How you know the sushi is fresh

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Looks like the "StoryTeller" in his screen name has nothing to do with his van.

The tales of Commander McBragg.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by GTOguy

The tales of Commander McBragg.

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Damn you're old!!

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Damn you're old!!

Yep. Watched that cartoon in the early-mid 1960's and it stuck with me. Good stuff. Never realized at age 3 or 4 that I'd actually get to meet a McBragg!!

[04 commemorative]

Originally Posted by StorytellerStealth

Open markets are joy too. You should see what Chinamen eat, live snakes parts They believe it's good for there health Even live rats are sold for consumption at markets.

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[Vandelay Industries]

.....and just like that, another thread becomes an "All The Troll Can Eat" buffet.

[Louie Detroit]

Just the thought of eating raw fish makes me want to projectile vomit.

Doesn't anyone just want to eat a nice meatball sub these days?

[99 pewtercoupe]

Originally Posted by Louie Detroit

Just the thought of eating raw fish makes me want to projectile vomit.

Doesn't anyone just want to eat a nice meatball sub these days?

Eating both is not a mutually exclusive proposition

[Vette40th]

Gas station sushi is usually not fresh. Most restaurants have thawed fish served as sushi. In Japan, I have never had thawed sushi that I knew of.
I loved the conveyor belt sushi joints over there..

[Louie Detroit]

Originally Posted by Vette40th

Gas station sushi is usually not fresh. Most restaurants have thawed fish served as sushi. In Japan, I have never had thawed sushi that I knew of.
I loved the conveyor belt sushi joints over there..

Well, no shit. Next is you’re going to tell us gas station roller dogs are actually danger dogs.

[Vette40th]

Originally Posted by Louie Detroit

Well, no shit. Next is you’re going to tell us gas station roller dogs are actually danger dogs.

In the USA those dogs get chili, as they need it. Only dangerous to other passengers while on road trips

[Big bob]

[Vette40th]

Originally Posted by StorytellerStealth

Some fish has to be frozen to kill any parasites. Salmon is frozen seven days before being served raw

In USA

[Big bob]

[ZipZap]

Originally Posted by Vette40th

Gas station sushi is usually not fresh. Most restaurants have thawed fish served as sushi. In Japan, I have never had thawed sushi that I knew of.
I loved the conveyor belt sushi joints over there..

Many species are frozen these days. That's the way they kill the creatures and bacteria. Shellfish, uni, etc. are not.

Here's a picture from the Tokyo fish market, where the finest Tuna in the world are sold...

[Vette40th]

Originally Posted by StorytellerStealth

Not many of the Sushi chefs in USA are trained to Japan standards who can spot parasites. Just like most Americans have not had real wasabi Real wasabi is only found in Japan. Real wasabi is well worth the price

For the love of God. FDA requires it to be froze with quick shot of nitrogen, if I remember correctly, In USA, then thawed to kill parasites etc.. We have different food health standards than Japan..
As far as Wasabi, yes our crap is generally horseradish dyed green.
You can eat raw fish, meats etc. You just have to know how and when.
Animal Kingdom does it every day.

[PLRX]

Nothing sold at restaurants is fresh unless brought from the ocean to the restaurant in front of your eyes. Only once in my life I ate minutes-old sushi in Sasebo, Japan. We were at a sushi restaurant when a Jap guy carrying a yellow tail and fishing gear entered with a big fish and gave it to the chef. We told the chef we wanted that fish into sashimi and sushi.

Everything else is captured, frozen, packed with ice or covered in salt, stored, shipped, trucked, and delivered worldwide.

Your "fresh sushi" is older in Texas than in Oregon.

[PLRX]

Originally Posted by StorytellerStealth

Most of the Tuna you can get fresh on the west coast they do not get the parasites Salmon gets.

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by StorytellerStealth

Most of the Tuna you can get fresh on the west coast they do not get the parasites Salmon gets.

This is actually 100% true. Salmon, Flounder, and some sea bass, watch out. Tuna not an issue at all.

[Vette40th]

Originally Posted by GTOguy

This is actually 100% true. Salmon, Flounder, and some sea bass, watch out. Tuna not an issue at all.

I have seen the flounder parasites. Disgusting..
But, I have heard they kill all of this with shots of Nitrogen, not actual freezing like in a freezer.
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[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by Vette40th

I have seen the flounder parasites. Disgusting..
But, I have heard they kill all of this with shots of Nitrogen, not actual freezing like in a freezer.
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I used to catch the odd flounder in the SF bay. Full of parasitic worms, but preparation and cleaning and thorough cooking eliminated them. Very gross to deal with, though. The Vermillion cod and Stripped Bass and sharks I'd catch never seemed to have any parasites.