Thanks! I wanted to know the benefits because I wanted to tell my roommate why I went to the trouble of making it. I used to eat it but came to the point where I didn't want to risk the possibly GMO because soybeans are very often GMO'd. But I was craving it and so I made some natto with mung beans rather than soybeans and had my first taste of the first batch yesterday. Will make black bean natto next. I love natto with mustard, nama shoyu and green onions on rice. Is it true that the nattokinese in natto is the same as that in camembert cheese? If so, that might be why malcolmkyle can eat it with jam. I'll have to try it... I'd rather eat natto in place of milk and cheese.

I eat it every morning with my fish fingers, soaked in cider vinegar. At the end of the day, when I have the cannabis munchies, I mix it with jam and olive oil on bread. I kid you not, once acquired, it's a taste you can't do without. The two most important things in my life are cannabis and natto. Toodles!

Whip it 50 times! Thats crazy it should be well know that Natto should not be stirred more than 15 times or the said foam develops ruining the fine flavour! Stirring 15 times or less increases the stringyness which enhances the flavour but this goes backwards if foam starts to form

I've been making Natto using a mix of Mung beans, black turtle beans, peas, peanuts and barley. I find that the peanuts and the barley help with the taste. I blend a large tablespoon of it in my morning coffee. (The coffee helps with the taste also).

I went to Japan in 2009, and that is where I tried natto for the first time. I liked the flavor, and consistency, but not the smell. My host told me about the health benefits of it, so I ate it every day for breakfast with salmon, rice, salad, and a raw egg. I gradually developed a liking for it, and the pungent smell didn't even bother me anymore. When I came back to the US, I realized that I missed eating it, so I sought out a Japanese food market, and I've been eating it ever since!

I mix mine with yoghurt. delish!

My mom and I both started eating Natto about a year ago. The first time I tried it, I loved it. I usually eat it with pasta. Lately I have been just eating it straight from the packaging without the pasta. I have started eating it on a daily basis, and it has now become my favorite food. Not only is it delicious, but it's also extremely healthy.

My family loves natto. I whip the natto with chopsticks 100 stirs. It helps to occasionally change direction....puts more air into the natto. I add any seasoning that comes with the natto. Then add one egg yolk for each container of natto you use. Stir well. Pour over hot rice. I like to grate daikon, the long, white radish or grate yamaiimo and pour that over the natto. Add lemon or yuuzu juice, soy sauce, thinly sliced green onions. Store and use egg whites later for waffles, okonomiyaki, or add to omelette, etc. I make my own salad dressing with olive oil, rice vinegar, sugar or honey, ground sesame, soy sauce, ground onions. My family likes to pour a little of it over the natto dish!

I'm non-Asian and recently started eating natto for the health benefits. It's fine. Really, many cheeses, onions, smoked fish, peanut butter, and beer are all much more pungent and stronger tasting. Natto is a total non-event, contrary to so many testimonials on the internet.

You can get a kind where the soybeans are chopped - this makes it look like rice krispie squares (instead of...vomit...much better!). Also, I don't stir it at all. It makes no difference nutritionally. I think the stirring thing is something Japanese children are taught and it just becomes part of their 'comfort food' experience. I eat it with mustard, soy sauce and green onions on top of rice. It's totally do-able.

I've been eating natto since 2001. I whip it up with a pair of chopsticks for roughly a minute in its pack, pour it onto rice, add some reconstituted wakame, crack a raw egg on top stir and dig in. I enjoy it so much I lick the bowl clean at the end of the meal lol. It's not as nice without the raw egg. I also moisten it with a tablespoon or two of green tea or miso soup while I'm eating it and then drink the miso and tea afterwards. One of my favourite meals and definitely one of the yummiest. I love trying to kiss my husband afterwards too LOL! (He hates the smell lol)

Can I have a few more details on making your own natto? Can you use a differnt bean? Can you use a different culture, the results being not natto but something different? I put a different culture into a jar of organic canned black beans and let it sit 24 hours. It tasts fine but a little different. Can I eat it?

Probably my favourite food! I could eat this everyday...now to replace rice ...
But I agree Kim chi and natto is great, also a raw egg mixed through is yummy and spring onion.

I visited Japan and got hooked on natto! I LOVE this stuff! The only thing you have too be careful of when looking for the right brand of natto at your local market is that many brands add MSG to it. Some also add barly and other add-ins which make it taste terrible! The natto brands that have msg and other stuff mixed in have a very sharp taste and spell. So get the kind without any of that junk!

I'm intrigued by this nice article on natto and by the comments of others who seem to enjoy it. I prepare and consume a lot of fermented foods but I've never tasted natto but I sure will give it a try.

If it is even half as nutritious as described, then it would be worth trying.

Thanks for an inspiring Web site with well written articles.

I'm a 3rd-generation Japanese American and didn't begin eating natto until in my 40s. MY dad would eat it a lot w/ hot rice, green onioons & beer. Yum. Now I crave it if I don't eat regularly. Especially a good option in the summer, great w/ tofu, yellow mustard. Most recent recipe I've been using is to whip it up and mix w/ finely chopped raw okra, mountaint potatoe (yamaimo), green onion, radish srpouts, a little dashi no moto. Last for a couple of days and dee-licious!!!

I love making Natto Fried Rice. I throw in Kale, mushrooms, quinoa, okra and of course eggs and rice, then the Natto. After it's all mixed up, put it on a plate and enjoy. It's amazeballs!!

natto and kimuchi is the best combi of all. every natto lover should try this. dont forget to include the sauce and the karashi along with it.

I'm currently in the middle of my first batch. Was easy to make. I just add some Trader Joes organic ketchup

I think I'm addicted to natto! I eat it almost every day and never get tired of it. It also goes perfectly with kimchi. The two make the ultimate combination.

I must admit that I dodn't like the taste, but I want the benefits; so what I've done is sprinkle a little of the sauce supplied, squeeze some lemon juice, add a forkful of sauerkraut (which also has Vitamin K2), and then add a teaspoon of honey or sugar. And then I can eat it.

Natto is easy to make, and delicious when you get used to it. To make you must steam or pressure cook soya beans until they are soft, and then ferment them by adding natto starter culture, and keeping for a few hours at around 40 centigrade in the plate warming drawer of your oven.

As there are no Japanese grocers around here, is the only reasonable way to get a supply - and very very cheap !

Natto is absolutely delicious!!! One of my most favorite foods. Excellent in Miso soup, and with crunched up trader joes seaweed paper with chopped scallions and ponzu sauce...amazing snack.

I just found some at the Asian Market yesterday and had some today. The taste is not bad at all mixed with veggies-- pretty neutral I think. I will definately buy again! Always glad to have more protein and fermented food options in my diet =)