Anyone else not crazy about sushi?

[bif]

I think it's okay. I just think it's overrated. We're going out to a sushi restaurant and my two daughters are quite excited. They're both huge fans of the stuff.

[Angry Dragon]

1. One here

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Sushi would be OK if supplied with a little bunsen burner over which to cook it!

not a fan here....

[HarveyDarkey]

3. I don't eat bait

[A Simple Game]

38. Which one do you think has the fresher fish? n/t

[LiberalEsto]

4. Ick

uncooked fish?

[HopeHoops]

5. I make vegetarian sushi at home. Good shit, Maynard. The word means "fermented rice".

Well, technically it can be interpreted as "vinegared rice". It does NOT mean "raw fish".

I use all kinds of fillings like peppers, spring onions, daikon, cucumber, mushrooms, scrambled egg, tomatoes, and damn near anything else that will fit. It's really easy to make and it's addictive. I make about three times what I know we'll eat and I'm set for lunch for DAYS!

[Major Nikon]

25. Raw fish is implied

Although the word itself literally translates to a specific kind of rice, the implication is that type of rice with raw fish.

If we took food references literally, hamburgers would be made with pork and french fries in Europe would be made from apples.

[HopeHoops]

27. What's really good is "sushi" rice with nori strips used to pick up kimchi. Damn yummy.

You have to be pretty proficient with chopsticks (Korean style) to even try to eat that. Fuck. I have to wait until after Thanksgiving is over to have any of that. Fuck, fuck, fuckety fuck.

[Art_from_Ark]

39. Actually, that's not true

Hope Hoops had it right-- sushi is a *rice* dish, and there are many kinds that have no fish whatsoever, raw or otherwise. For example, inari zushi is just vinegared rice inside a soft pita-type shell made of sweetened soy called "age" (ah-gay). Chirashi zushi is another rice dish that contains bits of lotus root and various vegetables, but no raw fish. Maki zushi is probably best known in the states for its Americanized version, the California roll. It might contain raw fish, but that is not always the case. And even the type of sushi that you are probably referring to, o-sushi, sometimes has scrambled egg or fish roe or some other type of non-raw-fish ingredient.

Raw fish itself is called "sashimi" (sa-shee-mee)

[mockmonkey]

6. I had it once

It took all of my strength not to throw up in the restaurant.

[Denninmi]

7. Sorry, love the stuff!

Have it every chance I can. Eel is my favorite.

[hobbit709]

8. I don't eat raw seafood.

[TreasonousBastard]

9. Highly overrated. I'll eat it if it's there but...

I suspect most sushi lovers don't really like it but are hooked on the trendiness of it all.

If you have to do all that to raw fish to make it tasty, why not just cook it?

(And yes, I do eat raw fish-- when I go fishing it can be a decent lunch.)

[Major Nikon]

26. I think for some this is the case

However, if it were actually nothing more than a trend, it would have disappeared in America a long time ago.

[ohiosmith]

10. Love it!

[riderinthestorm]

11. Count me as unimpressed. Especially for how much it costs - no way. nt

[PoliticalBiker]

12. I eat raw hamburger...

... steaks so rare they are nearly raw, underdone pork, but raw fish? NOT!

[peacefreak]

13. I had a very bad sushi experience.

Food poisoning is not my friend, so no more sushi in my future.

[TeamPooka]

14. love sushi, get me to some Yellowtail.

[Populist_Prole]

15. Sorry, but I love it. Was hooked on it from the very first time I tried it

Just try not to internalize what it is or how it's prepared, and take the flavor at face value.

[geardaddy]

16. I prefer sashimi

Screw the rice. Just give me the raw fish.

[InsultComicDog]

17. I prefer the sashimi also

I also like raw beef, when I can get the best quality of it.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

20. Tar tar, sushi, Sashimi.

bring them on!!!
I also love raw vegetables!

[MountainMama]

18. Bleah....

I'm not a big rice fan to begin with and I'm real picky about seafood, so I hate sushi. I did try it once or twice and I thought it was gross.

[OriginalGeek]

19. My only complaint with sushi

is the price. Good sushi is kinda spendy.


On the other hand, bargain sushi costs in much worse ways.


So I just don't go as often as I'd probably like.

Although we just got a Wasabi in our mall...it seems nice and the prices look fair...

but yeah; eel, tuna, spicy anything, miso soup, some good sake...it's all delicious and something I love to do.

[Incitatus]

21. I prefer my seafood battered and fried.

grouper, sea scallops and coconut shrimp

[nolabear]

22. Love all but eel. But around here it's not special. It's everywhere.

We've got great fresh fish and a good Asian influence so you don't have to go far. Heck, I even like conveyor belt sushi. Yum.

[rrneck]

23. I don't eat bait. nt

[Honeycombe8]

24. I don't like it. Raw fish is unsafe, plus I don't care for rice. nt

[Major Nikon]

28. Relatively speaking it's not all that unsafe

There was a recent large outbreak in the US that involved raw fish, but it involved tuna derived from the scrapings of tuna carcases which were modified with stabilizers and packaged for bulk sale to grocery stores and other such outlets. In other words the sushi equivalent of pink slime. Sushi and sashimi prepared on-site by competent restaurants presents very little risk.

[Honeycombe8]

34. You know you're in trouble when someone starts off saying,"it's not THAT unsafe." LOL!

I'll stick with apples and things that are safer than that. I also try not to eat white rice. So....

[Major Nikon]

35. It really just depends on how much you want to worry about things

Even apples aren't exactly exempt from risk.
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/27/us/accord-is-reached-in-food-poisoning-case.html

I approach risk with the attitude of first learning what the actual risk is, then if necessary either avoiding it or mitigating it. This helps me avoid irrational fears.

The reality is there just aren't that many actual documented problems with sushi. So lots of people are eating it, and very few are getting sick. If you look at published lists of the most dangerous foods, sushi rarely, if ever seems to make the cut.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1967235,00.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500165_162-5366614.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/06/the-most-dangerous-foods_n_311329.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foodborne_illness_outbreaks_in_the_United_States

The reality is that when it comes to risk associated with foodborne illness, the thing you really should be worried about is your own kitchen.

[johnd83]

29. I have heard of people getting hepatitis from sushi

not just a rumor, but family friends. I refuse to eat meat of any kind that isn't cooked.

[Major Nikon]

30. Food borne Hep A generally comes from food servers who wipe their ass without washing their hands

http://www.livestrong.com/article/135365-causes-hepatitis-a/

[johnd83]

31. I think it was C?

In any event the taste of sushi does not make up for the risk imho.

[Major Nikon]

32. Hep B, C and D are all blood borne

Hep A and E may be spread by oral-fecal contact.

Hep A is the most common form you can get from food.

[Liberal_in_LA]

33. me

[BarbaRosa]

36. Never tried it but I recall a line about it.

"I tried sushi once, took it home cooked it up, taste just like fish."

[blogslut]

37. I like the Nori and the pickled ginger.

In fact, blogslut jr. and I will be having homemade Nori Maki for Thanksgiving.

[blueamy66]

40. I'm a sushi fan.

Give me platefulls of salmon sashimi with lemon and ginger and I am in Heaven.

I'll eat almost any of it, except for the mackerel and the roe.

Now I want some!!!!

Hope you had a good time with your daughters!

[bif]

46. We had a lovely time

And the sushi was good. The Las Vegas roll was my favorite. As I recall it had something fried on it.

[blueamy66]

47. Oh Yeah!

Love the Las Vegas roll! It's shrimp n other wonderful stuff! Glad u had fun!

[greatauntoftriplets]

41. I don't eat cooked fish either.

I guess people like it because it's healthy.

[Iggo]

42. Never had it.

And I don't see that I ever will.

[LeftofObama]

43. I've had it a couple of times.

I really don't see what the big deal is either.

[Odin2005]

44. I love sushi!

[Bake]

45. I prefer my seafood the way God intended it ...

Batter-dipped and deep fried!!

Oh, and dead, of course.



Bake

[marmar]

48. I love the rolls; not so crazy about the raw stuff.

nt

[RebelOne]

49. I only like raw tuna. n/t

[TwilightGardener]

50. I've had it a couple times--our commissary hired a sushi chef

for a while. I mostly tasted the wasabi stuff it came with. It wasn't bad. I plan to try it again.

[Myrina]

51. Can't eat sushi or anything with any kind of water-animal in it ...

No fish, lobster, clams, shrimp, scallop, etc etc etc. It all smells like dirty socks and I just can't get past that.

[downandoutnow]

52. Not a fan. I'm not Gollum!

Nasty raw fishesses!