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cshenk

sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 23:42:24 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> > wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > On Friday, September 26, 2014 8:29:31 PM UTC-7, Sqwertz wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:13:45 -0500, cshenk wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Most sushi's are not raw fish at all. My own experience is
> > > > > it is very hard to find a raw fish in sushi and I lived in
> > > > > Japan for 7 years. Finding vegetarian sushi is very easy
> > > > > though. Probably 3% of sushi's have raw fish and 30% are
> > > > > full on vegetarian.
> > > >
> > > > Here, more than 50% of sushi has raw fish. Another 20% contains
> > > > Krab.
> > > >
> > >
> > > California roll with its delicious Krab is the archetypal
> > > supermarket sushi.
> >
> > Grin, maybe bit guess what. They love it in Japan too. They either
> > call it California Roll or American Sushi. Quite popular there and
> > for good reason. Well made and fresh, it is quite good. They also
> > use the fake 'crab/lobster' stuff in a lot of sushi's there and
> > it's also quite good. (BTW, the crab stuff is also cooked of
> > course).
>
> I hate supermarket sushi and I don't know what they do to it that's
> different. Even though I can watch them make it, it still tastes
> weird to me.

Dunno, but maybe it is sitting too long or doesnt have the right rice?
I'm not actually a major sushi fan. I like it well enough, but it's
not a mainstay here.

More on the true sashimi side of the fence.

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