Why do so many people think that all sushi is raw fish?!
Why do so many people think that all sushi is raw fish?
not all sushi is comprised of raw fish. of course not many people know that, because they've never tried to have any. sushi does not contain bacteria. all the fish are packed in ice from the minute they come out of the water until they are in the sushi cases. i just find it really annoying when people hate things before they even try it. a lot of people just need to grow up and broaden their horizons with ethnic cuisine and stop being picky little children who cry about every little thing that's wrong with their food.
Additional Details1 week ago
yes, rhodecol, sashimi is raw fish, but i did say not all sushi is so. maybe you can read the question a little more carefully next time before you answer someone's question.
1 week ago
you don't have to apologize, rhodecol. i just thought that your answer was just ignorant that's all, because i clearly was talking about sushi, not sashimi or whatever this stuff is you call "sushimi." i don't even think there is such a thing. all i'm trying to get across to everyone is that maybe it offends people when you say that their food is gross. it may be that way to you, but it may be the most delicious thing in the world to the person that's having it. it mostly offends me, because i hate having to sit by and listen to people insult what i do for a living. and it's not all raw. there are some things that are cooked through, and those are just as delicious. so i invite those of you who have never had it to try sushi. just make sure you try it at the right place. oh and andrea, you just need to learn how to spell.
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1 week ago
yes, rhodecol, sashimi is raw fish, but i did say not all sushi is so. maybe you can read the question a little more carefully next time before you answer someone's question.
1 week ago
you don't have to apologize, rhodecol. i just thought that your answer was just ignorant that's all, because i clearly was talking about sushi, not sashimi or whatever this stuff is you call "sushimi." i don't even think there is such a thing. all i'm trying to get across to everyone is that maybe it offends people when you say that their food is gross. it may be that way to you, but it may be the most delicious thing in the world to the person that's having it. it mostly offends me, because i hate having to sit by and listen to people insult what i do for a living. and it's not all raw. there are some things that are cooked through, and those are just as delicious. so i invite those of you who have never had it to try sushi. just make sure you try it at the right place. oh and andrea, you just need to learn how to spell.
Sashimi is raw fish.
Edit to add........
Sorry you are so ticked at my answer, but I have to ask "Why are you so mad today that even pointing out that there is a difference between Sushi and Sashimi gets you upset"?
I did read your entire question and now wonder why you are exceptionaly mad at people who "just need to grow up and broaden their horizons with ethnic cuisine and stop being picky little children" when you just got so angry at me for my comment on sushimi.
I hope whatever your reasons for being so mad are resolved soon. I never intended to tick you off. If I did I appologize.
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Its just ignorance. Sushi is awesome! There are a lot of picky people out there that don't ever try anything new. Meat and potatoes types that don't even want to eat something green if they don't have to.
I just figure, its more for me!!!
sushi is great. i eat it once in a while. the thing is i love it but it doesnt love me u know what im sayin. so i stick to the man food like burgers n steaks.
I fully agree with you about the great food that is called sushi.
As you said, many types of sushi and shashimi DO consist of or are prepared with raw fish, but the fact that the Health Department has no problem with that, does say a lot!
Go for it. Try it out and enjoy!
proabably just ignorance... you know how they portray sushi or any japanese cuisine in the media, it's always some asian guy who talks really LOUD in an accent throwing knives around and chopping up squid and raw fish... but whatever, i <3 sushi and sashimi and all that jazz
and as for people who don't try new things, i really don't understand that either.. it's not THAT bad. i couldn't get a friend to try chicken terriyaki... how stupid is that? it's fully cooked, it's CHICKEN and it's delicious! (i'm biased perhaps, lol, oh well)
greek and indian food is really yummy too...
I myself am a sushi lover, but I do know the reason behind that common belief. Almost all the shows about sushi, sashimi etc. on TV call all types of those foods sushi, and all the viewers ever see are the chefs in Japan taking the fish live out of the tank, chopping it up raw and there you have sushi. Since many consumers only ever see that image of sushi, it turns them off.
I like that deep fried sushi with ketchup. YUM!
It's just classification. It's probably easier to ask if you like sushi rather than asking if you like sushi and sashimi. sushi has a better word flow. Plus the reason that no one's really tried sushi or sashimi. that's just my opinion.
I also agree with you that people need to try different foods. I recently took a trip to the Philippines and tried all of the native fruits and foods. It didn't matter how gross something looked. I just had to try it.
I like people that enjoy different cuisines and will try almost anything. but I need to respect other people's tastes since it's sort of their loss if they are picky eaters. I have nothing against those people.
Twenty thirty years ago the America concept of the Oriental dish 'raw fish' was introduced as sushi. I think it has become acceptable in the last 5 - 10 years and the true names of the dishes came to light.
It's all what people are used to. My dad thinks that me eating sushi is really strange, but I pointed out to him that he eats pig offal (scrapple) and chicken who eat their own sh!t. I'm supposing that's all it is. I too, eat scrapple so I can't find myself thinking that anything else is gross. It's just not possible!
I agree with you. My sister hated that stuff without even trying it. Then she tried a shrimp tempura roll and got hooked.
cause most sushi people see, whereever, is or looks raw. and raw foods, most likely, have bacteria is not cooked to destroy it all. and people have a right to be chosey bout what they eat, they pay for it, and its goin inside their body. stop tryin to control erythang! chill . people will come around when and if they're ready.
Plain ignorance that's why. Might I add the following:
In Japanese cuisine, sushi (寿司, sushi?) is a food made of vinegared rice combined with seafood. Most, but not all, fish used in sushi is un-cooked, but other ingredients may be cooked, smoked, blanched, sauteed, or marinated.
Sushi is an English word that has come to refer to a complete dish with rice and toppings; this is the sense used in this article. The original term Japanese: 寿司 sushi (-zushi in some compounds such as makizushi), written in kanji, means snack and refers to rice, but not fish or other toppings.[1]
Outside of Japan, sushi is often misunderstood to mean clumps of rice topped with raw fish or even the raw fish by itself. It is also misunderstood to refer to fresh raw-seafood dishes, such as a Japanese delicacy called sashimi (sushi and sashimi are considered distinct in Japan).
There are various types of sushi. Sushi served rolled in nori (dried and pressed layer sheets of seaweed or alga) is called maki or rolls. Sushi made with toppings laid with hand-formed clumps of rice is called nigiri, toppings stuffed into a small pouch of fried tofu called inari; and toppings served scattered over a bowl of sushi rice called chirashi-zushi.
Sashimi (Japanese: 刺身) is a Japanese delicacy primarily consisting of very fresh raw seafoods, thinly sliced into pieces about 2.5 cm (1 inch) wide by 4 cm (1? inches) long by 0.5 cm (? inch) thick, and served with only a dipping sauce (like soy sauce with wasabi paste and thinly sliced ginger root, or ponzu), and a simple garnish like shiso and shredded daikon radish.
The name sashimi literally means "pierced body." "刺身=sashimi" consists of "刺し=sashi(pierced/sticked)" and "身=mi(body/meat)". It may have come from the former practice of sticking the tail and its fin of the fish on the slices, to let it be known which fish one was eating. Another etymologic idea is that because 切り身=kiri-mi(cut body/meat) is reminiscent of cutting a person with 刀=katana(Backsword), the word sashimi was chosen intentionally instead.
Hi,
I'm Japanese and have lived in the states for more than 10 years.
Well, many Americans are not used to eating raw stuff. And I don't want to be rude. But in this country, the quality of fish sold in grocery stroes are not as fresh as that of fish sold in the grocery stores in Japan. Probably so many people reading this don't like my post but it is true that the quality of fish sold in normal grocery stores in this country are not good. And because of the low quality of fish sold in this country, of course typical Americans think that eating raw stuff is not good for them. They are told not to eat raw fish because they get sick but of course they get sick by eating bad quality fish. That's normal to think, well even in Japan. But anyways, if they are not eating good quality of fish, how do they cook the kind of stuff? I don't think they want to eat that as raw but they need to cook so that they don't get sick.
And also I want to add that in Japan, we eat raw eggs. And many Americans again don't want to eat raw eggs because it's raw! But in Japan eggs are in general pasteurized. So we can eat the kind of egg as raw. And also we don't cook bacon how Americans cook. We say how Americans cook bacon is too cooked and it looks like burnt bacon. But for American how Japanese cook bacon is too raw. But in Japan, again bacon is precooked. That's why, we can eat bacon safely by how we cook.
Anyways, my point is that there is alway a reason why Japanese eat their food how they eat because the food is safe. If the food is not safe, I'm sure so many people in Japan have had really bad diarrhea and died even. But actually Japanese people are very healthy and we don't have more than 65% of people who are overweight. So I can tell that how Japanese people eat food is very healthy and good for them.
But anyways, many Americans don't know much about Japanese food and how safe Japanese food is. I think these Americans who don't want to try ethnic food are usually from a small town and they are so close-minded. And they usually don't like any foregn foods. They say " We love Italian food." So they go to Italy and when they come back from Italy, they say, " We love American style Italian food." Ya, that's typical Americans, you know.
Anyways, I didn't really say anything about "sushi" (yes, sushi is not raw fish but has rice and other stuff that includes raw fish, cooked fish, cooked vegetables, and etc) but raw stuff because I really wanted Americans to know that Japanese food is safe and why we eat our food how we eat. Well, at least people who have read my post got some knowledge though they might hate my post.
I hope that more Americans will be open-minded to try new food since this is America. Before I came to the states, I thought America is the country where people from different ethnic backgrounds get along with one another because America is built on people from different cultures staying together. But the reality is each race and each culture including food are still separated in a way because people are so afraid of getting to know other people's food and culture. And that's really sad. I hope people can get more knowledge of other people's culture and custom so we don't need to talk about this kinda stuff.
Beacuse they confuse the words "sushi" and "sashimi" and maybe "tsunami," sometimes.
They're not paying attention to what they say or how they insult another culture when they do so.