Looking at a 4-week piece of mold-aged tuna, you would swear it was some kind of furry animal; that’s how thick and fluffy the layer of Koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae) can get. But while mold will put a lot of people off, in this case, it is an essential ingredient that makes bluefin tuna more palatable.To mold-age tuna, Japanese chefs store pieces of fish in very specific conditions – usually at temperatures between 1 and 6 degrees Celsius and humidity between 70 and 85% – encouraging the development of Koji mold. Over at least four weeks – some chefs will let the mold grow for eight weeks or more – the fish becomes completely covered in a furry-looking layer of mold.Under the off-putting layer of “fur,” enzymes gradually break down proteins and fats, releasing amino acids, which results in a deep umami flavor (rich, slightly nutty, sometimes with meaty undertones). The meat is also considerably more tender, to the point where it melts in your mouth.If you’re worried about eating that furry shell, don’t be! The mold is carefully trimmed off, leaving only the aged tuna, which is usually served raw as sashimi or sushi. https://www.odditycentral.com/foods/mold-aged-tuna-a-furry-japanese-delicacy.html
>meaty undertonesit’s literally meat. christ you faggots are insufferable.
>>22070650so salami
>>22070654you choose to be mad
>>22070669and you choose to sound retarded, so i think i win
>>22070650>makes bluefin tuna more palatableIt’s pretty interesting, and I’d try the mold-aged tuna, but isn’t bluefin already tasty?
>>22070650>FurryFucking furries.
>>22070738Fancy sushi places already age their fish in various ways, but not typically by growing koji mold on it. You may have unwittingly consumed such aged fish on your own dime.
>>22070727I'll gladly let you win if it will help you stop being mad
>>22070650The same effect can be had by just using the right sloe gin.
>>22070654Fpbp undertones
>>22070735Yeah, that and meaty undertones are confusing
>>22070654traditionally, in Europe, fish isn't considered 'meat' (e.g lent). sure, objectively speaking, a piece of tuna is just tuna meat, but arguing over semantics is a needlessly pretentious affair, you know exactly what people mean when they say that a piece of fish has 'meaty' undertones
Japanese famines must have been pretty bad to have people considering eating fish covered in mold.
>mouldy food: my bin :/>mouldy food: japan :o
>>22070993Cheese, bro.
>>22070913That's because of Christians trying to jew their way out of fasting so they conveniently don't consider fish meat (animal flesh) which it is.
>>22070913>>22071001'Fish' and 'meat' are also considered distinct categories in East Asia too, lazy uneducated sub 115 IQ midwits.
>>22071005Chinks are notorious liars too
>>22071001who cares. that's how it is and how it's been for over a millenium. you know EXACTLY what people mean when they say a fish tastes 'meaty' and that's what matters>>22071005>X group (the one we all presumably belong to, including the author of the article we're talking about) does Y>Z group does Y too so you're retardedhuh?
>>22070650Sounds delicious, although I don't care enough to seek it out.
>>22070736phrasing!
>>22070913Yeah, I’m not arguing semantics, keep up now.I’m saying that describing the flesh of an animal as having ‘meaty undertones’ is retarded faggotry because, surprise, it’s the flesh of an animal! It’s like describing raisins as having a fruity undertone. Or describing yogurt as having milky notes. No shits Sherlocks.
>>22071076beef, pork, venison and lamb/mutton may taste different but they're all relatively similar overall, at least, when compared to fish, which is significantly different. saying that a fish has meaty undertones is simply implying that the fish tastes like what is traditionally considered 'meat', i.e, beef, pork, venison, lamb/mutton etc.
>>22070650>Aspergillus oryzaeThis mold is pretty based, seems to do everything I bet the Japs try to put it on everything to see what happens
>>22071103So with this logic, saying that chicken has ‘meaty undertones’ is something acceptable for a normal person to do?I disagree. If you mean ‘beefy’, say that. Using vague terms like ‘meaty’ to describe actual meat is peak twattery.
>>22071117can christians eat chicken during lent? no, of course not, it's meat. it is also definitely closer to red meat than fish. we get it, you're autistic, but for normal people it really isn't that hard to wrap your head around.
>>22070650Thats literally just dry aged beef but better in taste, quality, and nutrition
>>22071130If you want to sound like a sommelier twat when talking about a slab of decayed fish, that’s your business. Just know everyone else will think you sound like a twat.
>>22071147i didn't realize that using a common word to describe a food item's flavor profile to describe a food item's food profile was twat behavior. thanks for outing yourself as a pretentious faggot.
>>22070913>>22071001>>22071130>christians christians christiansCatholics. Protestants and Orthodox don't care. Why are we caring about what Catholics (specifically Jews since Catholics just kept their tradition) to the point where we are applying their religious definitions to everyday culinary ones? Saying the "meaty undertones" of a fish sounds faggoty and pretentious anyway regardless.
>>22070654Serve me fish when I say I want meat, I dare you
>>22070873Oh shit I didn't know we were talking about the yogurt effect
>>22072988What if the fish is extra meaty?
