# Limburger and Eel Aren't Half Bad.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limburger-and-eel-arent-half-bad/720402>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 20, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limburger-and-eel-arent-half-bad/720402 "2015-05-20T03:35:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![norvalnormal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@norvalnormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norvalnormal)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limburger-and-eel-arent-half-bad/720402/21 "2015-05-21T02:26:09Z")

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Maybe Limburger is like durian (which I’ve never myself tasted)–i.e. its smell is godawful but it tastes delicious, at least to some?

Me, I recently discovered my local supermarket sells in its yuppie cheese section the Wisconsin Limburger I previously thought I had no choice but to order online, and (say, with a Wegman’s “Marco Polo” rice flour-encrusted bagel, and maybe a bit of mustard) to my tastebuds, it is unadulterated heaven.

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**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limburger-and-eel-arent-half-bad/720402/22 "2015-05-21T02:53:24Z")

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> [@tenacious\_j](#):
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> I am not an expert, but I eat a lot of maki, and I thought maki was sushi. Lots of maki has raw fish in it. Not the unagi maki, but plenty of others. No? Please feel free to fight my ignorance.
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> Also, my own nitpick- why nitpick something that hadn’t been mentioned?

I don’t think you’re mistaken.

“Sushi” means vinegared rice is the key ingredient, whether nigiri, maki, hand rolls, etc. - fish might be present in a raw or cooked (as eel) state, or not.

Sashimi is sliced raw fish served by itself, no rice.

The original “nitpick” was indeed unnecessary - the OP didn’t mention raw fish at all.

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**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limburger-and-eel-arent-half-bad/720402/23 "2015-05-22T21:29:55Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> Anyway, I’ve had freshwater eel (unagi) served in Japanese style many times. It’s not served raw, it’s grilled and slathered (as you noted) with a lovely brown sauce, called “tare” (tah-reh). In addition to sushi, most often it’s served as a donburi, with the grilled eel and sauce over a bed of rice in a dish.

Unagi-don, one of my favorite dishes ever.

Limburger, however…my husband has a fondness for it for late night snacking. I can smell it 3 rooms away and chase him down to make sure he sterilizes his hands before touching anything else. Ugh. And I love many, many cheeses.

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