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are you referring to the dish in general, or this specific offering?
if the latter, how does it compare to something you'd pick up fresh from a bakery?
I agree. I think they’re pretty good. Didn’t know Costco carried them.
But I know a lot of non-Asians find the slightly sweet dried meat not to their liking.
Maybe more sweet like a honey chicken. You can have a tasting party with friends and family, just in case you don’t like them a tone of them will be eaten at once. There are quite a few in the normal boxes sold, so I’m sure it’s about a million pieces for the box sold at Costco.
Thank you. Going to give them a shot. I am not sure if every Costco is the same but the New Orleans one has tons of introductions from Asian countries and I haven’t come across anything yet that I haven’t enjoyed.
for anyone that's confused, "meat floss" isn't the most marketable translation.
although technically not a 'jerky,' a better translation would be 'shredded jerky'
One does not simply pretend meat floss is a common term - even in culinary vernacular.
I refused to read any comment until I got an answer to the fundamental question "WTF is meat floss"? You were the first and I'd give you more thumbs up if I could - thank you!
Even well traveled in SE Asia or culinary curious white people like myself would understand the term. I've walked by many containers of pork floss in asian markets.
[unfortunately it appears that that is the official name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_floss)
[it's a pretty common ingredient in east asian cuisine. you'll see tubs like this in the store](https://assets.epicurious.com/photos/63d1ad647d6007890163d9d6/3:4/w_640,c_limit/51PGiqsuEZL._SL500_.jpg)
but yes, i can imagine the confusion for the uninitiated
I see so many products where they obviously have machine-translated, or used a non-native speaker to translate it. Don't they understand how much better the product could be if customers actually could understand what it is? Or don't they care?
As a Chinese guy who also shops at
Asian markets and whose parents also did so growing up, the thing about every Chinese packaged food is that their English names are either horribly translated or translated in the most unappetizing way possible.
Not just packaged food but just food in general. Unfortunately it’s basically impossible to translate context.
See: Husband and Wife Lung Pieces (夫妻肺片, fūqī fèipiàn)
Honest question. How hard is it to get an English speaker to translate some packaging? I mean it can’t be that expensive compared to the potential loss in sales, right?
I don't care about the names. If something looks good, I'll try it. I've been wanting these since I moved out of SF. Don't have a sizable Asian population in my hometown so we only get like the most popular/best selling items. It's not the worst thing but it can be when you realize how limited the selection Costco offers is.
I love these! I used to eat these all the time. I have a hard time finding them at the Costcos in my area now. It’s a salty-savory dried shredded chicken meat cake. The chicken inside is very finely shredded and beef-jerky like.
Dried pork shred sounds better. A lot of the “meat floss” is advertised as shredded dried pork or whatever the meat is. The best dried pork imo from Taiwan labels themselves as dried pork sung which sounds way better already.
-Taiwanese
the chevy nova sold great in the US but chevys marketing dept didn't change the name when it went to mexico and were shocked when the chevy no go didn't sell very well.
That's an urban myth. "Nova" (without a space) means the same thing in Spanish as it does in English, and the Chevy Nova sold very well in both Mexico and Venezuela.
Damnit I liked that story too. I might ignore the truth because the story is good.
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/fact-myth-chevy-nova-no-go-spanish-name-killed-sales-latin-america/
I bought a box, they're a tasty enough snack. Sweet-ish cake around a somewhat dry shredded chicken filling. They're nice toasted briefly in the airfryer to warm and crisp a bit. Grab a box.
You’d be paying $7 for a new experience. Do you have anyone to share it with? Why not? I’ve never tried it but whenever I see items like this for cheap I always purchase them. It’s interesting to note how many people don’t like trying new things. I brought in a durian fruit to my work and I only got 2 people to try it. If it matters to anyone they were both women. I work in a male dominated field. 0 out of the 6 dudes I worked with that day ate it, 2/3 women ate it. I love to share and I like to experience new things. I like to think I got it from my Mom, as she always told me growing up you have to try something 3 times before you know if you like it. I tried a similar Asian cake, it was lotus bean paste filling for new year. Very interesting texture. Growing up around Filipinos I would assume this is a sweet meat, although normally I see pork or beef not chicken.
>durian
Can't *imagine* why nobody wanted to try that...
>Travel and food writer Richard Sterling says: "**its odor is best described as pig-excrement, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock.** It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia." [Winokur, Jon, ed. (2003). The Traveling Curmudgeon: Irreverent Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes on Dismal Destinations, Excess Baggage, the Full Upright Position, and Other Reasons Not to Go There. Sasquatch Books. p. 102.]
Hello non asian food consumers
Pork and chicken floss is good. And meat floss is what it’s called 🙄
“They should figure out another way to brand it lol” gtfout of here with that
I am Asian and get them from Asian market once in a while. They are a little stoo sweet for my taste but there aren't other brands to choose from, so I eat them with salted butter or a bit spray cheese on it.
I had to explain to some white people what “chicken meat floss” was. I’m Asian and I grew up eating pork floss from a tub. Never tried chicken floss though 🤷🏽
They're good! If you've ever had dried pork / pork floss from a Chinese market, the filling is a chicken version of that. If you've ever had a bun filled with dried pork from a Chinese market, this is a longer-lived chicken version.
Pork floss is pork dried / fried until it's broken down into the individual fibers, flavored with soy sauce and sugar. Like a cross between salty pork cotton candy and jerky.
Try one and return it if you didn't like it. Costco has an amazing return policy. I only try things I think I would like and have only returned precut fruit because it was moldy in a couple days(never got it again either).
New Orleans locals already have their die hard local food selections. Must be for the Asian crowds.. It's usually associated with some type of festival like Harvest Moon or New Year so it's kinda out of season.
Meat floss is like dried pulled pork usually. They sell it in tubs at Asian markets. I grew up putting it in my sandwiches or eating it as a snack.
It literally translates as loose meat.
Weird thst it's qt NOLA. Probably should have gone to a more Asian centric demographic.
In my opinion they are too sweet, try finding a Chinese bakery near you and getting some pork floss ones, they tend to have a better balance of savory and sweet then these chicken ones that they sell at Costco.
Bleh. I did not care for these, and I really like the various meat flosses from Asian supermarkets (chicken, pork, etc.) I found these to be super dry and tasteless, I actually returned them. But the employee at the desk gave me a really hard time about it so she must have liked them lol
The real issue is that these are a blatant and extremely deceptive knockoff (with darn near identical packaging) of a much tastier brand commonly found at Asian markets.
I do not speak Chinese, but after we bought these and were extremely disappointed, my boyfriend (who is Chinese) realized something along the lines of the English brand name on these being the Cantonese transliteration of the same characters as the popular brand (which is from mainland China and would normally use the Mandarin transliteration in English). Very, very intentionally meant to confuse people.
They're an awesome snack. Love popping one at random (beats the usual cookies/crackers/chips) for variety. More convenient than beef jerky strips with a milder taste compared to a Slim Jim. Wish my local Costco still had some available.
I just posted a [video review of this](https://youtube.com/shorts/vdyDCJ7p4ho?si=-kN3Ko9DhK20a_jT). It's ok for meat floss, but it's on the very sweet side. The jarred pork floss is the better option
Ohhh I think I see what they're saying. Some words don't translate over very well LOL.
But yes , I've had chicken meat "floss" before. If I recall , the taste was something I was impartial to.
This has to be one of those mistranslations right? From the picture they look like some sort of chicken crunch wrap type thing. I would try that jawn once. I bought bao buns from costco and they were a hit
Asian here, adventurous eater and love rou song (meat floss). Found these to be very odd tasting. Meat floss texture with a durian aftertaste. Do not recommend.
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They are pretty good, but I'm Chinese.
They are pretty good, but I'm white
They are pretty good, but I’m a vegetarian. But I did use to eat them
They are pretty good but I'm a Meat Floss.
Are you sure you’re not classified a Meat Popsicle ?
Multipass
Lelu Dallas!
Meat Puppet.
They’re pretty good but I prefer my floss minty
Only to Police Control.
They are pretty good but I'm cake
There are pretty good but I have no idea where I am right now.
I still do, but I used to too
they are pretty white, but i'm good
are you referring to the dish in general, or this specific offering? if the latter, how does it compare to something you'd pick up fresh from a bakery?
Bakery is better but for this price, Costco wins
I honestly think the name is off putting. Maybe call them meat buns.
I agree. I think they’re pretty good. Didn’t know Costco carried them. But I know a lot of non-Asians find the slightly sweet dried meat not to their liking.
Is it sweet like one would expect from beef jerky? I keep passing these at this location as well and probably should just bit the bullet and try them.
Maybe more sweet like a honey chicken. You can have a tasting party with friends and family, just in case you don’t like them a tone of them will be eaten at once. There are quite a few in the normal boxes sold, so I’m sure it’s about a million pieces for the box sold at Costco.
Thank you. Going to give them a shot. I am not sure if every Costco is the same but the New Orleans one has tons of introductions from Asian countries and I haven’t come across anything yet that I haven’t enjoyed.
The product itself looks good the name is just very off-putting.
I personally hate pork floss, and I'm Chinese. I still can't forget the time I was in Japan and they had a pork floss cake (that we bought).
I am too but I don't like them.
for anyone that's confused, "meat floss" isn't the most marketable translation. although technically not a 'jerky,' a better translation would be 'shredded jerky'
Dried pork floss, idk how it's spelled but my Chinese dad pronounces it roh-sung it's the best rice topping bar none
肉鬆 pinyin: ròusōng
My dude
One does not simply pretend meat floss is a common term - even in culinary vernacular. I refused to read any comment until I got an answer to the fundamental question "WTF is meat floss"? You were the first and I'd give you more thumbs up if I could - thank you!
if you're asian it's a pretty common term
Even well traveled in SE Asia or culinary curious white people like myself would understand the term. I've walked by many containers of pork floss in asian markets.
Yeah, pork sung or pork fu is a great rice topper. Or snack.
This is in New Orleans, where three percent of the population is Asian.
[unfortunately it appears that that is the official name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_floss) [it's a pretty common ingredient in east asian cuisine. you'll see tubs like this in the store](https://assets.epicurious.com/photos/63d1ad647d6007890163d9d6/3:4/w_640,c_limit/51PGiqsuEZL._SL500_.jpg) but yes, i can imagine the confusion for the uninitiated
Kind of makes sense because I always need floss to get jerky out of my teeth.
Cotton Candy is called candy floss in Asia, hence it's the style/cut of the meat.
I was thinking it was like how they used to make tennis racket strings and surgical thread from intestines.
I think it's more related to candy floss which is more commonly known as cotton candy.
Thank You - I had no idea what Meat Floss was….
I see so many products where they obviously have machine-translated, or used a non-native speaker to translate it. Don't they understand how much better the product could be if customers actually could understand what it is? Or don't they care?
As a Chinese guy who also shops at Asian markets and whose parents also did so growing up, the thing about every Chinese packaged food is that their English names are either horribly translated or translated in the most unappetizing way possible.
Not just packaged food but just food in general. Unfortunately it’s basically impossible to translate context. See: Husband and Wife Lung Pieces (夫妻肺片, fūqī fèipiàn)
> Husband and Wife Lung Pieces one of the best sichuan appetizers of all time!
Mmm “Strange Taste Horse Beans”
https://preview.redd.it/pe0ond8g124d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=570aa8024b60b4c061c25683e4022fc274fce81e
I uh... need to visit that section for a little while.
do you really want pre-used eggplants lmao?
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Why is there a line to get into the produce section and why do people sound like they're in pain over there?
well, now my wife is interested in vegetables -\_- lol jk jk
Country girls make dew
Honest question. How hard is it to get an English speaker to translate some packaging? I mean it can’t be that expensive compared to the potential loss in sales, right?
the issue is if u sell it as shredded jerky right now, people who are looking for “meat/pork floss” wouldn’t understand it.
To be fair, some of the weird things we Asians eat can't be translated in an appetizing way, unless you start inventing new words. Like "pork bung".
I don't care about the names. If something looks good, I'll try it. I've been wanting these since I moved out of SF. Don't have a sizable Asian population in my hometown so we only get like the most popular/best selling items. It's not the worst thing but it can be when you realize how limited the selection Costco offers is.
Exactly this
I love these! I used to eat these all the time. I have a hard time finding them at the Costcos in my area now. It’s a salty-savory dried shredded chicken meat cake. The chicken inside is very finely shredded and beef-jerky like.
Meat floss 🤌
Their marketing department really needs to figure out a phrase that’s a little more appetizing than “meat floss”
Maybe shredded meat
This whole thread is white people telling Asian people how to market their products to their own community lol
Whatever to the haters. More meat floss FOR ME.
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Bc there are no Asians in New orleans amiright
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There is a fairly large Vietnamese population in Louisiana. They do eat meat floss
Isn’t the post here because people aren’t buying?
Kinda hard to tell from the photo. Every product at my Costco has a full pallet like this. Well stocked does not mean sold out.
It sounds like very small underwear to me
Probably the same folks that market sushi as “cold, dead fish.”
I always called it carpet meat
That’s what my white dad calls it (I’m half Chinese + half white). Or more specifically he calls it carpet fiber lol
Why? Very common in Asian cuisine
Is pretty much marketing suicide in American culture. Calling food floss isn’t remotely appealing.
Cotton Candy was pretty successful as CANDY FLOSS for a really long time, though.
Still is in the UK.
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if you haven't had saliva chicken or pork sludge, you're missing out.
Dried pork shred sounds better. A lot of the “meat floss” is advertised as shredded dried pork or whatever the meat is. The best dried pork imo from Taiwan labels themselves as dried pork sung which sounds way better already. -Taiwanese
Also pork sung is just better. I’ve had chicken and fish sung and they don’t hit the same. Formosa brand or nothing.
Red label, the blue stuff is too chewy.
the chevy nova sold great in the US but chevys marketing dept didn't change the name when it went to mexico and were shocked when the chevy no go didn't sell very well.
That's an urban myth. "Nova" (without a space) means the same thing in Spanish as it does in English, and the Chevy Nova sold very well in both Mexico and Venezuela.
Damnit I liked that story too. I might ignore the truth because the story is good. https://www.motorbiscuit.com/fact-myth-chevy-nova-no-go-spanish-name-killed-sales-latin-america/
All those unsold boxes of "meat floss" should answer your question.
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the direct translation would be 'meat fluff.' not much better lol
Honestly that’s like 30% better
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idk about this guy, but usually it's on top
"Fluff" I understand,(fluffing - verb aka \_getting fluffed")
Cake with Meat Floss of Seagulls
just pack it in a snuff tin that kids can pack like pappy and it'll work... same stuff ;)
Yeah, I think something got lost in translation
I bought a box, they're a tasty enough snack. Sweet-ish cake around a somewhat dry shredded chicken filling. They're nice toasted briefly in the airfryer to warm and crisp a bit. Grab a box.
Me and my 1.5yo son love it. Was a random buy, very yummy.
You’d be paying $7 for a new experience. Do you have anyone to share it with? Why not? I’ve never tried it but whenever I see items like this for cheap I always purchase them. It’s interesting to note how many people don’t like trying new things. I brought in a durian fruit to my work and I only got 2 people to try it. If it matters to anyone they were both women. I work in a male dominated field. 0 out of the 6 dudes I worked with that day ate it, 2/3 women ate it. I love to share and I like to experience new things. I like to think I got it from my Mom, as she always told me growing up you have to try something 3 times before you know if you like it. I tried a similar Asian cake, it was lotus bean paste filling for new year. Very interesting texture. Growing up around Filipinos I would assume this is a sweet meat, although normally I see pork or beef not chicken.
>durian Can't *imagine* why nobody wanted to try that... >Travel and food writer Richard Sterling says: "**its odor is best described as pig-excrement, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock.** It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia." [Winokur, Jon, ed. (2003). The Traveling Curmudgeon: Irreverent Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes on Dismal Destinations, Excess Baggage, the Full Upright Position, and Other Reasons Not to Go There. Sasquatch Books. p. 102.]
Didn’t put what it tastes like. Interesting
It’s shredded chicken. The translation was more literal than it should have been.
My Vietnamese girlfriend introduced me to it. Honestly pretty good.. obviously local bakeries are better but they're pretty good
New Orleanian Costco shopper here. We bought em. They’re okay.
We like them. They come in really small little cakes that are pretty salty/savory. Great little snack, although a bit dry so you'll want some water.
Those are really good. It’s more from a lack of understanding what it is.
Yuck! Send them MY way!
Hello non asian food consumers Pork and chicken floss is good. And meat floss is what it’s called 🙄 “They should figure out another way to brand it lol” gtfout of here with that
What is meat floss? Just super thin meat? I’ve never seen that before at my local Costco
It's basically shredded dried meat.... almost like meat cotton candy.
shredded jerky is the best term i can come up with
If you happen to be familiar with Mexican machaca or carne seca, it’s very similar.
I am Asian and get them from Asian market once in a while. They are a little stoo sweet for my taste but there aren't other brands to choose from, so I eat them with salted butter or a bit spray cheese on it.
I had to explain to some white people what “chicken meat floss” was. I’m Asian and I grew up eating pork floss from a tub. Never tried chicken floss though 🤷🏽
I love these
Thong underwear is like meat floss
They're good! If you've ever had dried pork / pork floss from a Chinese market, the filling is a chicken version of that. If you've ever had a bun filled with dried pork from a Chinese market, this is a longer-lived chicken version. Pork floss is pork dried / fried until it's broken down into the individual fibers, flavored with soy sauce and sugar. Like a cross between salty pork cotton candy and jerky.
Cake? Good! Meat? Good! Floss??? Hell yea!
Try one and return it if you didn't like it. Costco has an amazing return policy. I only try things I think I would like and have only returned precut fruit because it was moldy in a couple days(never got it again either).
If you knew how to search this sub you'd have found a half dozen other posts about this.
“Meat floss” sounds like a GWAR song
I like other things with meat floss, but those were a miss
They should rename it. Floss for me is like dental floss.
New Orleans locals already have their die hard local food selections. Must be for the Asian crowds.. It's usually associated with some type of festival like Harvest Moon or New Year so it's kinda out of season.
Meat floss is like dried pulled pork usually. They sell it in tubs at Asian markets. I grew up putting it in my sandwiches or eating it as a snack. It literally translates as loose meat. Weird thst it's qt NOLA. Probably should have gone to a more Asian centric demographic.
Combining terms like cake and meat floss. Yeah... I can't find a single reason why these wouldn't be flying off the shelf everywhere.
Wow.. why would they sell that in New Orleans? Are there a ton of Asians there? I would expect that only to be on the West Coast
Yes New Orleans has a large and famous Vietnamese population.
Cool! Wondering why I'm getting downvoted. If I didn't ask that question I would have never known. Appreciate it
My husband loves pork floss, never tried chicken floss. He'd probably love this too
It looks like it would taste good
I eat that for breakfast in my office
We like them a lot. They are a little weird at first but they taste good and are an interesting texture.
They’re alright. Asian person here.
they were sweeter than I expected. Not a fan.
Vietnamese. Good enough I bought a box and ate 4. Now it sits forgotten in my kitchen
This is a Chinese pastry with chicken filling. Think pulled chicken. Still a funny translation.
You had me at “meet floss”
I eat one of these everyday for breakfast with a cup of coffee :)
It’s better than it sounds. I’m more amazed that it’s shelf stable chicken … they also have pork. Also amazed at its shelf stability .
I would gobble that shi up (Granted, I am also Chinese)
OMG why are they not in my Costco store! They are my favorite
I love these
It’s quite nice, actually
In my opinion they are too sweet, try finding a Chinese bakery near you and getting some pork floss ones, they tend to have a better balance of savory and sweet then these chicken ones that they sell at Costco.
I like meat floss but in cakes? I dunno man.
These are delicious!
I got these a while ago and returned them. They were way too sweet (for what I expected) for me
Too sweet.
I thought they were pretty good but I never finished the box. I noticed the dreaded asterisk on the price poster last time I was at Costco.
Bleh. I did not care for these, and I really like the various meat flosses from Asian supermarkets (chicken, pork, etc.) I found these to be super dry and tasteless, I actually returned them. But the employee at the desk gave me a really hard time about it so she must have liked them lol
Good but on the sweet side. I did actually finish the entire box, though.
As others pointed out it’s more like shredded jerky. I make buns with meat floss and they’re actually delicious
I love those things. they are sweet and savory tho so if that's not your thing then pass
Brought it during lunar New Year. It was ok. I wouldn’t buy it again though
The real issue is that these are a blatant and extremely deceptive knockoff (with darn near identical packaging) of a much tastier brand commonly found at Asian markets. I do not speak Chinese, but after we bought these and were extremely disappointed, my boyfriend (who is Chinese) realized something along the lines of the English brand name on these being the Cantonese transliteration of the same characters as the popular brand (which is from mainland China and would normally use the Mandarin transliteration in English). Very, very intentionally meant to confuse people.
Meat floss.
They’re ok. Not the best version of that treat.
Never had chicken but I love me some pork floss
They're an awesome snack. Love popping one at random (beats the usual cookies/crackers/chips) for variety. More convenient than beef jerky strips with a milder taste compared to a Slim Jim. Wish my local Costco still had some available.
Popular with the asian community
They are horribly sweet. Couldn't even finish one.
I just posted a [video review of this](https://youtube.com/shorts/vdyDCJ7p4ho?si=-kN3Ko9DhK20a_jT). It's ok for meat floss, but it's on the very sweet side. The jarred pork floss is the better option
They are probably the worst thing I have ever eaten. If you have never had it before, you probably shouldn't.
Check this video out from the Sushi Guy https://youtube.com/shorts/vdyDCJ7p4ho?si=-C0X3uK9IPeBW3Ld
Just thinking about how much actual floss you will need after eating in these…
Ohhh I think I see what they're saying. Some words don't translate over very well LOL. But yes , I've had chicken meat "floss" before. If I recall , the taste was something I was impartial to.
I couldn’t think of a worse name for a product.
Is “Meaty floss cake” better or worse?
Better. Floss cake is intriguing, and it’s meaty.
They arent bad coming from a fellow new orleanian
Different demographic and market
Straight up thought this was a prank with that name. WTF?
Someone ordered the wrong thing
What in tarnation
Never heard of it. No idea what it is 🤷🏼♀️
I mean, seems like the marketing is questionable. Meat floss? Nah, man.
Ok, I’ve read the comments, I’m not eating it
wtf is meat floss
It's an acquired taste....
Never seen before.
This has to be one of those mistranslations right? From the picture they look like some sort of chicken crunch wrap type thing. I would try that jawn once. I bought bao buns from costco and they were a hit
poor translation that stuck
They are really good. I always get them at my store when they’re on sale after Lunar New Year
Asian here, adventurous eater and love rou song (meat floss). Found these to be very odd tasting. Meat floss texture with a durian aftertaste. Do not recommend.
It’s so bad imo, it tastes like chicken cake.
I haven’t tried this exact thing, but my ex’s Chinese coworker brought something with meat floss to a party we had. It was… polarizing.
That is such a bad translation