Anonymous
01/03/2012 12:10
Subject: Re:Anybody make sushi at home?
Anonymous wrote:you are denigrating a cultural art form by calling the dishes you cook "sushi". it isn't about being a snob, it is about respect for an art form that has been cultured over thousands of users. call your microwave-rice ladled fish what it is - a dish of raw fish. please don't call it sushi. it's comical and offensive.Anonymous wrote:Sushi snobs with your rice cookers! PP was just chiming in about being able to cook rice in the microwave.
do a little research and show some respect if you want to claim you make sushi.
Whoa. NP here. I make sushi at home, using a rice cooker, and making the rice vinegar/sugar mix that someone noted above, and buying the best fish I can find. I'm sure I'm not making it up to the standards of any certified sushi chef but I wouldn't say I'm disrespecting the art form. I think sushi chefs are amazing and the way they make sushi always looks (and tastes) better than my homemade version. But that being said, it's fun to make it at home so why not?
Also, ditto to the PP who said to wrap your bamboo sheet in saran wrap. It makes cleanup way easier. I would never roll using a naked bamboo sheet.
Anonymous
01/03/2012 09:50
Subject: Anybody make sushi at home?
We make sushi at home and get the fish at Blacksalt's fish market. They usually have the standard salmon and tuna but for other fish you can call and they will get it for you. Yummy!
Anonymous
01/03/2012 09:03
Subject: Anybody make sushi at home?
oops - meant thousands of YEARS, not users.
Anonymous
01/03/2012 09:02
Subject: Re:Anybody make sushi at home?
you are denigrating a cultural art form by calling the dishes you cook "sushi". it isn't about being a snob, it is about respect for an art form that has been cultured over thousands of users. call your microwave-rice ladled fish what it is - a dish of raw fish. please don't call it sushi. it's comical and offensive.Anonymous wrote:Sushi snobs with your rice cookers! PP was just chiming in about being able to cook rice in the microwave.
do a little research and show some respect if you want to claim you make sushi.
Anonymous
01/02/2012 23:32
Subject: Anybody make sushi at home?
twentysomethingmom wrote:Well, a rice cooker is good for making regular rice as well. I eat regular rice w/ tofu and veggies, and I use it for sushi every day. It's seriously the best $17.99 we ever spent. The kid brings sushi to school instead of spending $$ on school lunch. I bring sushi to work every day instead of buying fast food or eating sandwiches (that leaves me hungry). My husband (who is not Asian) uses it to make some sort of New Orleans dish. I think it's a good deal!
Share some of your recipes! What veggies do you like to use?
Anonymous
01/02/2012 23:18
Subject: Re:Anybody make sushi at home?
I am the opposite of the vegetarians in that I can only help with the fish since what I make at home is sashimi. I buy my fish at whole foods. If you ask them they will sell you the same fish they use at the sushi counter. I just chop it up and dip it in some soy with wasabi. Yum yum yum
Anonymous
01/02/2012 21:59
Subject: Re:Anybody make sushi at home?
Sushi snobs with your rice cookers! PP was just chiming in about being able to cook rice in the microwave.
Anonymous
01/02/2012 21:50
Subject: Anybody make sushi at home?
SUSHI RICE
5 teaspoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups cooked short-grain rice, cooled 15 minutes and loosely packed
Stir together vinegar, sugar, and salt until sugar and salt are dissolved. Drizzle over rice. Toss until coated. Cool to room temperature.
5 teaspoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups cooked short-grain rice, cooled 15 minutes and loosely packed
Stir together vinegar, sugar, and salt until sugar and salt are dissolved. Drizzle over rice. Toss until coated. Cool to room temperature.
Anonymous
01/02/2012 21:37
Subject: Anybody make sushi at home?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:22:58 here.OP is just starting it so buying a small appiance just to experiment is not necessary at all.
Well say that then. Don't jump on a pp who happens to use a rice cooker.
OP, you can dry the rice using a baking sheet. You can also make it large slab style in a lasagne type dish, then cut into squares. I've done this for a party but I only uses veggies and smoked salmon b/c I wasn't sure where to get the right quality.
Anonymous
01/02/2012 09:53
Subject: Anybody make sushi at home?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:22:58 here.
Why buy one more thing when you can use a bowl and the microwave?
1 cup of rice, 3 cups of water, salt (if you like it) and 15 minutes. TA-DA!
Because if you cook rice frequently, it saves you a lot of effort. It shuts off automatically and keeps the rice warm for a long period of time, which means you can dump everything in and go do something else. It's not hard for that to save you $20 worth of effort.
You got it all wrong.
I'm Latina, DH is south Asian. We buy rice in 5Kg packagesDH loves sushi, unfortunately I'm allergic to some ingredient in it.
We eat it for lunch and dinner 5 days a week and a pirex bowl and microwave works just fine. OP is just starting it so buying a small appiance just to experiment is not necessary at all.
New poster.
I prefer East Asian sushi.
Anonymous
01/02/2012 01:06
Subject: Anybody make sushi at home?
there's more to sushi rice than just a rice cooker.
you have to add rice vinegar.
you must spread the rice in a large wooden basket and fan it cool.
sushi grade fish can be purchased at local japanese stores/groceries.
there are many grades of fish at many price point depending on a number of characteristics - fatty being one of them.
OP - you can do it at home and I see it done all the time. however, even after all the exposure i've had, i still would be clueless. please look into taking a class or doing some solid research (books, internet). it truly is an art.
you have to add rice vinegar.
you must spread the rice in a large wooden basket and fan it cool.
sushi grade fish can be purchased at local japanese stores/groceries.
there are many grades of fish at many price point depending on a number of characteristics - fatty being one of them.
OP - you can do it at home and I see it done all the time. however, even after all the exposure i've had, i still would be clueless. please look into taking a class or doing some solid research (books, internet). it truly is an art.
Anonymous
01/02/2012 00:51
Subject: Re:Anybody make sushi at home?
I would never trust myself enough to buy 'sushi' grade raw fish. Sushi grade fish can still be bad and you wouldn't know it, but a sushi chef would know. In Japan, most Japanese leave it to the sushi professionals too. You can eat cooked fish (tuna, salmon, eel, and crab sticks) or ume (plum) without worry.
Anonymous
01/02/2012 00:26
Subject: Anybody make sushi at home?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:22:58 here.
Why buy one more thing when you can use a bowl and the microwave?
1 cup of rice, 3 cups of water, salt (if you like it) and 15 minutes. TA-DA!
Because if you cook rice frequently, it saves you a lot of effort. It shuts off automatically and keeps the rice warm for a long period of time, which means you can dump everything in and go do something else. It's not hard for that to save you $20 worth of effort.
You got it all wrong.
I'm Latina, DH is south Asian. We buy rice in 5Kg packages
We eat it for lunch and dinner 5 days a week and a pirex bowl and microwave works just fine. OP is just starting it so buying a small appiance just to experiment is not necessary at all.
Well, I use a rice cooker and it saves me time. Fine if you don't think it's helpful, but it sounds like you haven't really used one much. There is a reason that asian households love them.
Anonymous
01/02/2012 00:16
Subject: Anybody make sushi at home?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:22:58 here.
Why buy one more thing when you can use a bowl and the microwave?
1 cup of rice, 3 cups of water, salt (if you like it) and 15 minutes. TA-DA!
Because if you cook rice frequently, it saves you a lot of effort. It shuts off automatically and keeps the rice warm for a long period of time, which means you can dump everything in and go do something else. It's not hard for that to save you $20 worth of effort.
You got it all wrong.
I'm Latina, DH is south Asian. We buy rice in 5Kg packages
DH loves sushi, unfortunately I'm allergic to some ingredient in it.
We eat it for lunch and dinner 5 days a week and a pirex bowl and microwave works just fine. OP is just starting it so buying a small appiance just to experiment is not necessary at all.
Anonymous
01/01/2012 23:56
Subject: Re:Anybody make sushi at home?
H Mart in Wheaton on Georgia Ave. sell sashimi grade salmon and roe. Fortunately, salmon is my fav. They don't sell any other sashimi grade fish. The sell frozen eel (unagi). I heat it up in the microwave and it is identical to what I get in restaurants. Harris teeter in North Bethesda used to have sashimi grade tuna sometimes. I haven't checked lately. You could call them and ask whether they still carry it.