Eating Ancient Ninja Food! Exploring the Shinobi Diet! - Gaijin Goombah
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Yes, I actually ate two year old ninja crackers for this one! It’s to prove the point that while anime and games like Naruto and Sekiro tend to present processed ninja food as some kind of magic medicine, it actually overshadows just how brilliant ninja were with their food on the go!
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calories are stored in the balls
Yes
*Thats what the “off brand” character told his sister... look where that lead to*
It wouldn´t surprise me if someone actually measured the nutritional value of...
@@edi9892 it's been done.
“What’s for dinner, onii-chan?”
Hot take: Jim Carey's performance and actions in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" makes him a ninja. No, I'm not kidding.
1) He walks in plain sight during the day disguised as one of the denizens of the town. He also gets away with stealing literally everything the Whos own disguised as Santa, and manages to fool Cindy Lou-Who by acting like him.
2) He incapacitates a denizen he considers an obstacle with a noxious attack to his face, similar to pepper bombs or smoke bombs. Additionally, he send the town into a panic and distracts them with various fires and explosions while he makes his escape. It's a bit more chaotic than a ninja would use, but he's crazy and it kinda works.
3) He clings to a high angle in the mailroom when Cindy Lou-Who comes in so she can't see him (tanuki gakure no jutsu).
4) He regularly uses tools and materials that he finds at the dump at Mt. Crumpit, similar to how ninja would use tools they had on hand or that they made themselves.
I'm sure there's more that you can probably piece together from this, Goombah. If you could take this theory and run with it I'd be super interested to see your findings. :3
Big brain
Omg this makes a scary amount of sense
This is insane and makes a lot of sense.
The Grinch is the god of Shinobi in his verse?
“I want to make the content more digestible.”
*said in the intro to a food-related episode*
Was that intentional? I feel like that was at least somewhat intentional, lol.
It actually wasn't but turned out to be.
ninja fast food
McNinja
Fast food? More like ultimate rations
Fast like the ninjas eating it
@Seraphi Grimaldi That would be hilarius and amazing.
The irony being they take years to make properly.
Happy holidays gang! Don't worry. I didn't die from old food.
Hey Gaijin Goombah. What is the music through out the video
Happy Holidays!! We love you!
1:19
Seasons Greetings GG, also..a two year old sealed Japanese ninja hard tack? That's kid's stuff...I watched a guy on a channel I follow eat an C-Dinner B Unit from 1943..and it was still pretty good according to him..and his whole thing is he eats MREs and old military rations when he gets his hands on them.
Konichiwa goombah-san
Fruitcake’s been dethroned as the king of indestructible food! Katayaki has taken its throne!
A close second are Hagrid's stone cookies xD
I don't know about that. Are there stories of Katayaki stopping bullets?
Whats about pemmican? Its food that could be stored for up to 30years.
I fear for the day that they make a fruitcake version of Katayaki, but knowing how molecular gastronomy scientists work they will create such a franken- food...
My sour dough will take the throne
I gotta admit, I'm immediately wary of any food that advises it's use as a blunt object to break up another food item (or itself). But, as always, this was super fascinating. Cheers, mate!
I had personally wondered if submerging it in water would help make it more chewable, like a baguette.
Looks like someone doesn’t like hardtack
Owwie. My teeth cringed,Gaijin.
Breaking news: locals dentists seem to have an influx of patients dealing with busted teeth.
Me too 😅
You're a teeth 😋
😬
@Seraphi Grimaldi
???
8:55 wait Gaijin. We're not caveman. We have technology
I feel like if you bashed it with a computer you'd break the computer...
Had an interesting which ninja character that has a valid argument: Sly Cooper! The guy is a thief, trying to steal back the secrets of his clan that were stolen by what you could call rival clans. The guy uses techniques that greatly resemble jutsu, and his main trait? Stealth, blending in, sticking to the out of sight areas. He not only uses gliders, invisibility techniques and decoys, but he follows the principle of staying out of visibility, staying out of the 45 angle, and using his cane for multiple uses and so forth. I think he's easily a ninja, but I'd rather let the expert (you guys, you're incredible!) test my theory!
Also main color of his outfit is blue.
You make a point. Not to mention the word Cooper. A barrel maker, after all. It's ALL there.
Also his ancestor Rioichi was a literal ninja.
@@Rabbit-the-One What does the barrel making thing have to do with that? I agree that sly seems to be a ninja, I don't know if that was the developers original intent though.
He could invite Caddicarus to do a crossover!
Nice to see you differentiate your "Which Ninja" content considering that many of the Ninja in media are very similar in some regards. Something like this is much appreciated to add variety to learning more about traditional Ninja.
It did get a little repetitive hearing about the same techniques multiple videos in a row, though looking at specific franchises' ninjas is still fun.
Variety is important.
I'd love to sed and episode dedicated to lockpicking as such. It was only mentioned once. Not really his fault though due to how ninja are usually presented.
@@bthsr7113 Well, he can't really count that people watch other videos, so that is nesesery evil.
how about a which ninja guide exclusively about the various weapons ninja's used? That could be cool and/or an excuse to buy a bunch of souvenir weapons.
GG: Yo folks, time for some old bread
GG: *eats*
Me: Wow
Nothing says the holidays like watching a guy eat a two-year-old food ration.
When Gaijin crunched the Katayaki in his mouth it reminded me of the chewing animation Link does in BOTW when he eats the “rock-hard food”.
Also, I really love your videos!!
WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS!
I myself as a Transformers fan like I’m honestly am like to see a Which Ninja episode cover the Autobot Ninja Prowl from Transformers Animated. Who else wants to see it too?
Me, among other ninja Transformers.
The cracking of the katayaki reminded me of the tree bark scene from over the hedge.
I thought the same thing! 😀
"And that...was very satisfying."
In the civil war it was referred to as hardtack.
This is a renamed recipe of ships bisket which was used as a long voyage ration for sailors.
Also hardtack is traditionally square as it was transported in crates whereas ship biscuits were round and stored in barrels
They did mention this multiple times in the video, if you listened. It's a pretty cool parallel!
I remember eating a pack of hardtack for a week; apparently some ROTC grad had been given a 8 pack as a graduation joke and let me have them.
@@KebaRPG Well now you have emergency ration for a long time!
@@7coloredalice I was homeless at the time and only lasted me a couple weeks... Hard tack is meant to be combined with Game or Fished meat.
I love this Japanese food demo and that might be a good idea for another video series, showing off Japanese food.
Oh yes pleasee
Maybe he should do this while also educating us about it’s history and or how it is made or how popular it is
@@likky1
Eben better :D And sure some of us might already know a bit about some of it but it never hurts to lean more.
I'd say open it up even further. Real world inspirations from the food from anime and games. I'd be down.
Sean McCormick thats what i meant
Gaijin: I wanted to try something that makes my videos a little more _digestible._
Goombah: Alright, but what does food have to do with it...?
Me: *EVERYTHING*
Big bonus points for the couple year old Katayaki.
Also, seemed like that Katayaki was designed to be broken into quarters from how easy it came apart.
Merry Christmas gaijin goomba
Once again, a very interesting and enjoyable Video About the history of Ninjas. I am really interested by their Food preservation techniques, so I am happy that you talked about them in some depth this time.
One point of criticism I would like to bring up: Your testing of the two year old ninja hardtack had one little flaw that could affect the significance of the test. Namely that every single one was individually sealed in plastic, eliminating most spoilage factors, such as moisture or various fungi getting Access to the food in the first place. It would have been a better test to leave them unpacked in some sort of box or jar, so that it simulates period accurate food storage more closely. Mind you, it would definetly not spoil easily from how it seems, but it might have spoiled a little in two years.
Overall a good video in my opinion though. Keep up the good work!
It would be nice if he did a part two with an adjusted experiment of the katayaki and him trying to cook some of his own as part of his own ninja training.
Happy holidays everyone, hope you have a happy new year too
Hey Gaijin
I think you should look at the ninja'ness of Blake Belladonna from RWBY
Pro:
* As a cat Faunus she has night-vision and an acute sense of hearing
* Dresses mostly in black but later transitions to dark blue
* Has a shadow-clone ability which also acts as a smoke bomb. It allows her to distract her opponent so she can move away, either to surprise attack or to run
* She has a kusarigama-like weapon in Gambol Shroud. which she uses to move herself or her teammates around an environment or battle.
* Infiltrates a rally to gain information about a terrorist group
Con:
* Her weapon is a gun, which is noisy
* She wears white
* More combat-orientated than spying
You know, Gaijin, you're an absolute treat to watch! I'm happy I subbed to you waaaaay back after discovering you through GameTheory and then finding this channel. Your vids about Japan, its culture, its Yokai, etc... are things I love to watch and always stop what I'm doing to watch each new thing you put up. Keep on being awesome, my dude!
Happy Holidays from a fan from Belgium!
I would assume it’s very healthy and light food
ShinobiSkull actually it’s probably designed to be very calorie dense
Most foods for active poeple are very calorie dense.
That's why you shouldn't eat trail mix or gornelea bars on a diet.cuase they are designed to be high calorie snacks when camping,hiking or doing some other out door activity where someone needs to pack light weight food.
And due to their hardness they could probably double as a weapon
Gungelion NINJA FOOD FIGHT!
Imagine getting beaned in the head with one. Ouch.
This makes me wonder how many shuriken were and are edible
Makes me realised Naked snake is unintentionally a perfect ninja, he finds food&weapons, He treck miles to kill just one target, and the only people who could detect him are people who are also ninja's with special skills.
Ty Gaijin for making learning actually interesting. I would just like to see you upload more often, but hey perfection can't be rushed.
Some foods are eaten with forks, spoons, or knives
*The Ninja diet, however, requires a hammer*
*me raising a mallet just so I can chow down*
1:06 function overloading over the term “digestible”. Props.
Another idea for a slight change of this format: How to create the most ninja like character in DnD
Takoyaki pans are an absolute godsend for making balled foodstuffs relatively quickly from relatively raw ingredients by the dozen, with practice, of course.
Have you heard of Japan's long running ninja anime "Nintama Rantarou" where they talk facts about ninja or old Japan while having a lot of comedy and fourth wall breaking.
Yo I love this video I've been looking for some good solid information on this for a while this was the most practical and well-explained thing I've seen
5:33 Three YEARS? Like what?
9:47 That sounds painful... >.>
I know this is an old comment. But the text on screen said that only the sake itself was 3 years old. So maybe he just misunderstood. Still can't imagine how that would work. Wouldn't th sake spoil before that?
Being a fan of food shows this is a great change up for you to do! Have a good new year making more videos and travelling!
Katayaki: indestructible food
Nokia:Are you challenging me?
Thank you so much for actually taking the time to emphasize the importance of food and nutrition for operatives like ninjas. No matter how good your techniques or weapons are, your performance is highly dependant on how well you are nourishing yourself.
Some food for thought: with this amount of knowledge about food and nutrition, does that mean they understand how devastating is it to an army of the food was sabotaged?
Well, I certainly know what GG's getting for Christmas: a trip to the dentist for dentures.
I waited so long for the next episode of this. It’s one of my favourite series on YT and then a new format which explore ninja lifestyle instead of comparing them. I like it. The lifestyle of the shinobi needs more attention than it gets
Fun fact, a few years ago, the army was looking at how to make sandwiches (actual sandwiches, not MREs) last 3 years at room temperature in their packaging. Emphasis was more on super packaging over ingredients and chemicals if memory serves.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New year! Hope to see more videos you make and learn more about Japan and the world.
Thank you for going in this new direction. I enjoyed it, and also enjoyed seeing you in front of the camera more.
Funny thing about Hardtack, sailors would dip it in their soup or wine (or whatever booze they had on hand) to soften it.
Would it be possible the katayaki might have been eaten in a similar manner? If so, that would definitely save a ninja from having to wear dentures.
This makes shinobi even more cool.
That they had very long lasting and nutritious food in a timelime refridgerators were literal stone boxes buried underground that kept food cool by keeping it in dark and dry places and even then food spoiled within weeks
Merry Christmas, Gaijin. This is something I don't see many talk about and I had a pretty hard time finding much info about it. So this video is just perfect as a lil' Christmas present.
Have a merry Christmas y'all.
Bye bye
Merry Christmas Gaijin Goombah
7:44 I like to imagine that if Lil'G is supposed the one holding the camera here, he's standing on stilts, because otherwise he'd be a monstrously huge Goomba lol.
... actually, considering they're a little more than half Mario's height, and he's around six feet tall... that would make Lil'G around four feet tall, I would imagine?
... yeah, this would actually check out as Goombas in general being monstrously huge.
I like the aspect break down more than the list. After the tenth one you just go "blue, check. Gunpowder, check. Historical reference, check."
maybe an episode to the weapons and tools how they evolved, an episode the the ten disguises.
Im pretty sure those "indestructible rations" you weren't meant to bite and crunch on it. You put small chunk of it in your mouth and let you saliva soften the outer layer. Slowly dissolving the chunk as you move on foot.
Most likely
I have been waiting for an informational ninja video for a good long while. I honestly hope you do more of these. I would love you to go over the ninja tools in detail. I hear one of them is a towel and am very curious as to the why.
This is nice, I’d love to see more videos that go in depth to specific techniques and teachings
Thanks Gaijin for making these awesome videos. The which ninja series and the nobushi video inspired me. Inspired the style of warrior a character in my fantasy book I'm writing.
This was awesome!!!! A follow up w an actual video recipe would totally rock!
You eating that made my teeth hurt with that church
Church church
I knew what you meant to say. Crunch. But yeah watching Gaijin eat that made my teeth hurt just by the sound.
With how well these rations stayed I wonder if Ninja could have well hidden ration caches in areas that they know they are going to pass through later.
And thus the secret origins of Ninja Dentistry are discovered. Those cracks pierced the heavens, Gaijin.
Always great learnin new things
I really like this new format!
The entire time you were talking about idestructible food, i thought, 'oh, wonder if it's like hardtack...'
loled when you brought hardtack up. amazing how many cultures came up with similar ideas!
I remember hearing about these food pellets in several episodes of Which Ninja?, in addition to the weight and stamina requirements of a ninja's diet. It's nice to hear about these things in detail.
"A little more digestable"
*hah...funny*
Merry Christmas gaijin and fam
That was interesting. Definitely liking the new format.
I won't be surprised if you become an Iga official partner with how much coverage you give.
man was it nice to finally learn the real truth behind the ninja's food this was extremely educational and I loved it because of it merry christmas Gaijin thanks for a great year!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Gaijin Goombah!
Yuzu Fire Emblem: "Respect the Ration Ball"
9:41 It was at this moment that Big GG knew... He dun goofed.
As a person who has eaten modern hard tac and enjoyed it, I can safely say two things.
1: Gaijin's results are 100% correct in that those types of feild rations are ment to take abuse and keep you fed.
2: Gaijin, you need to use a bigger hammer or a cleaned, smooth cobblestone to crush your katayaki into smaller bits. Works better and can easily be picked in most environments. ;)
i really appreciate this series.
you are basicly a ninja now since you been studying them for years.
The Katayaki reminded me of something. Like most army German Army has these Ready-to-eat packs which is supposed to be enough food for one day. These packs supposedly expire after 3.5 years. They usually also include some hardtack. I can't say if this is still current, but soldiers once said, that these hardtack would never spoil, though that they were also supposedly physically inedible. The soldiers called them 'Panzerplatten' which literally translates to 'tank armor'.
Thanks for the video loved it and I’m glad the ninja food didn’t make you sick GaijinGoombah
Katayaki: Ancient Japan's hard Twinkies.
Happy holiday gaijin goomba have fun
Merry Christmas Goombah
Happy Holidays Gaijin!
oh please do Prowl on a future which ninja the concept of Cybertron having Shinobi has always intrigued especially since Drift is their universe's take on Samurai and Bushido
I wish there would be a Greckles cameo in one of these, also love these videos they always brighten my day Merry Christmas Goomba
Why you no Corvo though? He sneak, he stab, he conceal face, he teleport, he summon animals, he range weapon both silent and loud, he incapacitate without death, he spring wire trap, he ninja magic blast wind, he possess like ghost, he move faster than time! Corvo is the most ninja non-ninja to ever ninja.
Merry Christmas gaijin
This has been incredibly enlightening, I kind of want to try making some Hyorogan myself, just for curiosity's sake.
I do have a suggestion for you. Legend of the Five Rings. The Scorpion Clan are basically open ninja's outright lying about it to everyone's face and getting away with it in hilarious ways. They even poke fun at the stage hand looking stereotype. Basically those guys are distractions while the real ninja does the job. If you survive like that for a while then they start training you how to be a proper Shinobi. Which is how they get around literal truth magic. They never refer to their own as Ninja, it's always Shinobi. There are all sorts of amazing and hilarious traits of the setting that you will like.
1:00 Heh digestible, you know like food.
I was 4 hours late
Greeeeaaattt
@@SeantheDracunyan76 You snooze ya loose
Fascinante!!! excelente trabajo
Ninjas, masters of stealth. Even BO would give away their position.
Also ninjas: using the loudest crunching food rations ever.
While I wouldn't necessarily call them pure ninja, I think the pilots from Titanfall II are worth a look, and it's free material, so I'd say download it while it's free. At minimum you get another form of walking tanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktanktank to play with, and I know you like those. This one just happens to have surveilance kunai and area denial thermite shuriken.
Why did I get so excited from just hearing you mention Corvo from Dishonored
You should do an episode of Which Ninja about the 2009 game Mini Ninjas. This game was a major staple of my childhood and I would be honored if you were to examine the game’s main characters and see how accurate they are to real ninja.
Great video on ninja food
I feel like the topic of food is appropriate for the holiday season, likely because it has to deal with feasts and stuff.
This is my favorite video you ever made
That’s why I looooove Gaijin crunch
I have a character that i really wanted to see in ' Which Ninja'!
and that's,
Valentine ( Skull girls )
okay... wow!!! I had a good laught when you tryed to smash that Katayaki XDDD
but DAMN this stuff is truly amazing!!!
good thing I voted for this
Two years in a making. Worth it.
Yea. A new Which Ninja. Now to learn about Japan’s culture and ...... OH MY GOD, CAINS!!!!!! Now I am hungry!
OMG! Gaijin liked my comment! This is the best Christmas ever! And for tomorrow, Cains!
The Katayaki looks like it is designed to be extremely dry, air tight, and to not wick moisture out of the air. With it being properly kept VERY dry, it will have some bacteria on the surface but most of the harmful stuff can't survive in those conditions. It being hard is part of its design. The softer it is, the more moisture it can absorb. This is why you can store sugar or flour in a paper bag and not have it go bad until it gets wet. I bet if you put a bit of water on one of these and set it aside it would go bad fairly quickly.
I am all for some videos of Which Ninja focusing on their tools and crafts like this.