Or is the sushi in restaurants treated a certain way?
2006-09-07 13:20:10 · 17 answers · asked by juju 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
You need sushi grade fish to make sushi at home.
You can get sushi grade fish from a fish market. It's fresher than what the market has.
2006-09-07 13:22:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I live in Japan, and if you want to buy fish to use raw with sushi rice you MUST buy sashimi grade fish!!! Even here no-one would eat non-sashimi grade fish raw - it hasn't been stored in the appropriate way since it was caught, it might not have been living in suitably salty water (which helps to make the fish meat safe to eat raw,) and you have NO way of knowing how many months ago it was caught!!!
If you ask at a fish counter - whether it's in a supermarket, or a street market, or a little shop on the street somewhere - and TELL them you want fish that's SO fresh it's suitable to eat raw!! Make sure they give you a receipt too, because then they'll know that if it kills you there will be evidence against THEM, so they're less likely to mess you around.
It's not that the fish is actually 'treated' in any particular way, it's more that it's used while it's as fresh as possible, and stored to avoid contamination.
2006-09-07 14:43:24 · answer #2 · answered by _ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, it's not safe. WholeFoodsMarket and FreshMarket sometimes carry Sashimi grade tuna or salmon so you can make sushi with it. Always ask a clerk to make sure it's "sashimi grade".
In sushi restaurant, we store and treat fish very carefully. Some kind of fish, we use curing method using salt, vinegar, etc.,to kill bacteria. Personally, I think sushi taste much better when prepared by professionals.
Eating sushi ginger and wasabi helps killing germs in your stomach, too.
2006-09-07 19:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by Chiha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sushi is not just raw fish, anyone that says otherwise just doesn't know what they are talking about. I work in the food industry and though sushi is not always cooked it is never completely raw. They treat it with differnt spices and things and most of the time it spends a little in the oven....
2006-09-07 13:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by pyrotaz27 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I buy Sushi quality fish at Whole Food market all the time
2006-09-07 13:22:21 · answer #5 · answered by aggravatingprick 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not only sushi is treated well but raw fish in supermarkets is usually treated very bad
2006-09-08 07:27:31 · answer #6 · answered by hara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know how to choose fish? Two good choices if you don't know fish are izuma dai (tilapia) and saku tuna (albacore) both sold frozen in sealed plastic packaging. Thaw in sealed package under running, cold water& refrigerate portions you ain't working with ASAP, remember to drain off any blood/fluid. Keep unused fish wrapped w/ plastic wrap! Secret treatment: start fresh, keep UNDER 40 degrees, and work fast. Secret treatment #2- go to my sushi bar & tip me really well! p.s.-
It is a pain in the a$$ to do sushi @ home ( I won't ) but if you are really determined e-mail me during your planning stage & i will try to help if i can. Ganbatte!
2006-09-07 16:05:12 · answer #7 · answered by shanikored01 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, it's not safe. Yes, sushi is treated.
2006-09-07 13:21:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am sorry I don't have a source page but you can get some sort of severe worms. It is not a common problem but possible. There was a medical page showing the worms going through. It was quite gross.
2006-09-07 13:26:30 · answer #9 · answered by Labatt113 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends on what kind of fish
most fish can be eaten raw but there are some that cant
2006-09-07 13:22:38 · answer #10 · answered by sp4cemanspiff 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋