what kind of food is sushi and of what origin.?

Answer 1

♡I live in Japan and I eat sushi and sashimi often. I love both. Let me give you a correct definition so you'll understand along with my own comment:
"Sushi is a Japanese dish consisting of vinegared rice combined with other ingredients such as raw fish, raw or cooked shellfish, or vegetables. Sushi toppings or fillings can include seafood, meat, vegetables, mushrooms or egg, Sushi toppings may be raw, cooked, or marinated."
☆Sushi is NOT RAW FISH!! Raw fish is "Sashimi", it is a completely different dish. In sushi, the rice is what is important to the dish. Some sushi has no fish at all～for example sushi made with various toppings stuffed into a small pouch of tofu is called inari sushi and it has no raw fish in it at all.
☆If you order sushi, you will get something that looks like this:
http://www.henkschoorl.nl/images/sushi3.jpg
http://www.twinrays.net/NewsPaginaRita/sushi2.jpg
☆If you order Sashimi, you will get something that looks like this (lots of raw seafood):
http://kansui.jp/images/k-sashimi.jpg
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~japanese/japanpicturegallery/lesson14/sashimi.jpg
☆See the difference? Sushi has various toppings on vinegared rice. Not only raw fish, but also egg, vegetables, cooked seafood... Sashimi is raw fish/seafood, no vinegared rice.♡

Answer 2

sushi |ˈsoō sh ē| noun a Japanese dish consisting of small balls or rolls of vinegar-flavored cold cooked rice served with a garnish of raw fish, vegetables, or egg. ORIGIN Japanese.

I love sushi. I've tried it with seaweed on the outside, seaweed on the inside, and no seaweed at all. I've found my very favorite kind is vegitarian sushi without avacado. Crunch veggies, sushi rice, and seaweed wrappings are awesome.

Lots of people dip it in soy sauce when they eat it, but I find that masks the flavorings in the rice, which I like way better than soy.

Sushi tends to be rather pricey for a little bit of food, mostly because it takes a bit of prep and requires hand-rolling. Try not to buy the pre-packed junk. I've found it just makes me sick.

Answer 3

It is raw seafood such as fish and shrimp. It's believed to be of Eastern origin. The possible starting point has two explanations:
(1). That it was almost impossible to have a fire on a fishing boat in order to eat the fresh catch. (2). That due to the frequency of violence, food was ill prepared for eating. Example: Early China's government was taken over so often that the people became nomadic. They were forced to constantly flee and move around at night in order to keep out of sight. They learned that in order to eat they would take a dish-like skillet that could cook portions of food over a very low fire (if the food was cut into very small pieces). Thus, the Wok was born.

Answer 4

I read that sushi was made by a Japanese chef during the 1800s as a novelty dish for the rich.
It became so popular that it took Japan by storm and became the popular staple food it is now.
Contrary to the common belief they ate sushi since the beginning.


Jenova

Answer 5

Doh!! It really ANNOYS me to see so many people get it wrong AGAIN!!!

YES - sushi is Japanese!!
YES - sushi is seasoned rice, with other food to garnish it and add flavour!!
NO - sushi is NOT raw fish - although sometimes raw fish is used as one of the garnishes!
NO - it is NOT wrapped in fish skin!! It's often wrapped in seaweed though!
NO - it is NOT called 'sushimee'!! "Sashimi" is raw fish, and needn't have anything to do with sushi!!

Sorry about that! Just letting off steam!
; )

Thankfully you've got quite a few good answers there - along with the obligatory 'raw fish' nonsense!!

Answer 6

Sushi is Japanese rice. The raw fish everybody is refering to is NOT sushi. The rice that the fish is presented on is called SUSHI

Answer 7

sushi is raw and sometimes steamed or marinated meat (usually seafood) that is wrapped with japanese rice, and that is wrapped with a strip of dried seaweed... i cheat by adding tuna and mayo on the rice instead of raw food...
actually, many believe that sushi is one of the reasons why the japanese live longer than others as sushi is hardly cooked food, thus less frying which means less oil!

Answer 8

Love Sushi and am a vegetarian

Heard this being discussed on the radio yesterday and it was concluded that it was rice NOT fish. The following from wikipedia:


"In Japanese cuisine, sushi (Japanese: 寿司, also すし, 壽司, 鮨 or 鮓) is a food made of vinegared rice combined with various toppings or fillings.

In Japan the word sushi refers to a broad range of foods prepared with sumeshi (酢飯) or sushi meshi (寿司飯), vinegared rice. Sushi toppings or fillings can include seafood, meat, vegetables, mushrooms or egg, Sushi toppings may be raw, cooked, or marinated. In the Western world, sushi is often misunderstood to mean clumps of rice topped with raw fish, or even simply raw seafood, which is properly called sashimi.

There are various types of sushi. Sushi served rolled in nori (seaweed), is called maki (rolls). Sushi made with toppings laid onto hand-formed clumps of rice is called nigiri; sushi made with toppings stuffed into a small pouch of tofu is called inari; and sushi made with toppings served scattered over a bowl of sushi rice are called chirashi-zushi (散らし鮨), or "scattered sushi."

Answer 9

Sushi is raw fish--it can be wrapped with rice or anything else you want. In Alaska it is in the deli's, as I'm sure it is other places--of the supermarkets and there are variations of rice or not rice--just so long as the fish is raw!

Answer 10

Sashimi is raw fish and sushi is raw fish with rice and seaweed. Both delicious and Japanese in origin.