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I tried the worlds SMELLIEST noodle, Luosifen 螺蛳粉. Its made from snails...

This is a dish Ive been wanting to try for a long long time. Its called Luosifen, or River Snail Rice Noodles, and its made from...

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They're a type of rice noodle dish from southern Guangxi province, the slippery noodles bathed in a broth of river snails and topped with odorous goodies like fermented bamboo shoots, tofu and salty lemon vinegar. So the stink in snail soup - snail noodle soup is from - it's not from the snails.
The river snails rice noodles exhibit a characteristic odor and flavor due to their unique broth. This characteristic flavor is brought about by various volatile flavor compounds from the unique ingredients in the snail rice noodles soup. (Yao et al., 2023).
It's delicious. And during the pandemic, it's become a national sensation. The dish is snail noodles, or luosifen. A lot of people were looking for crazy, smelly, ridiculous things to eat. says Mei Shanshan, a Beijing-based food blogger.
Luosifen noodles are rice noodles that are boiled and placed in a soup or broth that consists of local river snails and pork bones. The broth is boiled with river snails and pork bones for three to ten hours; the snails give it a mild, sweet flavor.
Snails have a mild, earthy flavor with a slightly chewy texture. The flavor of snails can be enhanced by cooking them with garlic, butter, and herbs such as parsley or thyme. The texture of snails can be a bit rubbery, but it is often described as being similar to that of a mushroom or a clam.