried catfish for the first time, found its texture light and tender, similar to cod, and enjoyed the experience.
- 🐟 Scientists study catfish for their ability to detect earthquakes, which is a fascinating fact shared by the speaker.
- 🍯 The speaker had a comical experience with 'honey buns,' initially fascinated by it in a music video but found the taste disappointing.
- 🌭 Boudin was another American food she discovered, comparing it to a spicy onigiri (Japanese rice ball) and noting how it reminded her of Korean sundae.
- 🥒 The speaker was intrigued by pickle juice in the U.S., initially skeptical but later enjoyed how it added flavor to chili.
- 🇯🇵 She noted that Japan has many kinds of pickles, but unlike Americans, they don't typically use the juice, sparking her curiosity about potential uses.
- 😊 Overall, the video shared the speaker's excitement in exploring unfamiliar foods and her humorous reactions to unique American flavors.
Q & A
What is 'shirako' as mentioned in the video?
-'Shirako' is the sperm sac of fish, commonly consumed in Japan. It is often eaten during the winter and typically prepared in hot pot dishes. The texture is creamy, and it pops in the mouth when eaten.
What was the speaker's first reaction to grits in an American diner?
-The speaker was initially confused by the white, gloopy texture of grits, which reminded her of a dish eaten by Japanese people when they are sick. However, after seasoning with salt and pepper, she fell in love with grits, describing them as creamy and rich.
How does the speaker imagine Japanese people might modify grits?
-The speaker suggests that Japanese people might not enjoy grits as a breakfast dish but could appreciate it as a snack. She imagines they might top grits with soy sauce, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, or sweet nuts instead of butter.
How do Japanese people generally perceive catfish ('namazu')?
-Most Japanese people find eating catfish a scary experience, as it is not a common food in Japan. The appearance of catfish, with its slimy body and long whiskers, can be off-putting to them.
What was the speaker’s experience eating catfish for the first time?
-Although initially apprehensive about the catfish's appearance, the speaker enjoyed the deep-fried catfish. She described the texture as similar to cod, light, tender, and delicious.
What was surprising about the speaker's discovery of honey buns?
-The speaker first learned about honey buns from a music video featuring Beyoncé and Lady Gaga. When she finally tried one, she was disappointed by the taste, describing it as overly sweet and oily, with no hint of honey.
What American dish reminded the speaker of Japanese onigiri?
-The speaker compared boudin, a sausage-like dish filled with rice and herbs, to a spicy onigiri (rice ball). She felt nostalgic for Japanese food when trying boudin for the first time.
How did the speaker relate boudin to a Korean dish?
-The speaker compared boudin to the Korean dish 'sundae,' which is also a sausage-like food filled with sticky rice, herbs, and pork blood. Despite its unappealing appearance, the speaker finds both dishes delicious.
What was the speaker’s reaction to pickle juice in the U.S.?
-The speaker was surprised to find pickle juice in the snack section of Walmart and couldn’t understand why people would drink or freeze it for sports. After trying it, she found the taste similar to Japanese fruit vinegar and enjoyed using it to enhance chili.
How does the speaker suggest Japanese people could use pickle juice?
-The speaker noted that although Japan has many types of pickles, Japanese people do not utilize the juice. She suggested that they could start a trend of using Japanese pickle juice, perhaps even freezing it as a snack.
Outlines
😮 First Experience with American Breakfast and Grits
The speaker shares her first time eating an American breakfast at a diner with Mr. Eats. Initially confused by the 'white gloopy stuff' on her plate, which turned out to be grits, she eventually grows fond of it after adding salt and pepper. She compares grits to Japanese food and imagines how it might be adapted to suit Japanese palates, with soy sauce or caramel as toppings.
🐟 Trying Catfish for the First Time
The speaker recounts her initial hesitation about trying catfish due to its odd appearance, but her apprehension fades after tasting deep-fried catfish. She finds the texture similar to cod and enjoys it. She also mentions how catfish are less commonly eaten in Japan, though some regions do consume it. The conversation shifts to a unique Japanese delicacy called 'shirako,' a fish sperm sack, which surprises her American companion, Mr. Eats.
🍯 The Hunt for Honey Bun
Inspired by a Beyoncé and Lady Gaga music video, the speaker embarks on a quest to try a honey bun. After much searching, she finally finds it at a gas station. Despite her excitement, the honey bun disappoints her with its overly sweet taste and lack of actual honey flavor. She humorously mimics Beyoncé’s actions from the video by squishing and throwing it away after tasting it.
🌭 Discovering Boudin and Its Korean Connection
The speaker is introduced to boudin, a sausage-like dish filled with rice and herbs. She compares it to a spicy Japanese rice ball and reflects on its similarity to the Korean dish 'sundae,' which also has rice and herbs but includes pork blood. She encourages boudin lovers to try sundae if they visit Korea, highlighting the unexpected cultural connection.
🥒 The Surprising Appeal of Pickle Juice
While shopping at Walmart, the speaker is intrigued by pickle juice sold as a snack. After learning from Mr. Eats that pickle juice is sometimes drunk or frozen and taken to soccer games, she decides to try it. Surprisingly, she finds that it tastes similar to Japanese fruit vinegar and later experiments by adding it to chili, enhancing its flavor. She contemplates whether Japanese people could make use of pickle juice, suggesting it could be frozen like a snack.
🎬 Conclusion and Farewell
The speaker wraps up her video by thanking viewers for watching and hopes they enjoyed her experiences with various American foods. She hints at more content to come in future videos, ending on a positive note.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Shirako
💡American Diner
💡Grits
💡Catfish
💡Honey Bun
💡Boudin
💡Pickles Juice
💡Food Body Entity
💡Sundae
💡Umeboshi
💡Ponzu Sauce
Highlights
Japanese people generally find eating catfish to be a scary experience, but they enjoy shirako (fish sperm sack).
The speaker discovered grits during her first experience with an American breakfast and found them unexpectedly delicious despite initial confusion.
Shirako is described as a delicacy eaten in Japan during winter, typically served in hot pot and dipped in ponzu sauce.
The speaker compares grits to Japanese porridge and muses that it could be adapted in Japan with different toppings, like soy sauce or caramel.
The speaker's initial reaction to the appearance of catfish was discomfort due to its slimy look and long whiskers.
Despite reservations, the speaker found fried catfish to be delicious, with a texture similar to cod.
The speaker learned that scientists are researching how catfish can detect small and large earthquakes.
Boudin (a Cajun sausage stuffed with rice, herbs, and pork) was described as a nostalgic and flavorful dish, reminding the speaker of Japanese food.
The speaker compared boudin to Korean sundae, a sausage filled with sticky rice, herbs, and pork blood.
The speaker was surprised to see pickle juice sold as a snack in the U.S. and found that it tasted similar to Japanese fruit vinegar.
The speaker tried pickle juice in chili and found that it significantly enhanced the flavor of the dish.
While Japan has a variety of pickles, Japanese people typically do not use pickle juice, unlike in the U.S.
The speaker suggests that Japan could adopt the idea of freezing pickle juice and using it in new ways, such as snacks.
The speaker reflects on her disappointment with honey buns, which she had eagerly anticipated after seeing them in pop culture.
The speaker humorously reenacted a scene from Beyoncé's music video involving a honey bun, but found the actual taste to be underwhelming.
Transcripts
most japanese people think eating
catfish is such a scary experience
but we enjoyed shirako do you know what
shiraku is
fish sperm sack
hello everyone it's mrs eat when
japanese people think of american food
they probably would think of pizza
french fries
hot dog and so on but when i went to
america i was truly surprised to try and
see a lot of american foods that i had
no
idea that existed so today i'm going to
talk about
these undiscovered american foods
are you ready for food body entity
let's go so one day mr eats
took me to a typical american diner
i was so excited to try first time in my
life
american american american
breakfast and then when we arrived there
was a really nice
i know small but cozy diner there i
asked mr eats
what is the breakfast they eat here i
want to eat the same thing that they eat
and then we owe their typical american
breakfast and so our weight stuff
she was so cute and so friendly and
smiley she brought my plate
what is this on my plate there was a
white gloopy stuff on the side
it looked like japanese pollocks that
japanese will usually eat polish when
you are sick but the consistency of the
gloopy thing didn't really look like
a rice there was yellow liquid thing on
the top
i was so confused so i asked
mr eats hey what's this
it's great great
what is great when i tried it first bite
was
confusing as i try more and more with a
little bit of salt and pepper
on top oh my gosh i i just fell in love
with grits
i don't think in japan we have something
similar but it's
so creamy it's so rich and it just
made my breakfast even better and then i
was thinking
would this gloopy goose thing be popular
in japan
it might be a little too heavy for
japanese as a breakfast but maybe they
enjoy as a snack
like i can imagine japan people would
put
instead of butter they might put soy
sauce or
maybe caramel sauce chocolate sauce or
maybe some
sweet nuts on top grit is something i
really really want my japanese friend to
try someday
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catfish when i heard the name catfish i
did not know
what it is in japanese it's called
namazu so the name catfish sounds very
cute
but the appearance ah looks a little
weird to me
i imagine like a cute fluffy you know
cat-looking
fish i guess but when i googled it it
was
looks very slimy and then a long
long whisker here it didn't look very
cute
so mr east took me to a catfish
restaurant in america
i wasn't very sure if i would enjoy or
not but
but he was confident oh you're gonna
love it
you're gonna love it it's okay
while i was waiting for my catfish dish
i
i couldn't stop thinking about the
catfish
face it looks so weird can i eat it and
then
we tried a deep-fried catfish everyone
if we have never tried catfish you have
to try it it was so
so tasty texture wise it's similar to
cod very very light and very
tender i immediately fell in love with
it
[Music]
did you know that a lot of scientists
are spending a lot of time and a lot of
money to
investigate how can uh catfish detect
like a small earthquake or big
earthquake
catfish is not so common for japanese
people to eat only certain regions
eat catfish so if i ask my japanese
friend hey let's go eat some catfish
tonight
just like i'm i'm asking them to hey
let's get let's go get some mcdonald's
they will probably be
most japanese people think eating
catfish is such a scary experience
but we enjoy shirako
do you know what shiraku is shirako is a
fish
sperm sack you'll never guess where i've
been
we usually eat with hot pot and then
you don't want to cook too long of
shiako so you
boil a little bit dip in the ponzo sauce
and then eat it
it's very creamy inside it's almost like
grits and when you bite into the shirako
it pops in your mouth
mr eats was super shocked that we are
eating shirako
and then mr he said what is this it's
tasty
but what is this fish sperm
sack
[Music]
when you come to japan especially winter
time
you'll see a lot of shirako in grocery
stores
honey bun i saw funny bun first time
in a beyonce and lady gaga's music video
it's called
telephone beyonce was chewing the
honey bun and then she gave it to lady
gaga and
she bit it and then she squished it and
then
threw it away what is this what is that
there's disney looking things i have to
get it
so when i went to america try to find
honey bun
in everywhere we go like grocery stores
or shoe shop or
everywhere a shopping mall
first go to the elevator in the back
take it up to the ground floor
then look for the darpa chief i have to
get honeybun while i'm
here this is my first mission to
complete i asked mr eats
but he looks so confused why but i
didn't care
i never gave up to find honeybun
everywhere and
finally i found it in a gas station
yes such a honeymoon show it to me
look i finally found it the legend is
here
i remember he said well you you might
not like it that much
let me try first and then i open it and
bite into it
he was right i could feel the taste of
like a
old oil and then it's called honey bun
but i didn't
taste honey at all it's just a very
sweet sweet sweet deep fried
bread but you know i was happy to you
know at least try once and then i
squished it and threw it away just like
beyonce
boudin i was like
i was blown away when i tried the buddha
for the first time
so i heard that buden is not so commonly
eaten
in america right only some places uh eat
boudin right it looks like sausage but
inside they put some rice and herb and
some pork i think it doesn't taste or
doesn't feel like
sausage when i tried a grill boudin for
the first time was so
tasty because some some rice inside to
me
it's almost like a sausage shape spicy
onigiri
rice bowl and as i was oh i was feeling
nostalgic and i was missing japanese
food and
so good when i tried boudin
i thought about korean dish called
sundae so sunday is also looks like
sausage but
they are filled with some sticky rice
and herbs and pork blood they look very
gross
but they taste really good as well so
if you are a buddha lover when you go to
korea please try
korean food sunday you're gonna love it
pickles juice
when i saw pickle juice like a packet
of pickled juice in one of my favorite
place walmart
it was near the snack section what
is that why pickles is in the snack
section
and i took a look at it and the cucumber
guy was like hey
like this and then i was reading oh
bring it to your
soccer field drink it or freeze it
why do people drink pickle juice first
of all
and then freeze it and bring it to a
soccer field
why why why my american teacher mr eats
i asked him
so what is this and then he said well i
used to drink a
cup of pickled juice when i was younger
really
but pickle juice is like a sour it's
very sour and a little sweet and then
i i had no idea people just drink it
and freeze it and bring it to a soccer
field however of course my name is
mrs eats so i bought it and i brought
back
i tried a pickle juice just as it is
and surprised me it didn't taste like a
really sour and tangy it's almost like a
japanese fruits vinegar so surprisingly
it was pretty good you say it's made
very tasty chili and then we put it in
the chili
oh chili that regular chili became
so flavorful the taste actually got much
deeper and i loved it i love the chili
with pickle juice
so in japan as you know we have a lot of
pickles like umeboshi pickles
japanese daikon radish pickles so many
kinds of pickles we have
but i don't think japanese people
utilize the juice
maybe we should start something
something like
japanese pickles frozen frozen juice or
something
all right everyone thanks for watching i
hope you enjoyed it
i'll see you in the next video okay
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