[Sca-cooks] sushi (OOP)

[Elaine Koogler]

Yeah, and I just went on the South Beach Diet in which rice is a 
no-no....sigh. Guess I'll have to make do with sashimi

Kiri

Sue Clemenger wrote:

> This Yank, who can't pronounce the sushi names worth a ding-dang, and 
> thus really needs the menu <g>, nevertheless loves them all, although 
> the ones involving roe are a bit odd (okay, so at my house when I was 
> a kid, the stuff was bait, alright? Dad kept it frozen in the ice cube 
> trays in the freezer, which meant you always had to check to make sure 
> you were actually putting an ice cube in your drink....)
> And I always get *more* than enough to eat--I love being able to get 
> all kinds of different textures and tastes in one meal. Rich, smoked 
> eel, lovely salted plum, nummy seaweed, sweet shrimp. Salmon. Tuna. 
> Oh, man, but I'm getting hungry (and it's the end of the 
> month....*huge, deprived sigh*)
> --maire
>
> Edouard de Bruyerecourt wrote:
>
>> To my knowledge, sushi, especially in the recognizable modern form, 
>> is 17th century at best. I don't consider it 'period' to the SCA. 
>> Love it in the modern world, but neither appropriate to my place or 
>> time.
>>
>> My understanding of the use of rice to perserve was that the rice 
>> fermented, making for an inhospitable environment for the bad 
>> bacteria. And, yes, initially, the rice was discarded, not eaten.
>>
>> My experience is that Americans used to perceive sushi as either 'raw 
>> fish' (sashimi) or nori-maki rolls (the ubiquitous California roll). 
>> Then more recently, the nigiri rolls have gained popularity and 
>> acceptance. I actually like oshi-zushi, but can't always find it, so 
>> I take it that it is seldom ordered by Yanks, at least to justify a 
>> place on the menu. (Menu? who orders from the menu?....How's the 
>> tamago today?). Chirashi ('scattered') is a rare treat for probably 
>> the same reason.
>>
>> I also hear many Yanks complain that there's not much food for the 
>> price, which might also explain the popularity of the larger 
>> nori-maki rolls among us round eyes.
>>
>
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