How about some No Me Gusta Soup?

[stoney321]

I know this is a double post, and I know I haven't replied to other comments, but come on. This is totally worth it. I was at the Asian Market stocking up on some staples, and hit the dried fungus aisle. There were some ready-to-go soups that looked interesting. *Understatement.



I put that one back on the shelf. (Second to last ingredient.)

ETA I am disappointed in you guys. Not ONE cream of sum yun gi joke??

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[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

::wide eyes:: Um...Ew.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I had to walk around a bit waiting for people to leave so I could quit laughing and get a picture.

[menomegirl.livejournal.com]

Ewww. I'd have put it back too.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I kinda want to know what it really is...

[stephanierb.livejournal.com]

I'm equally disgusted and intrigued.

[gillo]

What's odd is that two ingredients are in English and the rest in Latin. "Radix" means root and "semen" means "seed", as you probably knew all along really. *g*

Apparently euryale seed is also called the foxnut, which is almost as funny.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

It's the sulfites grossing you out, huh? ;)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Awe, let's just laugh at the Engrish, shall we?

[dangomango.livejournal.com]

Ick. But at least they were honest?

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I wanna know who Euryales is. Who knows, maybe he's delicious? ;)

[gillo]

I know. The Truth may be Out There, but it's boring. You like Engrish?

[gillo]

Wiki says she's a Gorgon. How boring.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

It's possible I've had that. For Chinese New Year, a friend at work made me a traditional dish meant for health and good luck. Honestly, I recognized almost none of the ingredients.

[minstrel666.livejournal.com]

I was first squicked at cortex. I remembered something about Creutzfeld-Jakob and kuru, but then I realised I'm a dilletante.

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

What do you have against semen, Stoney? D:

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I have always supported the navy!!!

Just not in my soup.

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Now I will be thinking of Mr. Smithers saying, "Sir, you know I think women and semen seamen don't mix!"

[setdragonfriend.livejournal.com]

But semen is such a good source of protein and nutrients! ;)

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

....

Reminds me off that cookbook that dealt with what you could cook with semen... o.O I think you were the one that cracked my brain with that one.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I'm looking at my assorted instant soups and seeing none of these fun ingredients. MSG and Disodium 5' ribonucleotides just don't sound as intriguing as semen euryales. I feel gypped.

BTW, Unif's Instant Bean Vermicelli may have all the sodium you'll need in a day, but they're delicious, too. I love cellophane noodles.