We have a word for Sushi in Canadian… Bait!
Or so I thought a year ago.
I’ve never been much of a fish-lover, so avoided sushi the odd time opportunity reared it’s scaled head… But then something changed.
Like Sam’s unnamed almost-nemesis in Green Eggs & Ham, my very first bite of Salmon Sashimi opened up my eyes. Shocked that raw fish could taste better, and less ‘fishy’ than the cooked varieties I was used to, I’ve been a Sushi lover ever since.
I love food… all different kinds of food; home cooked, eating out, Indian, Mexican, Italian, Thai etc, I love food. But until I started eating Sushi, I’d never experienced the fervently zealous and consuming cravings that I’ve been experiencing lately… for raw fish.
As Homer would say:
“MMMMMMM… Sushi…”
Now I find myself trying to justify eating out all the time (all you can eat sushi for $12 IS a good deal!)… Whenever hunger shows it’s claws I catch myself wondering if I could squeeze in a trip to Aji Sai (hmmm, they have no site that I can find)…
I think I’m hooked…
And now it is time to take the next step…
So today a friend, taking pity on me and my vampiric like cravings, introduced me to a local Asian Grocers that can supply me with a steady stream of sushi making ingredients. Rice Paper, seaweed, wasabi, a mat, chili sauce, wine vinagar, misou soup paste…
I’m almost ready.
Now all I need is to find a good place to buy sushi quality fish… 3000 kilometers from the nearest ocean!
Anyone know of a good fishmonger in the Barrie area?
In the meantime, I will do a little learning and research, and practice rolling on my new mat.
I came across an interesting list of Sushi eating Etiquette, much of which kind of goes without saying… but there were some interesting bits, like:
- Which pieces of Sushi it’s okay to eat with your hands
- Which side of your chopsticks you take pieces of Sushi off the communal plate with
- And how you should never rub your chopsticks together! (although it doesn’t say why)
I’ll keep you posted on my first Shushi Making Experience! In the mean time I think I’m going to have to do a little more research on sites like this!
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