[Sca-cooks] Sharks and sushi

[Elaine Koogler]

I don't suppose you can give me a source for these makie?  If so, I can
then at least see an illustration of what this type of sushi looked like.

Thanks!

Kiri

Barbara Nostrand wrote:

> Noble Cousins!
>
> Greetings from Solveig!
>
> >In a message dated 7/11/01 6:39:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >margali at 99main.com writes:
> >
> >>  Isn't there a form that is
> >>   a container of the vinegared rice with the fishy bits scattered
> >  >  on top and no seaweed? Yep.
>
> This has probably already been answered. It is called chirashizushi
> which literally means "scattered" sushi. Another form of sushi with
> the fish on top is called oshizushi or "pressed" sushi and is most
> likely an even older form. There are makie from the Genroku period
> (mid 17th century) which show street vendors selling oshizushi.
> Oshizushi usually comes in a rectangular box with the fish layered
> on top of the rice and then the whole afair pressed by a board layed
> on top.
>
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