Comments on: Cooked Sushi. WTF?

By: masahiko noguchi

masahiko noguchi — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:06:27 +0000

This is the first time me to see a Japanese sushi in Slovakia. Even in Slovakia, sushi is growing up same as Moscow, Russia ! It is all over the world now. I am a Japanese who is living in the US today for last 35 years. The sushi is very big in Los Angeles, US too. I think there are over 16,000 of Japanese restaurant in the US today !!! That’s wat I said big today. Also my wife is taking anonline sh-school to leans, “HOW TO MAKE SSHI AT HOLE” and learning of Japanese culture and history now. The shool site named: http://www.sushitrainer.com. They are very good and the ssushi-school has contains mover than 250 lessons for world widely. YOu people shoul visit this sushi-school site at onve, you will love it !!!

By: Cursor_

Cursor_ — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:45:45 +0000

#34

Ok you need to pick a nit and have done so.

Acid is used in all pickling dishes. Whether that pickling comes from citrus or vinegar is immaterial.

The idea is that old forms of sushi used an acid to “cook” the fish. And so does ceviche use the same method.

The idea is one of those that was dreamed up by people despite not having any scoial networking to cross the vast distances between them.

Cursor_

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:23:43 +0000

#30 – Cursor_

>>But haya-sushi, especially biwa, is exactly
>>like ceviche as rice vinegar is used to
>>pickle it.

Rice vinegar is not used to pickle ceviche. Lime or lemon juice is.

By: Cursor_

Cursor_ — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:45:36 +0000

#25

I will agree that Edomae-sushi (what most westerners THINK is sushi) is nothing like ceviche.

But haya-sushi, especially biwa, is exactly like ceviche as rice vinegar is used to pickle it.

And there are still dishes around asia that pickle the fish in rice over a long period of time. And that was and still is the original sushi. The fresh stuff with pickled rice is just the most modern incarnation of the dish.

Cursor_

By: zombieball

zombieball — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:37:20 +0000

#15
Guess it all depends upon when you start your timer then:
-2 hrs from fish being caught = gotta be the fisherman himself to eat that fish in time!
-2 hrs from fish being killed… entirely possible to find fish like this in fishermen markets (as you pointed out).

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:35:29 +0000

I’m gonna try makin’ me some chicken sashimi.

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:32:39 +0000

#26 – deowll

>>Anyone who thinks freezing or even salt
>>curing is going to get all parasites has
>>parasites.

I’m afraid you’re the one with the parasites, son. Would you care to name just a few that can survive a bout with -109F dry ice?

By: deowll

deowll — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:18:34 +0000

Anyone who thinks freezing or even salt curing is going to get all parasites has parasites.

Many bacteria could care less. Many worms have eggs that are tough enough to take it.

By: richardbt71

richardbt71 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:26:59 +0000

#18 MotaMan-

Ceviche is nothing like sushi. Just because both use raw fish, doesn’t make it similar.

By: hhopper

hhopper — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:19:44 +0000

We catch a lot of fish in the inland waterway that are called Drum and they’re loaded with parasites. I just don’t trust raw fish, chicken or pork.

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:32:08 +0000

#20, Hopper,

I’m with you. Maybe when someone comes along with “frozen Breaded sushi sticks” I’ll try it. Until then I stick with stuff that moos, oinks, baas, or clucks for my protein.

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:13:24 +0000

#20 – hhopper

>>What about the parasites?

Most salt-water fish do not have parasites. And most commercially available fish are “flash-frozen” when they’re caught (even “fresh” fish), which kills the parasites.

So no problem. Order the sashimi, and enjoy!!

By: Special Ed

Special Ed — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:59:32 +0000

#20 – The parasites are generally elected to Congress. On the low end are the welfare recipients.

By: hhopper

hhopper — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:45:08 +0000

Cripes! I just learned more about raw fish than I ever wanted to know. What about the parasites?

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:58:12 +0000

#16 – Cursor_

>>Then you never had boquerones.

Sure I have, but that’s just a snack, an appetizer, an hors d’œuvre, a picadita. I wasn’t too keen on it though. Sardines are not my favorite fish.