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 :)
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Vortex - Sep 15, 2009 6:43:48 am PDT #23158 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 15, 2009 7:02:50 am PDT #23165 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Seska, is your partner flying to Houston as in Houston, Texas? If so, M.D. Anderson is the place to be
Houston, Texas, yes - and I believe M.D. Anderson is where they're going. Good to hear it's a good place. I know nothing about American hospitals/clinics, but I know they used to live in Houston and they go back for their medical treatment because they consider it the best in the world. So that's got to be a good thing! Thanks for the reassurance.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2009 7:04:16 am PDT #23166 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How to make sushi video tutorial.
(Though this is cone style sushi instead of a roll. As a plus, it has a poodle.)
amych - Sep 15, 2009 7:04:38 am PDT #23167 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
You seal the ends of the wrapper with rice vinegar (I think - it's been a while)
Water.
The most important thing is using a really sharp clean knife to slice it -- the knife gets gummed up after just a few cuts, and if it's dull, you crush rather than slicing. Other than that, it's easy and you get the feel of it after just a few rolls. Rolling a joint is much harder to get right, IME, and there are happy cheery how-to-roll-maki tutorials all over the intarwebs.