I really like sushi and had some yesterday... yum! Anyone else here like it?
I don't go for the uncooked kinds, though... my sushi buffet offers only varieties that are not raw. Safety issues most likely.
I like cream cheese and faux crab in there with the seaweed sheet and cuke stick. I like the inside out kind with the rice on the outside and sometimes rolled in crystalized ginger. A little bit of wasabi spread on top... no soy. Makes a great lunch!
We have hosted Japanese students for four years and my daughter has traveled to Japan, she is going for a one year internship starting this Fall.
Sushi is a vinegar rice mixture wrapped around traditionally one ingredient. In the Edo style (Tokyo) that is usually a small piece of raw fish. Fish is not always used in Sushi, it can be a vegetable or some meat. Many times the Sushi is wrapped with seaweed.
Many people think Sushi is just raw fish, but Sushi is the rice/vinegar mixture that can contain different ingredients.
Sashimi is raw fish as the main dish. Raw fish spoils quickly and is rarely prepared anywhere that is not close to the ocean. California is especially noted for Sushi and Sashimi since it has so many miles of shoreline and so many cities on on the ocean.
Wasabi is used with raw fish because it has antibiotic properties that help to keep the fish from spoiling.
Most restaurants on the interior of the US do not serve raw fish since it must be served within a couple hours of being caught. In some very expensive restaurants the fish are flown in live so they can be served fresh.
The mixed ingredient style Sushi is strictly an American invention. In Japan there is a new style called "Creative Sushi" that still tries to focus on one ingredient but will add a second ingredient in small amounts to empahsize the main ingredient.
