Sushi. Food or Bait?

I don't eat it anymore. Many years ago I was out with a group of business co-workers and we all had sushi. We were in California and it was fresh. However, a couple of days later I developed cracks on the corners of my mouth that would occasionally bleed. It took forever to go away and my doctor said it was most likely a fungus from the sushi. I know... ewwww.
 
Internationally renowned sushi chef preparing and enjoying his culinary masterpiece...

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I was in Campbell River British Columbia when I met a helpful restaurant owner who gave me a ride to find propane for my boat's stove. He was so nice and his establishment was close to the marina, so I had dinner there as a thank you. He saw me come in and waited on me personally. He gave me a menu, and I asked him what was good, and he recommended, "The Bucket of Bait which is quite popular."

This is not a joke. It was on the menu. It was an assortment of things from the sea, shrimp, scallops, oysters, and a lot of other I don't know what all, served in a miniature bucket as a thick tasty stew. And it was good. I went back and tried other things on the menu over the week, and it was all top notch.
 
I love sushi. This has been true since I moved to California some 40 years ago. I like best the cooked forms--shrimp, REAL crabmeat, and recently I had a baked scallop roll that was out of this world. But always in a Japanese restaurant, never from the supermarket.
 
I have enjoyed eating sushi most of my life. My wife also loves it. We both grew up in Colorado. I lived in a small mountain town and sushi was not available. But when I traveled to Denver or Colorado Springs, I learned to enjoy sushi. I am careful where I eat it, but I have never had a bad experience with it.
 
Sushi is pressed rice, sometimes salted or lightly pickled. That's ALL it is.

Raw fish is sashimi. Sushi can have fillings or toppings - fish, meat, vegetables, even fruit - or even nothing at all, just rice!

Otherwise it's the equivalent of saying, "I HATE hot dog buns!" when what you really dislike is the hot dog itself.
 

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