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History of SUSHI. by Miki. What is Sushi?. Most well known Japanese dish in overseas One of the most popular dishes among the Japanese themselves. Any dish that made with vinegar rice. Sushi does not equal to raw fish. Raw fish dishes are called “SASHIMI”.
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History of SUSHI by Miki
What is Sushi? Most well known Japanese dish in overseas One of the most popular dishes among the Japanese themselves. Any dish that made with vinegar rice. Sushi does not equal to raw fish. Raw fish dishes are called “SASHIMI”. “Su” means vinegar and “Shi” means rice (comes from ”meshi”)
History of Sushi • Origin • 4th century BC South East Asia & China • 7th Century Introduced into Japan • Beginning of Sushi • A way of preserving fish
Type of Sushi Nigiri-zushi hand pressed mounds of vinegared rice with pinch of wasabi and slice of seafood or other ingredients on top Maki-zushi vinegared rice with seafood and/or vegetables wrapped by dry seaweed Inari-zushi fried pouches of tofu stuffed with sushi rice Chirashi-zushi spread different ingredients over vinegared rice
Tips for Eating Sushi Don’t put too much soy sauce into the small plate. Don't dip a whole sushi piece into the soy sauce . Try to eat pieces of pickled ginger between different kinds of sushi When you eat rolled sushi, eat the whole piece in your mouth if you can.