When eating sushi, it always comes placed on radish slivers. Are you supposed to eat those radish slivers?!
Answers: From what I know, the radish slivers are there to pull the toxins out of the fish. However, I've also heard that you're supposed to eat them as they help you digest. Which one of these is true?
the radish slivers (daikon) are there to look pretty and to dip it in the soy sauce as you eat.
i've seen daikon served in many japanese salad and with konbu, but never with sushi, are you sure you arent referring to pickeled ginger?
I don't know but Its a good question???
Are you sure it's not pickled ginger?
That's what those little pink slices are. It's supposed to 'cleanse your palette' between different types of sushi.
Yes, eat them with your sushi...they detox
Radishes, like other member of the cruciferous family (cabbage, kale, broccoli, Brussels
sprouts), contain cancer-protective properties. Throughout history radishes have been
effective when used as a medicinal food for liver disorders. They contain a variety of
sulfur-based chemicals that increase the flow of bile. Therefore, they help to maintain a
healthy gallbladder and liver, and improve digestion.
i like to eat it. it absorbs the wasabe from the soy sauce more effectively so it come out really hot.
I've never had sushi served with radish slivers - and I've eaten sushi in Japan.
You may be talking about pickled ginger, which can come in thin pink slices which are served in a small pile next to the wasabi, or sometimes you'll see small red slivers used in other dishes as a garnish.
In general, ginger is good for your digestion, but there's nothing that says you HAVE to eat it... With sushi, the ginger is there to help cleanse your palate between pieces, so you can better enjoy the subtle flavors. Again, you don't have to eat it... I can only eat it in small pieces, otherwise I'll feel a bit sick. My wife, meanwhile, usually ends up eating a small bowl of the stuff when we go for sushi.
I know that when you eat nyotaimori (naked sushi, sushi on a naked girl) you don't eat the girl. :D
so it stands to reason you don't eat the radish slivers.