In the shadow of reading the newest book by Michael Pollan, "in Defense of Food-An eater's manifesto" we had a few couples over for sushi night. Jessica Li, a student of mine, interestingly enough she is Chinese for crying out loud... but her parents taught her the way's of sushi. One of his guiding stars towards better eating of 'real food' is "eat more like...the japanese", and understand the cultural traditions and procedural contexts of their foods. so, we just had to be supportive of such a forward thinking and health advice! Maribel made some homemade ginger icecream, yum (sweetened with agave)! Quoting Mr. Pollan..."traditional diets resemble other venacular creations of culture such as architecture." And what a beautiful culinary structure the japanese have erected!To provide you with somebackground on eating sushi in Japanese, it is often eaten when celebrating special occasions. Chirashi-zushi (scattered sushi), maki-zushi (sushi rolls), inari-zushi (brown bag sushi) are commonly cooked at home, following family recipes past from mother to daughter (this is how Jessica learned). In as in traditional sushi restaurants we selected the best and freshest ingredients.
What to do when eating Sushi:
- Clean your hands by an oshibori (hot towel)
- Put soy sauce for dipping in a small dish provided.
- To eat sushi, it's common to use your fingers. (I didn't know this..hmm)
- When dipping sushi in the soy sauce, do not dip whole sushi. Just dip the end of the sushi as you eat. (it should be used as a subtle accent)
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