On 9/28/2014 2:08 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Becca EmaNymton wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On 9/27/2014 11:36 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> Really? You mustlive somewhere very odd then. I ddnt say they were
>>> all vegetarian, but I said about 30% were. Your 70% with meat shows
>>> the same.
>>>
>>> You might want to check on the fish and see if it is genuinely raw.
>>> For example, eel in sushi is always cooked. It may have been
>>> cooked in a canning process (yes, canned eel is a good item for
>>> sushi, sounds odd but tastes great). Mackeral is always cooked or
>>> party heat dried. Squid is cooked. Salmon is always cooked
>>> (paracite issues, dangerous raw). Most of the fish/seafoods in
>>> sushi are precooked but not to the dessicated levels Americans do.
>>> The cooking is best related to a rare steak but it IS cooked.
>>>
>>> The most popular raw fish types are tuna and sea bass. You can also
>>> find snapper and (um, english escapes, onaga? another white fleshed
>>> fish).
>>>
>>> One method of 'cooking the fish' is to use still very hot rice for
>>> the sushi. The fish steam cooks as the roll cools before it is
>>> sliced for serving. Hand Sushi (Nigiri?) is often done that way.
>>>
>>> To get true raw fish in sushi, the rice must be cold (harder to
>>> handle) before forming the roll.
>>
>> If you eat sushi in a Chinese restaurant or a supermarket, I assume
>> it is cooked, so is tempura, shrimp and crab.
>>
>> Sushi restaurants have sushi and sashimi that is raw. The raw fish is
>> sushi grade which means it is flash-frozen, to make it safe to eat.
>> Some squid might be cooked, but I have eaten squid which was raw, it
>> tasted sweet and mellow.
>>
>> Becca
>
> Sure Becca, as I said there is raw fish in some Sushi's. Believe me, I
> lived in Japan for 7 years. I totally 'get it' on the difference. I
> know all about flash-frozen too.
>
> The Japanese rules on raw fish are more stringent than USDA in a lot of
> places. It;s a place where raw fish is actually pretty safe to consume.
>
> Carol

The United States has few rules and little enforcement when it comes to
uncooked seafood, you just have to hope for the best.

Becca