History of SUSHI by Miki

What is Sushi? Most well known Japanese dish in overseas One of the most popular dishes among the Japanese themselves. Any dish that made with vinegar rice. –Sushi does not equal to raw fish. –Raw fish dishes are called “SASHIMI”. –“Su” means vinegar and “Shi” means rice (comes from ”meshi”)

History of Sushi Origin –4 th century BC South East Asia & China –7 th Century Introduced into Japan Beginning of Sushi –A way of preserving fish

Evolution of Sushi yeartypepreparation time preparation 700Nare-zushi1-3 yearsfish between cooked rice – fermented 1500Nama-nare1 monthsemi-fermented Ii-zushidaysstuffed cooked rice into inside of carp 1600Haya-zushi1 nightvinegared rice pressed with fish 1700Hako-zushihourspressed vinegared rice and fish in wooden box 1800Nigiri-zushiA few secondsput a piece of fresh fish on top of vinegared rice

Type of Sushi Nigiri-zushi –hand pressed mounds of vinegared rice with pinch of wasabi and slice of seafood or other ingredients on top Maki-zushi –vinegared rice with seafood and/or vegetables wrapped by dry seaweed Inari-zushi –fried pouches of tofu stuffed with sushi rice Chirashi-zushi –spread different ingredients over vinegared rice

Tips for Eating Sushi Don’t put too much soy sauce into the small plate. Don't dip a whole sushi piece into the soy sauce. Try to eat pieces of pickled ginger between different kinds of sushi When you eat rolled sushi, eat the whole piece in your mouth if you can.