Sushi. Food or Bait?

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Veronica

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I was shopping at the Piggly Wiggly and I noticed that they now have a full service sushi counter.
How did I miss that? They were even giving out free samples. And to complete the experience they had Asian chefs.
Probably wouldnt be the same vibe with Italians. Who knows? Do Italians even make sushi?
I didnt want to hurt their feelings but Im sorry Hon thats not food thats bait. :D

So how do you feel about sushi. Food or bait?
 

I don't eat it myself - but then there are lot of foods I don't eat that other people do -


I dont do fishing either - so sushi is neither of those things for me
 
Bait. My son loves sushi and he and my late daughter in law decided to take me out to dinner one evening when I was visiting. Well, we wind up in this Sushi place and I just sat there while they gorged themselves.

Now, I will eat raw oysters, and clams, so there was quite a kerfluffle between us about my attitude re: sushi. Try as I might, I could not make them understand the difference.

Oddly, my son grew up eating what I will eat, yet his memory seemed to dissolve when he got married. lol. My biggest complaint of course, was, they neither consulted me, their guest, and simply took me for granted. That, my friends, is a big NO-NO.🤨
 
I love sushi. One of our favorite restaurants is Nori, a Japanese restaurant close to where we live. They serve traditional food, including sushi, bento boxes, Udon and there’s also an hibachi grill.

As much as I enjoy sushi, I don’t usually buy it from the grocery store because I’m not sure how long it’s been sitting. At Nori, you can watch the Itamae assemble the sushi in front if you, all the ingredients visible and in ice trays so they stay fresh.
 
JustDave said:
That's true. I had to look it up. Some of it can be cooked, but I've never seen it served that way. One article made a point of only eating raw fish from a reputable source, but what reputable source serves raw fish?
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The place where I buy it has two separate sections for the cooked vs. uncooked. I had my first sushi in Orlando many years ago. Honestly I don't know at this point if it was the raw or not, but loved it ever since. When I buy my own, it's always the cooked. And I go very VERY light on the wasabi. :giggle: Learned a really painful lesson the first time when I didn't know what "the pretty green stuff" was!
 
I've never cared for sushi as I have absolutely no liking for white rice :sick:. I used to eat sushimi every time I visited Camarillo, CA at a place called the California Grill (IIRC). Unlike sushi, sushimi is just raw, thinly sliced, very high quality tuna (or sometimes other fish) served with wasabi and soy sauce on the side.

I haven't had it for years but it was great when I could get it. Contrary to what some may think, New England seems to be very insular when it comes to food.
 
I love sushi, I would eat it everyday if it was practical. The reason I don't eat it more often is it's a tad expensive for what you get if you buy it, if you make it at home it doesn't store very well so leftovers aren't great, even the ingredients have a short shelf life.
 
Not sure I would eat raw fish from Piggly Wiggly but smoked fish or the veggie ones are probably fine. We used to eat sushi and sushimi all the time. Like way too often. We would have sushi parties where we would give sushi rolling lessons and then people would roll their own. We would provide all the fixings and including some raw fish which was very popular. (We have great fish markets here.) Eventually the parties would have 20 or more people rolling sushi all over our house.

We would also eat sushi out but only at Japanese restaurants. There were some great ones here and in Boston. (Yes I was a sushi snob). I remember there was one place that had this huge plate of amazing assorted sushi. One night we got there too late to get a table quickly so we ate at the bar. We tried to order the huge plate but there wasn't enough room for it. We asked if they could just divide it up onto smaller plates but they refused. The chef said the presentation would be incorrect. We eventually burned out on it and we haven't had sushi in a few years now. All the decent local sushi restaurants closed down and driving to Boston is a chore.
 
Like many others here, I love sushi! Have for most of my life, although I am very careful where I get it from. It has to be a Japanese restaurant or something similar that I have been to before with people who I 'know'!

Accordingly, I have never had a bad experience with eating sushi, and I always enjoy eating the varieties' that have 'rare' fish included in the offering.

I did have a business trip to Japan when I was working for Sony, and I really enjoyed eating the sushi over there. It was no big deal to the Japanese business guys I went out to lunch with; they did not order it, but I did, and it was great.
 
I, too, really enjoy sushi, yes the raw kind including sashimi. That was when I lived in the city. Now, in this mountain rural small town, it isn't offered. There is a sushi place about 45 miles away but I am very choosy about it so haven't been there.

Some years back, there was a sushi place near our home. My husband refused to go so I would go there with friends or daughters. One evening, I begged him to go and he finally agreed. He ordered the sweet and sour chicken. They did have non-sushi items on their menus, probably for just those situations.
 
I dont begrudge people their sushi. I didnt realize so many liked it.
Makes sense for the store to carry it. Obviously they wouldnt have it in the store if it didnt sell.

I didnt know they made cooked. Im a pretty unadventurous eater. So still probably no.
Im that kid who separated the corn and lima beans before they would eat their succotash. :D
 
Veronica said:
Im that kid who separated the corn and lima beans before they would eat their succotash. :D
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I remember when I was 8 or 10. My parents had another family over for dinner. They had a little girl that was maybe 5 years younger than me. While dishing out the food, the little girl let out an alarmed sigh, and looked horrified. Her mother apologetically explained they she didn't want one kind of food to touch another kind of food on her plate. As she was helping her daughter separate the mixed pieces, she said, "Honey, once you eat it, it always ends up together in the same place anyway."

That had little effect on the little girl, but she was OK, once her mother sorted out her food. I didn't think there was anything funny about the girl's reaction, but I did remember processing the situation and thinking, "I've never seen that reaction to food that touched other food before." Everything went back to normal quite quickly when the food was properly separated, and I don't remember anyone else exchanging any particular glances. Some people just like their plate nice and tidy.
 

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