I got thinking about sushi...

Yu are absolutly right. And many people that won´t get near sushi because of the raw fish (they don´t know what they are losing) don´t know that fish is only one of the possible ingredients. In my country we don´t use mango much because it´s expensive, but we use a lot of avocado. I use the same dip you do, but I put a lot of wasabi wuth the soy sauce as I love it.

I make some of the sushi rolls with no seafood. I use the sushi rice plus avocado. Can you eat the algae used in sushi? That would be good for colour. As for wasabi, it is a cousin of horseradisch.

We´ll have to find a yummy dish specially made for you. I´m into soups experiments too as I have to drink lots of liquid

Sadly anything related to seafood of any kind can take me into anaphylactic shock my friend. I had one experience and luckily I was in the hospital at the time. I am forbidden to experiment with anything remotely in the sea food family. Sad as the aroma of sea food is wonderful. Horseradish is something I could never eat, I tried a little for the first time a few months ago and it cleared my sinuses. lol that is how strong I find it.

Have you ever considered trying the sushi that is made without fish? They have sushi that is made up of vegetables and fruits that do not have fish in them. These are what I made my daughter try before I would tell her what it was, because she was adamant that she was not going to try sushi as she was not going to eat raw fish. She really liked them until I told her what they were ... then she was not happy with me for a little bit but decided that she liked them anyway.

well, don't do peppers either - allergic, I think I'll just stick to food I know what's in, and leave those mystery rolls for the more daring, and less allergic

Although I love the sushi made with raw fish (and the hashimi also), I also love different colours in a dish so some of the rolls are made with avocadoes or cucumbers and red pepper thinly cut. No need to eat fish if you don´t like it.

I don't think its really sushi if it doesn't have raw fish in it...

I have hard about contamination of almost everything now. Maybe that´s part of the reason why I started my home veggie garden. But it does seem that pesticides and other foes are not taken away by wasing, peeling or cooking. We have a wonderful fish in my country that got contaminated with lead and you cannot eat it too often. In fact, one should not eat it at all. some parasites from fish are killed with cooking though and in raw fish eating cultures (such as Japan, Perú and my own country, Chile) the population has more parasites because they eat more raw fish.

Pesticides are bad for us and the environment. I like it that many local farmers, especially where my parents live, do not use pesticides on their crops, even though it means that they will automatically lose some of their crops to insects and other critters. Instead, they use "natural" fertilizer, which brings up the concern regarding E-coli, but I would rather worry about that than constant exposure to pesticides, especially when proper washing does remove the E-coli bacteria. We have some fish here that we are not supposed to eat in large quantities due to lead and PCBs as well. It is sad what we humans have done to this planet. I have heard, though, that just as drinking milk straight from the cow (non-pasteurized milk) starting in childhood will raise your immunity and keep you from getting sick so will eating raw fish from childhood. I believe that parasites are probably different, but I think there are other bacteria that we can get from raw fish that most people that were raised eating it will not get.

Try it with a bit of wasabi, or with some pickled ginger. AND the soy sauce, of course. It´s awesome and there are so many fishes (salmon, tuna, other) ot even veggies (I love an avocado sushi)

There were two varieties served that time and yes it came with wasabi. So there's an avocado sushi too...hmm...I wonder how it tastes. Is it good with wasabi too?

I suppose it depends on how much you eat. The raw fish is not filling as fish is never very filling. But rolls and tempura can fill you. Rolls are mainly made of rice and tempura is fried.

I can REALLY eat a lot and so even the rolls made of rice wouldn't be able to satisfy my appetite.:P

Fresh caught fish is another thing, no matter what dish! What other type of sushi do you make? Do you use rice?

Sometimes I use rice when others are going to be eating it too, but only because they expect it. I usually use leafy vegetables.

hi marguicha! watched 'cars 2' yesterday with my daughter and mater mistook wasabi for pistachio ice cream. what followed was hilarious!

When my friends invite me to a japanese restaurant, I always order an extra portion of wasabi for myself. I laugh when my friends warn me that is hot. Yup, I say, that´s what I like about it. That nose hot as if I was a dragon

I´d love to eat the dishes in the country of origin. But that, of course, is imposible for many of us. Yet when I go someplace I always go at least once to a good ethnic restaurant and eat the dishes they make.

It happened like that to my youngest daughter. She would not even try it. Then, when she got over her prejudices, she loved it. She has a good and inexpensive japanese restaurant near her home so it´s a favorite place for her to dine out. She has taken me to lunch there several times. Now all that was forbidden by the doctor while I´m on chemo

I lov sushi and eat more than my share of wasabi when I have it. But I doubt that it will help kill any germs. Febore posting this, I checkedd on wasabi and it´s just a plant with a strng flavour such as horseradsh (a close cousin). In my country, just like in Perú and in Japan, we eat a lot of raw fish. Our population has more parasites of some kinds that the populations of countries that don´t eat raw fish.

I bought the bamboo thingies and the nori algae and they are not hard to do if you have a good knife. As for raw fish, there´s nothing to it except for buying wasabi, pickled ginger and soy sauce

Do you eat the raw fish with wasabi and soy sauce or you also like the rolls and the tempura?

Yes, I eat the raw fish on rice sushi with wasabi and soy sauce. I don't like tempura though and I barely eat the rolls.

I did not know about the chinese poet as I don´t know much about chinese literature. But If you star a post about him, I will read it and check it online. Thanks for sharing!

Wasabi is very different from chiles. I love them both but chiles are hot in your mouth and tummy and wasabi finds it´s way to your nose. I love sushi but I´m not used to midnight snacks.

Sushi is Japanese food. Check it on the web and you will even find the hisotry of it. It is very interesting.

It´s a jappanese food that came from China centuries ago. Check it at the web to know all about it. It´s very interesting.