Sushi Ingredient Is Spontaneously Combusting

Whew!!! I thought the spontaneous combustion was happening After people ate it.....which would really be painful.......
 
Oldguy54 said:
The same phenomenon that causes overheated compost piles to spontaneously combust has been causing fires in sushi restaurants. The culprit is deep-fried tempura flakes, also known as agedama or tenkasu, which have been linked to five restaurant fires in Wisconsin alone, the New York Times reports.
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This was amazing to me. I thought tempura was just a manner of cooking something battered by way of dipping into boiling oil.

So what are "tempura flakes"?

They're tempura dregs, sometimes called heavenly waste; bits of stuff that sank to the bottom of the tempura pot.

A strange story, almost funny it not for injury or damage.

Deep-fried tempura flakes, a key ingredient sprinkled on sushi rolls for crunch and known as agedama or tenkasu, Japanese for “tempura dregs,” have been linked to a series of restaurant fires in multiple states.

https://www.trending-news-network.com/sushi-restaurant-fires-linked-to-deep-fried-tempura-flakes/
 
Do not eat sushi. As far as I am concerned its just bait for fishing!! Seems to be the in thing these days but not for me. My fish have to be cooked and love fishing for it myself. Nothing like bass or catfishing. Frying them up and serving with hush puppies, green tomato pickles, coleslaw and French fries. Add some sweet tea or cold Michelob and you have a southern fish fry!
 
There are many types of sushi only some of which are made with raw fish or any kind of fish. My favorite type is made with fish eggs (caviar). There are lots and lots of other ingredients that sushi is filled with (think of California rolls) including all types of cooked vegetables, cooked eggs and cooked meat. Also fresh vegetables like cucumbers.

The reason for those combustible fires caused by tempura flakes is because those cooks in those restaurants don't know what their doing. They're deep frying flour and then leaving the flour with hot oil in a heap on a counter without spreading them out to cool, and that's why it catches on fire. The tempura flakes would not be catching fire inside of anyone's stomach.
 

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