Tonight we ate it. I pan-fried them. They looked okay (I would have preferred them to have a more browned appearance but oh, well) and then came the taste test.
Hmm.. it definitely was not your normal sausage. Julie said they tasted like Chinese seafood cakes. And then I knew exactly what they reminded me of: kamaboko! Taste and texture.
I used to love kamaboko when I was little; the fishman would come by in his big green truck and I'd be happy to see my mom buy a package of it. That and chewy squid sticks.
As I grew up, however, I lost my yearning for it and never got it back. These days I would just as soon avoid it!
Both of us agreed, this was not something to buy again. The problem is that it comes in a 4-pack and we only ate half of a pack tonight. Now I know Trader Joe's has a no-questions asked satisfaction policy; you don't even need the product or the receipt, you just tell them you didn't like something or that something was spoiled and they give you a refund on the spot (or at least they did, according to what I've heard; I've never actually returned anything to a TJ).
So the question is, do I return the remaining half of a package? Because I sure don't feel like eating it!
I was thinking maybe if it were grilled more, or chopped up and mixed with something but no matter what, I'd always be thinking kamaboko. And then I would have severe difficulty eating it.
4 comments:
Can you add it to your fried rice? Or make chirashi rice?
I could add it to fried rice but I don't like the texture of it. Well, maybe.. if it is chopped up tiny enough. As for chirashi.. I am probably the only person I know who doesn't like that stuff!
Chop it up into very small pieces and use it for chum. Larger pieces are pretty good for fishing with.
Cannibals..
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