So lets talk about Sushi...

mahoro · 05-05-2008, 05:27 AM

theres also hmm maguro tataki, thinly sliced, serve on a bed of thinly sliced (gah, why must everything be thinly sliced!!!) red onion and micro greens, top it off with crispy garlic chips and yuzu-ponzu sauce

mahoro · 05-05-2008, 05:33 AM

so i was bored at work, years ago, decided to make those, and believe or not, people would pay 100 bucks for it, sold one at end of the shift...

**ColeMan** · 05-05-2008, 05:59 AM

About the only foodstuffs I find unpleasant I have encountered at sushi restaurants...they are:

raw squid (I can't do it, it's like chewing rubber..it just gets bigger and bigger in your mouth)...and uni (sea urchin roe - tastes like a flatulent [at least the uni I've had!]).

mahoro · 05-05-2008, 06:01 AM

you know how a lot people like to suck on the heads of the crawfish.. uni pretty much taste like that but more sweet, with hint of the ocean, as for squid, it must be done right to taste good, a few cuts here, few cuts there, then either dunk it in hot water/brooth or sear it with tourch

**ColeMan** · 05-05-2008, 06:05 AM

I can do "mustards" - like lobster and crawfish brains...but the uni I had was just awful...maybe i got a bad piece? as for the squid..this was straight up raw squid with crosshatches cut (I assume to make it more tender)...it didn't work for me...or anyone else at the table...

Perhaps I should give uni another try?

**BiscuitSlayer** · 05-05-2008, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mahoro

so i was bored at work, years ago, decided to make those, and believe or not, people would pay 100 bucks for it, sold one at end of the shift...

Wow... 100 bucks for something I could swallow in one bite... People amaze me on how they can blow money on some things.

For $100 bucks I want to be carted out of the restraunt in a wheel barrel because my legs won't support the weight. That little plate of sushi would just tick me off.

mistergreen · 05-05-2008, 06:13 AM

any sushi made with fresh fish and perfectly made rice are great.

Uni is pretty good but I think I'm a little allergic to it. It should taste like what mahoro said. It's the sea urchin's ovary, not roe.

**macclellan** · 05-05-2008, 06:16 AM

I can't do uni or octopus/squid.

I had sea urchin once (not roe) 'on special' in a NYC joint. I put it in my mouth and gagged. Not sure if it was the fact that it was sea urchin or the fact that it was on sale (or both), but I do know it will never cross my lips again (just like single malt scotch....never again, and my name's MacClellan!).

The latter is just too rubbery. Doesn't do it for me.

**ColeMan** · 05-05-2008, 06:17 AM

mistergreen: I think you're incorrect. It's roe...almost positive...no...definitely positive...

though I think it includes both ovaries and testes...

**ColeMan** · 05-05-2008, 06:20 AM

oops...you snuck that post in so quick! I was talking to mistergreen (i edited it above to make it more clear)...

sea urchin muscle tissue sounds absolutely disgusting!!

mistergreen · 05-05-2008, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColeMan

mistergreen: I think you're incorrect. It's roe...almost positive...no...definitely positive...

though I think it includes both ovaries and testes...

I always thought it was the gonads

http://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-items/sushi-items-uni.htm

**ColeMan** · 05-05-2008, 06:53 AM

Sea - urchins are hermaphroditic...perhaps this explains the misconception?
http://books.google.com/books?id=U0t...l=en#PPA124,M1

pp. 129 ff

equus_peduus · 05-05-2008, 07:18 AM

I personally don't really like most of the made up rolls... but heaven is found at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. The freshest, bestest raw fish you ever had, or at least, that I ever had. Too bad they only serve it as breakfast, and too bad I live on the wrong side of the ocean to go there often... and am too poor even if I didn't.

There's a place in this town that deep fries some of their sushi. It's not too bad, but kind of odd, IMO.

Why is it that you don't see much chirashizushi (sort of a "sushi salad") at restaurants?

mahoro · 05-05-2008, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mistergreen

any sushi made with fresh fish and perfectly made rice are great.

Uni is pretty good but I think I'm a little allergic to it. It should taste like what mahoro said. It's the sea urchin's ovary, not roe.

its either or...

mahoro · 05-05-2008, 08:50 AM

chirashizushi was ment as poor man's sushi, its usuly just scraps and such, it wasn't til much later on that sashimi cuts was used..

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mahoro Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7) Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: houston Posts: 716	you know how a lot people like to suck on the heads of the crawfish.. uni pretty much taste like that but more sweet, with hint of the ocean, as for squid, it must be done right to taste good, a few cuts here, few cuts there, then either dunk it in hot water/brooth or sear it with tourch __________________ 6 X 2.5g betta tanks (comming soon) 10g (empty) 10g planted dwarf cray tank 20L g planted dwarf rainbow tank 34g planted rcs/glass shrimp tank 55g (future snake cage) 55g softshell / map turtle tank

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mistergreen Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,358	any sushi made with fresh fish and perfectly made rice are great. Uni is pretty good but I think I'm a little allergic to it. It should taste like what mahoro said. It's the sea urchin's ovary, not roe. __________________ Algae happens.

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macclellan I'm McLovin' It (View User Tanks) PTrader: (116) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: knoxville, tn Posts: 2,546	I can't do uni or octopus/squid. I had sea urchin once (not roe) 'on special' in a NYC joint. I put it in my mouth and gagged. Not sure if it was the fact that it was sea urchin or the fact that it was on sale (or both), but I do know it will never cross my lips again (just like single malt scotch....never again, and my name's MacClellan!). The latter is just too rubbery. Doesn't do it for me. __________________ Click here for answers to all your questions Filstar Pimp numero 89!

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ColeMan Snail Farmer... (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,415	About the only foodstuffs I find unpleasant I have encountered at sushi restaurants...they are: raw squid (I can't do it, it's like chewing rubber..it just gets bigger and bigger in your mouth)...and uni (sea urchin roe - tastes like a flatulent [at least the uni I've had!]).

05-05-2008, 06:05 AM	#35 (permalink)
ColeMan Snail Farmer... (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,415	I can do "mustards" - like lobster and crawfish brains...but the uni I had was just awful...maybe i got a bad piece? as for the squid..this was straight up raw squid with crosshatches cut (I assume to make it more tender)...it didn't work for me...or anyone else at the table... Perhaps I should give uni another try?

05-05-2008, 06:17 AM	#39 (permalink)
ColeMan Snail Farmer... (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,415	mistergreen: I think you're incorrect. It's roe...almost positive...no...definitely positive... though I think it includes both ovaries and testes...

05-05-2008, 06:20 AM	#40 (permalink)
ColeMan Snail Farmer... (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,415	oops...you snuck that post in so quick! I was talking to mistergreen (i edited it above to make it more clear)... sea urchin muscle tissue sounds absolutely disgusting!!

05-05-2008, 06:53 AM	#42 (permalink)
ColeMan Snail Farmer... (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,415	Sea - urchins are hermaphroditic...perhaps this explains the misconception? http://books.google.com/books?id=U0t...l=en#PPA124,M1 pp. 129 ff

05-05-2008, 07:18 AM	#43 (permalink)
equus_peduus Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 82	I personally don't really like most of the made up rolls... but heaven is found at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. The freshest, bestest raw fish you ever had, or at least, that I ever had. Too bad they only serve it as breakfast, and too bad I live on the wrong side of the ocean to go there often... and am too poor even if I didn't. There's a place in this town that deep fries some of their sushi. It's not too bad, but kind of odd, IMO. Why is it that you don't see much chirashizushi (sort of a "sushi salad") at restaurants?

05-05-2008, 08:50 AM	#45 (permalink)
mahoro Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7) Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: houston Posts: 716	chirashizushi was ment as poor man's sushi, its usuly just scraps and such, it wasn't til much later on that sashimi cuts was used.. __________________ 6 X 2.5g betta tanks (comming soon) 10g (empty) 10g planted dwarf cray tank 20L g planted dwarf rainbow tank 34g planted rcs/glass shrimp tank 55g (future snake cage) 55g softshell / map turtle tank

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