Sushi: 11 Tips, Traditions & Legends That Will Surprise You
- 6 years ago
Sushi, From how it all started to why it was worth paying taxes with it, here are the most fascinating traditions legends and myths about sushi you want to know. If you like this video remember to subscribe and, in the comments below tell us, tell us about the best sushi you’ve ever had
#11 Fresh Fish, Not Always Better
This is a myth most of us believe, and it may apply in Japan, but according to chefs, freshly harvested fish is actually cleaned and frozen on the boat just minutes or hours after being caught. Its actually very rare in the US to get tuna that has not been frozen. Apparently, out taste buds wouldn’t like it, if left fresh, it would taste very gamey and the texture would be less firm. So, I guess frozen is not so bad!
#10 Eat With Your Hands!
At the restaurant, you order sushi, and when you think of sushi, you may think of the rolls of delicious raw fish sometimes with rice and cucumbers and wrapped in nori. There are so many varieties! But what you may not know is that sushi actually means vinegared rice. The fish was preserved in in the rice. Only later did people started eating the rice. Another thing we all have got wrong is how we eat the sushi. It was meant to be eaten by hands, not chopsticks. And within one or two bites!!
#9 Myth: Sushi Is All About the Fish!
Apparently, sushi is not all about the fish!
#8 Ginger & Wasabi: Don’t Offend the Chef
Using ginger as a topping, is very offensive to the chef! Wasabi was used to kills bacteria and parasites in the raw fish.
#7 Paying Taxes With Sushi
people were allowed to pay their taxes with sushi!
#6 Misconceptions & Legends
A favorite fish for most westerners is salmon. “Kappa” is a sushi with cucumbers in it.
#5 Sushi, It’s Not Japanese!
#4 The Soul Is in The Knives
#3 The Most Poisonous Sushi Ever
Puff fish, best known in Asia as Fugu has a neurotoxin that is so strong…
#2 No Women Allowed In The Kitchen!
Professional Japanese Sushi Chefs where afraid of spoiling the fish due to the temperature changes of women.
#1 The Modern Era
In the early 1800, sushi was sold as fast food to be eaten in public or as a movie snack, the fish was not fermented so this new and “modern” version was mastered by Hanaya Yohei in the late 1700 mid 1800s. As times evolved sushi arrived to America and the fist bar was opened in los Angeles by Noritoshi Kanai who was a food importer. He opened his doors in the 1960s. The iconic California roll was apparently invented around the 60s too. The chef was lacking fatty tuna so he substituted with avocado! But actually other people claimed to have invented it too… it’s a real mystery who actually invented this popular roll.
The material credited in the link below was used, some with modifications, with rights provided per the publishing of said material under a CC-BY license. A material list and all attributions will be found there.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TClUTmQJ9yvdMQMArbl3ctmGsiqWnEhE
#11 Fresh Fish, Not Always Better
This is a myth most of us believe, and it may apply in Japan, but according to chefs, freshly harvested fish is actually cleaned and frozen on the boat just minutes or hours after being caught. Its actually very rare in the US to get tuna that has not been frozen. Apparently, out taste buds wouldn’t like it, if left fresh, it would taste very gamey and the texture would be less firm. So, I guess frozen is not so bad!
#10 Eat With Your Hands!
At the restaurant, you order sushi, and when you think of sushi, you may think of the rolls of delicious raw fish sometimes with rice and cucumbers and wrapped in nori. There are so many varieties! But what you may not know is that sushi actually means vinegared rice. The fish was preserved in in the rice. Only later did people started eating the rice. Another thing we all have got wrong is how we eat the sushi. It was meant to be eaten by hands, not chopsticks. And within one or two bites!!
#9 Myth: Sushi Is All About the Fish!
Apparently, sushi is not all about the fish!
#8 Ginger & Wasabi: Don’t Offend the Chef
Using ginger as a topping, is very offensive to the chef! Wasabi was used to kills bacteria and parasites in the raw fish.
#7 Paying Taxes With Sushi
people were allowed to pay their taxes with sushi!
#6 Misconceptions & Legends
A favorite fish for most westerners is salmon. “Kappa” is a sushi with cucumbers in it.
#5 Sushi, It’s Not Japanese!
#4 The Soul Is in The Knives
#3 The Most Poisonous Sushi Ever
Puff fish, best known in Asia as Fugu has a neurotoxin that is so strong…
#2 No Women Allowed In The Kitchen!
Professional Japanese Sushi Chefs where afraid of spoiling the fish due to the temperature changes of women.
#1 The Modern Era
In the early 1800, sushi was sold as fast food to be eaten in public or as a movie snack, the fish was not fermented so this new and “modern” version was mastered by Hanaya Yohei in the late 1700 mid 1800s. As times evolved sushi arrived to America and the fist bar was opened in los Angeles by Noritoshi Kanai who was a food importer. He opened his doors in the 1960s. The iconic California roll was apparently invented around the 60s too. The chef was lacking fatty tuna so he substituted with avocado! But actually other people claimed to have invented it too… it’s a real mystery who actually invented this popular roll.
The material credited in the link below was used, some with modifications, with rights provided per the publishing of said material under a CC-BY license. A material list and all attributions will be found there.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TClUTmQJ9yvdMQMArbl3ctmGsiqWnEhE