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Sushi must be one of the best things in the world ... or what do you think? Here we had takeaway sushi for dinner today, and tomorrow we will try to cook sushi ourselves. Anyone who has tried it? If so, do you have any tips for us? I also got a little curious about the history of sushi and read up on it.
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ShareThe history of sushi from the 20th century
The history of sushi dates back to Asia, when various attempts were made to ferment fish to extend their shelf life. Since then, sushi has changed and evolved to become a popular and much-loved delicacy. Here you can follow the history of sushi in brief:
- 200s - In China or Japan, people started trying to ferment fish to increase its shelf life, as protein was in short supply at certain times of the year. They put salted fish in a barrel together with fermented rice, and after a few months the fish was edible. The rice was thrown away!
- 16th century - They tried a new method and immersed the fish in salted water. Now they skipped the rice ...
- 17th century - A Japanese man realised that he could press rice, vinegar and fish together and achieve the same result as before, in just one night. The process went faster and faster.
- 18th century - The cooking time was reduced to one hour by boiling the rice in vinegar and pressing it with wooden tools.
- 19th century - Sushi as we know it today came to ...
- 20th century - Sushi spread in Europe and the 'California Roll' emerged, i.e. rolls with rice at the end. These came about simply because Americans were not so fond of the seaweed ...
Source: SushiSushi
What do you think about sushi?
Do you like sushi? If so, which sushi do you usually choose? Have you tried making sushi yourself?
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Across the board says:
Shushi is delicious but should be eaten with caution - it is addictive 😉.
18 November 2012 - 12:02
admin says:
Criss-cross, yes haha, really! We are probably a bit addicted already...
😉
18 November 2012 - 12:04
Krister in Beijing says:
Japanese food looks good but taste like shit.
Chinese food looks like shit but taste good.
Of course, I won't get any pushback at all on this very nuanced claim. 😉
Regards
18 November 2012 - 14:24
admin says:
Krister, haha, I have to laugh a little when I read your "nuanced" statement. Not quite like you, but it's nice to see the world a little black and white sometimes... No, I don't completely agree, but I know that there are some people who would rather watch sushi than eat it....
😉
18 November 2012 - 16:36
JoY says:
Lucky you who like it, we have tried a few times but, alas! It's beautiful to watch, like little works of art.
Hugs
18 November 2012 - 18:07
Ditte says:
Krister! Agree with you about the Chinese food.I am in Beijing right now and visited your café on a couple of occasions a few years ago. Nice!
And I like sushi very much. Had a round here at Hatsune, a Japanese restaurant in Beijing, with incredibly good sushi.
In Stockholm, great sushi can be found at Samba sushi on Götgatan in the southern part.
It will be exciting to hear about your homemade sushi. Good luck to you!
18 November 2012 - 18:27
Ulla Widing says:
Wow, now I get hungry..... love sushi, have not looked for any restaurant here in Portimão that serves sushi. Ohoh so good......
19 November 2012 - 2:10
admin says:
JoY, sorry you don't like it, but you can't like everything...
Ditte, thanks for the tip about the sushi restaurant on Götgatan. I have not tried it, but have eaten quite often at the sushi restaurant at Björns trädgård. I have forgotten the name now, but it is also good.
Ulla Widing, is it difficult to find sushi restaurants there?
19 November 2012 - 9:30
Ninni and the Hjulius motorhome in a corner says:
Well, unfortunately I can't agree that it's the tastiest - I've tried it a couple of times but no, it doesn't appeal to me.
I prefer Indian or Lebanese! 🙂
20 November 2012 - 18:05
admin says:
Ninni, taste is like cake... but I agree that Lebanese is really good! It is also one of our favourites!
🙂
20 November 2012 - 22:11
Stargazer says:
I love sushi.
Unfortunately, sushi is now a rather boring form of fast food, often carelessly put together with questionable and/or low-quality ingredients:
overcooked rice with too much or too little vinegar, tired and mushy fish fillets with no elasticity, environmentally destructive tasteless mass-farmed giant shrimps, California Rolls with compressed leftover tinned crab meat or even "crab sticks", and so on. The smell of the fish and shellfish alone, which have often spent up to 24 hours at room temperature, should deter most people.
Furthermore, if you look at the table of contents of the most commonly used "wasabi", you will see that it is almost entirely made from ordinary Swedish horseradish with a green caramel colour, and only a few percent of it is the genuine and rare Japanese wasabi root. At best, sometimes the real wasabi is completely absent.
There are few takeaways that barely rise above the complete microwave dinners sold as wrapped semi-finished products in the shops, and sushi today is at best bland, boring and tasteless. At worst, it's a nightmare experience of rancid, overcooked rice pudding and spoilt, smelly old fish.
Please note that I have nothing whatsoever against sushi as a concept or eating raw fish, it's just that it's very difficult to understand how someone can "love" this when it literally stinks of day-old fish. But maybe someone has an explanation?
With kind regards
Stargazer
15 August 2021 - 9:02