Or it was just cooked wrong so it’s a blob of slimy, disintegrating goop. I understand a lot of restaurants in the US also just don’t cook it correctly or season it so most people’s initial exposure to it is on par with something like being served undercooked chicken albeit with a lower (though not zero) chance of food poisoning.
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if the flavor sponge tastes bad then it’s either gone off or you soaked it in things that taste bad
Or it was just cooked wrong so it’s a blob of slimy, disintegrating goop. I understand a lot of restaurants in the US also just don’t cook it correctly or season it so most people’s initial exposure to it is on par with something like being served undercooked chicken albeit with a lower (though not zero) chance of food poisoning.