BTW, I still use the Robin roll-y bag you gave me. It has Evil Things in it, and people are always bemused when I show up at a party with it.
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Steph L. - Sep 15, 2009 6:33:40 am PDT #23155 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Connie Neil - Sep 15, 2009 6:37:38 am PDT #23156 of 30000
brillig
Does anyone here make their own sushi? I have discovered sushi, and I'm thinking I should make my own instead of incurring the narrow glare from Grandpa who makes the sushi at my favorite Chinese all-you-can-eat when I come back for thirds. I'm interested in the rolled-up stuff rather than the lumps of rice with a piece of fish on top.
erin_obscure - Sep 15, 2009 6:42:22 am PDT #23157 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I make my own, but i'm veggie so there's no fish involved. It is high effort but super yummy and the only special equipment involved is a bamboo rolling mat. I hear you can use saran wrap, but that is more difficult.
Vortex - Sep 15, 2009 6:43:48 am PDT #23158 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I've tried it. If you're not worried about aesthetics, it's fine. Me, I was unhappy with the lack of perfection in my homemade sushi, and I couldn't enjoy the taste as much. But, that's my crazy.
eta: Or you could just be better at it than me :)
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2009 6:46:10 am PDT #23159 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Birthday happies, Nora!
Did you celebrate by taking the day off?
Although it probably makes as much or more sense to take the day after off instead (or in addition to).
Which I usually end up doing because two days after my birthday is the 4th of July.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 15, 2009 6:48:11 am PDT #23160 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
no, I'm at work and will be at work for the rest of the week. So sad!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2009 6:48:46 am PDT #23161 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well boo, that's no fun.
Steph L. - Sep 15, 2009 6:55:06 am PDT #23162 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Hmm. I've been saying I want to learn to make sushi rolls. It doesn't seem difficult, per se, just time-consuming.
Mmmm...sushi.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2009 6:58:38 am PDT #23163 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
BTW, I still use the Robin roll-y bag you gave me. It has Evil Things in it, and people are always bemused when I show up at a party with it.
Heh. Cool beans.
Connie, you just need the little bamboo mat used to roll up the sushi, and the right rice and the vinegar to get it to stick. After that it's just up to you to get some yummmy fish bits.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2009 7:01:36 am PDT #23164 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My first day in this apartment in San Francisco my roommate at the time had a sushi making party. We all sat around in a circle and made our own sushi rolls. It was pretty yum.
Oh, I forgot, Connie. You need the seaweed wrappers too.
Anyway, you just lay the seaweed wrapper down on the bamboo mat (which is loosely linked so it can roll up). You spread your sticky rice on it. Put your yellowtail down. Add a slice of cucumber and then slowly roll it up tight. You seal the ends of the wrapper with rice vinegar (I think - it's been a while). And then you slice up your roll.