Posted on 01/04/2006 1:36:28 PM PST by JackDanielsOldNo7
I have recently fallen in love with Sushi. California Roll, Salmon and Tuna. Is eating alot of Sushi bad for you? (Calorie wise, parasites, etc.) I would think it would be healthy. I watch everything I eat like a hawk. Any experts out there?
Fixx.
I wouldn'say I know alot, but I know some.
Nigiri-Sushi, with raw fish, is best left to a sushi chef. Buying raw fish is more complicated than just finding fresh fish; The taste varies with the cut, just like regular meat.
Hoso/Foto/Ura-maki can be made delicious with precooked crab,smoked salmon, canned tuna, fried salmon or salad shrimp; Also avacado, cucumber, carrot, shitake mushrooms, pumpkin slices(kampyo), pickled ginger, lettuce...There are so many combinations, and you don't even have use fish. Almost any vegetable or condiment you like can be used; cream cheese is very popular, also mayonnaise. I prefer brown rice to white rice, as it spreads easier and holds the vinegar taste a little better. If you boil three Arbol chili peppers and a clove of garlic with the rice, it makes it nice and savory. The seaweed, nori, is chock full of antioxidants, fiber, protein, etc. Very good for you.
You have little to worry about with parasites from ocean fish. It is the fresh water fish you must always cook. Besides Octopus, mackrel, shrimp, eel and many others are cooked. The raw yellowtail, tuna, salmon, bonito, fluke, and others will give you much more vitamins and nutriition than the same serving amount of fresh fish. The key is you get a balance, instead of a large serving of one kind of fish. If you are worried about starch - drop the rice and eat sashimi.
My favorite - tobiko and Japanese mayonaise mixed with cucumber and giant clam in a handroll. Desert sushi!!!
Okay, but he's still dead Jim.
I try to stay slim as possible and attractive to the wife. I do not try to control when I die.
If you prepare raw sushi at home (there are many types of cooked sushi, and entirely vegetarian sushi as well) be sure to use flash-frozen sushi-grade fish. It's more expensive, but the flash-freezing kills any (at least most) parasites. I always inquire about the quality and freshness of the fish any and every time I get sushi from a restaurant. Try this link:
http://www.sushifaq.com/ffaq.htm
Hope this helps!
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Hamachi is usually a good metric for freshness, as the flavor and character of it degrades in a very quick and predictable way with time. I use it as a benchmark for the likely freshness of other fish for which it is not see easy to discern the age and quality of it. Of course, one has to be pretty familiar with hamachi first to do this effectively...
I watch everything I eat like a hawk. Any experts out there?
Hawks eat all their food raw, so I don't think you can go
wrong there.
I don't like sushi as much as just plain sashimi.
Give me yellowtail or fresh tuna, some wasabi,
some saki and some saki steamed gyosa and I'm
perfectly content.
Not to mention that an hour later I'm ready to hit the mat
for some free style aikido.
Places to do this are rare in the States, but they do exist. Google is your friend, if you do not mind them knowing about your fetish. :-)
Heh, it is actually a decent fish to eat, though somewhat over-rated. In Japan, they will pull a live one out of a tank and cut it up for you to eat, flesh still quivering.
Don't feed raw salmon to your dog:
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/ClientED/salmon.asp
I'd like to get some tail!
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