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silverwheels
10/30/2007, 03:23 PM
Is not that difficult, surprisingly. It's a little time-consuming, but not hard to do at all. I'm not a pro or anything, but being that I just tried it today, it wasn't too bad.

yermom
10/30/2007, 04:04 PM
i'd think that getting the good sushi grade fish would be a big part of it

handcrafted
10/30/2007, 04:16 PM
i'd think that getting the good sushi grade fish would be a big part of it

Werd. The rest is just rice, soy sauce, and wasabi.

Actually you also need to use the right kind of rice, short grain with high gluten content so it's sticky. But making the vinegared rice is a snap. You also need one of those bamboo mat thingies and some seaweed if you want rolls.

KC//CRIMSON
10/30/2007, 04:22 PM
Try making some fugu and let us know how it turns out.

JohnnyMack
10/30/2007, 04:23 PM
John Belushi post in 3......2......1......

Frozen Sooner
10/30/2007, 04:27 PM
i'd think that getting the good sushi grade fish would be a big part of it

+1

Making sure that it's been handled correctly from ocean to your kitchen goes a long way towards making sure it's tasty.

Don't buy farmed salmon, whatever you do. Crap crap crap.

JohnnyMack
10/30/2007, 04:28 PM
I caught some fish down on the Arkansas River last night. You wanna use it?

IB4OU2
10/30/2007, 04:29 PM
i'd think that getting the good sushi grade fish would be a big part of it

a little wasibi on your perch and they'll never know.

Jeopardude
10/30/2007, 04:31 PM
cue C & C's Jerry Clower style anti-sushi rant in 3...2...

handcrafted
10/30/2007, 04:33 PM
+1

Making sure that it's been handled correctly from ocean to your kitchen goes a long way towards making sure it's tasty.

Don't buy farmed salmon, whatever you do. Crap crap crap.

Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. Farmed salmon has a much higher rate of parasites and liver-destroying bacteria.

For sushi you only want deepwater ocean-catch fish that don't have natural baddies in them, i.e. Atlantic salmon, tuna (3 kinds), snapper, even heard of using mahi-mahi and yellowtail too.

Frozen Sooner
10/30/2007, 04:44 PM
Don't buy Atlantic salmon either.

Pacific or nothing! :)

Maguro (tuna) and Hamachi (yellowtail) are both very good.

Beyond the parasites and such, farmed salmon just tastes terrible.

silverwheels
10/30/2007, 05:04 PM
I didn't get high quality ingredients in case I royally screwed up, thus wasting all of that money. But I think I did okay. I could have used better nori and maybe if a damn supermarket had some asparagus that would have helped. The Pacific salmon worked pretty well, and I made my own spicy sauce.

SoonerBOI
10/30/2007, 05:17 PM
sushi with wasabe yum........

SanJoaquinSooner
10/30/2007, 08:58 PM
Actually you also need to use the right kind of rice, short grain with high gluten content so it's sticky. But making the vinegared rice is a snap.

what is the optimal temperature of the rice, when served?

silverwheels
10/30/2007, 09:00 PM
what is the optimal temperature of the rice, when served?

I think room temperature is ideal.

handcrafted
10/30/2007, 09:01 PM
what is the optimal temperature of the rice, when served?

Dunno that ed-zachary, but I think maybe "lukewarm" is about the best I can tell ya. Don't want it too hot or it will cook the fish before you have a chance to eat it.

sanantoniosooner
10/30/2007, 09:03 PM
some of you have too much time on your hands ;)

SanJoaquinSooner
10/30/2007, 09:04 PM
I ask, because I've been served sushi recently in which the rice was warm - well above room temperature. I thought it was distracting. I'm used to room temp - but didn't know if their is a conventional standard for this.

silverwheels
10/30/2007, 09:05 PM
some of you have too much time on your hands ;)

I probably had more rice on my hands than time today.

handcrafted
10/30/2007, 09:12 PM
some of you have too much time on your hands ;)

Not enough, unfortunately. Cooking is one of the finer pleasures in life and I don't get to do it nearly as often as I'd like.

Mongo
10/30/2007, 09:43 PM
Where can you even get sushi grade fish in OK?

I have been going to Lemon Grass in SW OKC, they have some pretty damn good rolls.

sanantoniosooner
10/30/2007, 09:48 PM
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Jimminy Crimson
10/31/2007, 02:01 AM
Where can you even get sushi grade fish in OK?

I have been going to Lemon Grass in SW OKC, they have some pretty damn good rolls.

Avalon Seafood Market on N May, just S of Grand is where I get my fish.

StoopTroup
10/31/2007, 04:03 AM
If you knew Sushi, like I know Sushi
Oh, Oh, Oh, what a nice peice of fish
There's none so classy, it's better than Lassie
Oh, Oh, holy Moses, it's so sassy
We went eating, we didn't talk
The sushi we conquered
I'm the one that made it rawk
If you knew Sushi, like I know Sushi
Oh, Oh, what a nice peice of fish