Sushi is NOT Raw Fish

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Green Coca-Cola... and 5 other everyday myths https://youtu.be/EmUo-TEP2FU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO The Coming Banana Apocalypse https://youtu.be/pCpmtI6oDLM?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: Sashimi is just sliced raw fish, sometimes dipped in sauces and sometimes served with sushi. Sushi is any food dish consisting of vinegared rice, usually served with some other toppings, but not always. It happens to often be served with various types of sea food, either cooked or raw, and perhaps even a mix of the two; but that tradition simply comes from the primary food staples of the locations where sushi originated (not Japan, by the way). Sushi can be served with just about any toppings or none at all. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/12/sushi-is-not-raw-fish/ Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashimi http://www.sushifaq.com/sushiforbeginners.htm http://gojapan.about.com/cs/sushilinks1/a/sushi1.htm

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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Green Coca-Cola... and 5 other everyday myths https://youtu.be/EmUo-TEP2FU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO The Coming Banana Apocalypse https://youtu.be/pCpmtI6oDLM?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: Sashimi is just sliced raw fish, sometimes dipped in sauces and sometimes served with sushi. Sushi is any food dish consisting of vinegared rice, usually served with some other toppings, but not always. It happens to often be served with various types of sea food, either cooked or raw, and perhaps even a mix of the two; but that tradition simply comes from the primary food staples of the locations where sushi originated (not Japan, by the way). Sushi can be served with just about any toppings or none at all. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/12/sushi-is-not-raw-fish/ Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashimi http://www.sushifaq.com/sushiforbeginners.htm http://gojapan.about.com/cs/sushilinks1/a/sushi1.htm

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Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 6 years ago
Now that you've learned a little something about Japanese food watch this video and learn about A Japanese Soldier Who Continued Fighting WWII 29 Years After the Japanese Surrendered, Because He Didn’t Know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6rOSe3EsdM
Robert
Robert - 6 years ago
The effects of 29 years of eating Sushi.....
San dro
San dro - 5 years ago
Scishow has unfairly demonized sushi.
Shaul Rosenzweig
Shaul Rosenzweig - 5 years ago
Some very traditional sushi is vegan, for example, hosomaki of okra, natto and yamaimo (3 slimes, natto perhaps smells, but in a good way, like aged cheese), or cucumber and umeboshi temaki (used to clean the palate)... Then a lot of traditional Japanese sushi uses cured fish, such as Shime Saba Bo sushi (Tokyo specialty)... From my experience, about half of traditional sushi recipes use raw fish. The most important part of sushi is rice, and 90% of sushi places in the west don't know how to prepare it and don't even use proper sushi rice. Most simple stuff is usually the test of a real chef, sushi chef needs to be able to cook perfect rice, pizzaiolo needs to be able to make perfect pizza marinara (tomatoes, garlic and oregano, and no cheese to hide behind you if you mess up), or pasta chef needs to be able to make perfect Cacio e Pepe, which is just pecorino cheese, oil, and pasta, it needs to be perfectly creamy, cheese needs to be emulsified perfectly only with starchy pasta water, which is tricky. It is basics and a good chef that make the dish, not fancy ingredients. If you are checking out a restaurant, always go for basics. They need to be perfect.
Danny Zhong
Danny Zhong - 5 years ago
What? Salmon roll is sushi but that doesn't make it cooked fish. Its literally raw salmon rolled up in vinegar rice and seaweed. There are many different types of sushi that contain raw fish. You should've named this video "Sushi is not Sashimi."
NightCore Elz
NightCore Elz - 5 years ago
Hey you look like that guy on pronhub
Samuel Hayden
Samuel Hayden - 5 years ago
Now I remember why I stopped watching you: yak yak yak, something about the video title, yak yak yak.
Jay Dee
Jay Dee - 5 years ago
The title should read, " A history lesson about raw fish eating" Thumbs down here.
brock lesner
brock lesner - 5 years ago
Fake
brony simpson
brony simpson - 5 years ago
It's Sour Striker: The Way of It's Sour-ido. LOL

10. comment for Sushi is NOT Raw Fish

Gerardo Valenzuela
Gerardo Valenzuela - 5 years ago
sushi is thought of as raw fish because it contains raw fish, not because its cold...salad is cold too but I don't refer to that as sushi...
Mr.Death68
Mr.Death68 - 6 years ago
Today i found out johnny sins have a brother and its right up there... agree?
Nick Nguyen
Nick Nguyen - 6 years ago
I give the middle finger to your clickbait title & your face ... the end !
Ailuropoda melanoleuca Nineoneone
Ailuropoda melanoleuca Nineoneone - 6 years ago
sushi is actually raw fish in japan sushi nigiri is what they mean when they say sushi which is raw fish over rice. the ones your talking about is maki or uramaki in the case of california roles
KINJI MARTIN
KINJI MARTIN - 6 years ago
Common knowledge
deka W
deka W - 6 years ago
So here’s a question is it “ real sushi” if it has non seafood meat

Example a restaurant near me serves a kind of sushi roll with beef
Ailuropoda melanoleuca Nineoneone
Ailuropoda melanoleuca Nineoneone - 6 years ago
yes though it tends to happen more with temari style less with maki style
ItzGoldGamerzYT ROBLOX and MORE!
ItzGoldGamerzYT ROBLOX and MORE! - 6 years ago
SUSHI IS FROM KOREA
Rineesh Palliyal
Rineesh Palliyal - 6 years ago
vsauce sins
Chuan Yon
Chuan Yon - 6 years ago
Wow good job great content... who can’t tell raw fish.. waste of time of a video
Logical Eye
Logical Eye - 6 years ago
Sushi Gang

20. comment for Sushi is NOT Raw Fish

acarriere30
acarriere30 - 6 years ago
you think sushi is not raw? go search it up on youtube: (worm in sushi) by SuperLoveMussell
George Miranda
George Miranda - 6 years ago
I can never pay attention with his voice omg....im out
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 6 years ago
Oh, sorry to hear that :(.
T Borisenko
T Borisenko - 6 years ago
“One of the earliest forms of fast food” hm, grocery stores have definitely caught on but it appears that fast food joints haven’t. Anyway this didn’t really answer the question on whether the fish served at “sushi” places or in grocery stores is indeed raw or safe for consumption. There’s so much out in the news with parasites contacted from sushi...
Ramseysnow
Ramseysnow - 6 years ago
Take the rice away from a piece of salmon sushi and it becomes sashimi so yes it is raw but thanks for the bunk vid man.
Rineesh Palliyal
Rineesh Palliyal - 6 years ago
vsause of poor people
Fariha Ahmed
Fariha Ahmed - 6 years ago
Is sushi made by raw fish
PixelGunner3D
PixelGunner3D - 6 years ago
Looks like fkn rice in Midl o. Or hnq
ToeJ
ToeJ - 6 years ago
Hes actually wrong. Sushi is raw fish on top of rice, while sashimi is just the raw fish. Maki rolls are rolled in Nori
Cristero Warrior
Cristero Warrior - 6 years ago
Peace to you brother
Blood Bath and Beyond - Pop Goes Metal Covers
Blood Bath and Beyond - Pop Goes Metal Covers - 6 years ago
People in the southern US have the most disgusting taste in sushi. All deep fried shrimp and crab. Why even bother?

30. comment for Sushi is NOT Raw Fish

erex21
erex21 - 6 years ago
Perhaps the reason sushi is thought of as raw fish in the western world is because we are pretty ignorant over here.
HORATIO MONROE
HORATIO MONROE - 6 years ago
60 frames huh buddy
0 0
0 0 - 6 years ago
2:11
'Osaker'
Why do some people add 'er' at the end of some words?
Kayli Rose
Kayli Rose - 6 years ago
Umm, It should be "Not ALL sushi is raw fish" because Sushi DOES have raw fish a lot of times.. Even authentic Japanese culinary masters would call it sushi.. Sashimi is Cut raw fish, while Sushi is either cooked OR raw fish served with or within rice.
weirdpencilkid
weirdpencilkid - 6 years ago
My cat ate my salmon sushi so i did research and found that raw salmon is really bad for cats sorry but this didnt help because i still dont know if tescos salmon sushi will kill my cat ;-; good video tho
mahibou
mahibou - 6 years ago
As far as I know, sushi is the rice with vinegar only. What goes with it doesn't matter. It may or may not contain raw fish.
If you go and eat sashimi, that's raw fish. Sashimi isn't accompanied with any rice at all. Just the raw fish.
"Many non-Japanese use the terms sashimi and sushi interchangeably, but the two dishes are distinct and separate. Sushi refers to any dish made with vinegared rice. While raw fish is one traditional sushi ingredient, many sushi dishes contain seafood that has been cooked, and others have no seafood at all."
Trader 101
Trader 101 - 6 years ago
I'm american who has recently in the past 3 years started to eat sushi
I'm addicted to it, i LOVE sashimi. This stuff is delightful.
Johnny Armstrong
Johnny Armstrong - 6 years ago
My grandpa gonna get me some sushi Friday February 2/6/2018
Laval_202 potato
Laval_202 potato - 6 years ago
Western sushi Rolls, aren't raw. But some rolls and Nigiri types of sushi, use raw fish.
FaKe.FoxyLoxy
FaKe.FoxyLoxy - 6 years ago
Sushi is actually raw fish
Kyle Huo
Kyle Huo - 6 years ago
i thought this was gonna be some video saying that the fish is technically not fish, even though it's made of fish or something like that
i would still say that anything with sushi rice counts as sushi. That includes sashimi over rice.
Thinh Phan
Thinh Phan - 6 years ago
eaten sushi before, raw fish isn’t good at all. need to blowtorch it
Travis Retriever
Travis Retriever - 6 years ago
Well said. :)

>Raw fish.
It's just smoked/salted/cured often using vinegar. Saying sashimi (not sushi, as you pointed out) is "raw" is like saying that deli meats and cold cuts are "raw beef/pork/meat." It's very misleading, fam.
CheeseTruffles
CheeseTruffles - 6 years ago
who else was really hungry after watching
Ashema Bahumat
Ashema Bahumat - 6 years ago
Nobody seems to get this even after I explain it. Like, seriously tho, it's like they doubt my whole existence if I try to lol.
Mikee Vee
Mikee Vee - 6 years ago
Chef makes a new dish, a customer asks what's that and how does it taste?, he replies, oh, its sour... suddenly sushi is born... lol
Chip Chapley
Chip Chapley - 6 years ago
title says Sushi is NOT Raw Fish, click bait shows sashimi.... first time I have seen a video that presents a declaration and justification of said declaration before clicking on the video... color me intrigued.
ARIEL YANG
ARIEL YANG - 6 years ago
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MaryRose007
MaryRose007 - 6 years ago
Wish video was longer. Good info
_Paws_
_Paws_ - 6 years ago
Many people have a misconception of how or what the truth about many Asian dishes like sushi or even the condiment such as ketchup which also comes from Asia.

50. comment for Sushi is NOT Raw Fish

the great Salvador
the great Salvador - 7 years ago
When I watch videos with the word sushi masters they serve it raw cut from there hand to u I don't see fire skillet so yea sushi is raw if the master sushi chef say
chau huynhie
chau huynhie - 7 years ago
hey guys! did u know that, sushi, maki, sashimi, and nigiri ARE ALL DIFFERENT THINGS? although, maki and nigiri count as sushi, sashimi DOES NOT. and in case u didn't know, sashimi is raw fish. which now, proves all of u dipwits that are still trying to argue, wrong
Burak-Kaan Arslantas
Burak-Kaan Arslantas - 7 years ago
Jonny Sins explains some facts about raw fish..
Jacen’s TAIKO channel
Jacen’s TAIKO channel - 7 years ago
Does nigiri still count as raw fish I'm just curious.
micuko vicious
micuko vicious - 7 years ago
Sushi isn't raw fish but it can have raw fish.
Ayberk Görkan
Ayberk Görkan - 7 years ago
Sushi is fukin raw
lamakicker69
lamakicker69 - 7 years ago
This is kinda a stupid video...sushi is commonly raw fish...but other times it isn't...to title the video "sushi isn't raw fish" is dumb..." better title would have been "sushi isn't always raw fish" but event hat would be stupid because most people know that
mujjuman
mujjuman - 7 years ago
i like this video becaue its short and sweet instead of ur 15 min long videos. i like philly roll the best
wilhard45
wilhard45 - 7 years ago
I think a more honest title would be "Sushi is not JUST raw fish".
Zom Bee Nature
Zom Bee Nature - 7 years ago
So all the sushi I see with a piece of fish or shrimp buckled on top with seaweed are made with cooked fish or shrimp?
Everyone, please watch my tiny nature videos. There is no talking in them. Shhh!
Calvin5040
Calvin5040 - 7 years ago
I worked in a restaurant for over 6 years. Some sushi has raw sashimi in it, but it has been hard frozen first to kill bacteria and parasites. Some has cooked or boiled fish. It's a fact, all that is sushi served with raw fish in the United States is not fresh it was frozen first it is a federal requirement.
GamingFreako
GamingFreako - 7 years ago
Last time I ate sushi there was raw fish on top. Unless I'm just a complete idiot and was fooled by a slimy gooey texture then Idk.
Nicholas Wright
Nicholas Wright - 6 years ago
If you find yourself in Memphis, try Sekisui. They've got a good selection of rolls and give you a description of everything. They even let you create your own
God Emperor Lionel Lauer
God Emperor Lionel Lauer - 6 years ago
My advice is to work your way from with tempura, then vegetable sushi, such as cucumber or avocado, then the ones with prawns (they're cooked). By then, you should be about ready to tackle the ones with raw fish. If not, just stick with the non-fish rolls; they're delicious too.
Jojo Potatoe
Jojo Potatoe - 7 years ago
yep not raw, now i want sushi dangit!
captainrobots
captainrobots - 7 years ago
Today i found out that im going to die someday and so will you.
Whyhello Thar
Whyhello Thar - 7 years ago
I was unaware before this video that people thought sushi was raw fish, and not bite-size pieces of japanese vinegared rice with fillings...
Nikko Allen
Nikko Allen - 7 years ago
Thank you thank you so much I always wanted to know.
Mason Attano
Mason Attano - 7 years ago
Uhhh... I thought this was common knowledge?
I guess "western world" is just the US then?
Sketchy Tiger
Sketchy Tiger - 7 years ago
FINALLY!!! PEOPLE KNOW!
I've been fighting against the notion of sushi is raw fish ever since I first had sushi
Pasteloween
Pasteloween - 7 years ago
How the fuck do you not get diseases from eating raw fish though can please someone explain
Stig Cruise
Stig Cruise - 7 years ago
How does one look up the process for the original "sushi" method/recipe . Does it have a name or title of some sort ?
Tommy
Tommy - 7 years ago
I like sashimi better anyway
Nicholas Hamilton
Nicholas Hamilton - 7 years ago
i love sushi period , I love the different types of sushi.
Nathaniel Bohrs
Nathaniel Bohrs - 7 years ago
The fuck kind of sushi do you eat?
Just Anoman
Just Anoman - 7 years ago
So.... does that mean the kanji for sushi is retroactively assigned? Because the kanji certainly doesn't mean anything like "sour". If so, when did the kanji get assigned?
Freyja Svansdóttir
Freyja Svansdóttir - 7 years ago
Maki is not just cucumber roll but all rolled sushi. The small, often single filling rolls are known as hosomaki, whereas the larger rolls are futomaki (literally "fat rolls")
Chung David
Chung David - 7 years ago
su shi means fast food in chinese
Chung David
Chung David - 7 years ago
What the hell happened to his mouth at 1:32?
Ryan Clemons1
Ryan Clemons1 - 7 years ago
I may try sushi now after all i thought it was raw fish and worried of getting sick.
ItalianJoe123
ItalianJoe123 - 7 years ago
I really want sushi now.
aegisofhonor
aegisofhonor - 7 years ago
there are still a small number of places in which you can get traditional fermented fish. This process is difficult, time consuming, is only avalable for very brief times during the year, and because it's done by very few places even in Japan, it's very expensive (one serving of such "original sushi" can cost tens of thousands of yen or more).
Lenita A
Lenita A - 7 years ago
Fact: Sushi can and Does Contain the Raw Fish, such as Tuna! I had it! (And I do know the difference between the Sushi and Sashimi!)
How can you Not know this??
Crowvamp1979
Crowvamp1979 - 7 years ago
It is still gross!
Strawberry Milk
Strawberry Milk - 7 years ago
not all maki is just cucumber rolls, in japan make can also be made with raw fish such as tuna. also it is made with only one stick of cucumber, not multiple
kd1s
kd1s - 7 years ago
Regards raw fish - I recall many years ago Osaki San taught me how to grade salmon and tuna. And salmom - sliced thinly is awesome.
Michael King
Michael King - 7 years ago
Whatever it is, it's disgusting
Marmite .
Marmite . - 7 years ago
This wasn't the clearest video, I still don't know what sushi is.
Gunjyguy Lyrics/hip hop
Gunjyguy Lyrics/hip hop - 7 years ago
nearly 1 MIL your first of many, keep up the good work u guys deserve it for the no nonsense entertaining videos
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 7 years ago
Thanks!
Travis J
Travis J - 7 years ago
Uhh...I'm starting to question your attention to detailed research. Sushi translated means "With Rice"
promontorium
promontorium - 7 years ago
So sushi IS raw fish. You just listed some exceptions. And while people nitpick about vinegar etc. most people consider that still "raw" = uncooked, not "unprepared" we eat cured meat that is uncooked, it's raw but prepared. The entire "raw food" diet utilizes things such as curing.
NotAsian
NotAsian - 7 years ago
me-why dont you like sushi?
friend-because I don't like raw fish!
me- (facepalms to death)
king james488
king james488 - 7 years ago
the sign says sushi... all you weebs can just stop.
TouchyBanana
TouchyBanana - 7 years ago
Have they fucking seen a eel roll?
It's not fucking raw.
David Buschhorn
David Buschhorn - 7 years ago
My God this made me hungry.
Captain Erio
Captain Erio - 7 years ago
How does one confuse sushi with sashimi is beyond me. Its common sense.
Usedjubbyjuice
Usedjubbyjuice - 7 years ago
sashimi is raw fish by itself nigiri is raw fish with rice and there's maki rolls which can be raw but usually not
Usedjubbyjuice
Usedjubbyjuice - 7 years ago
at least sushi rolls here are usually cooked
maxis2k
maxis2k - 7 years ago
"There are also a variety of vegetarian sushi dishes."

Funny. In some Asian cultures, they would consider Fish still part of a vegetarian diet. Perhaps you mean vegan?
needforsuv
needforsuv - 7 years ago
i sometimes microwave my sushi so its warm
the warm rice makes it taste better
Amazing Kid
Amazing Kid - 7 years ago
you are handsome and the explanation was pretty good too

100. comment for Sushi is NOT Raw Fish

Master Jedi Sam
Master Jedi Sam - 7 years ago
Simon, do you ever whistle?
ZarlanTheGreen
ZarlanTheGreen - 7 years ago
Maki isn't cucumber roll. Kappamaki is cucumber roll. Maki (or more precisely, makizushi) is ANY roll.
LeGOAT James
LeGOAT James - 7 years ago
No shit???
Hide Kawa
Hide Kawa - 7 years ago
Interesting video. However, although ingredients like basil in Italian-style sushi, caviar in European-style sushi, and avocados in the California roll are part of Western recipes, sushi still usually includes raw fish or seafood in Japanese cuisine
Diamonddin 769
Diamonddin 769 - 7 years ago
The video should be called Not all sushi is raw fish
antihoney fan
antihoney fan - 5 years ago
I like mine raw :P
Sam Paltiel
Sam Paltiel - 5 years ago
oracle of delphi - sushi is not raw fish, raw fish is sashimi sushi can contain raw fish but it isn’t just raw fish
Dear Master what im about to say is wrong
Dear Master what im about to say is wrong - 5 years ago
+oracle of delphi - some sushi are raw fish and i wouldnt fucking eat raw meat
oracle of delphi -
oracle of delphi - - 6 years ago
Jaime Duncan that makes no sense and Diamonddin is absolutely right because the title implies NO sushi is raw.
Jaime Duncan
Jaime Duncan - 7 years ago
Diamonddin 769 no, the title is correct, is the way definitions work., it's important that people learn to use logic, not only common sense.
ProCactus
ProCactus - 7 years ago
I don't care what you say, I know what I saw.
Its fucking raw !
So Stoned
So Stoned - 7 years ago
Sashimi is amazing
Hoàng Trần Minh
Hoàng Trần Minh - 7 years ago
sushi was one of the first forms of fast food?

americans being outamericaned
Waterflame
Waterflame - 7 years ago
Thank you for this video. I now have a place I can send people when they complain that they don't like sushi because they don't want to eat raw fish. <3 <3 <3
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
That sushi is raw fish is a misconception that just won't be laid to rest. I've even run across one person that simply refused to accept it, claiming that he's been to Japan, and that's what the Japanese say.
Galaxy. Tv
Galaxy. Tv - 7 years ago
When people think cali rolls are actually what sushi is all about
Manoahmanolo
Manoahmanolo - 7 years ago
well when real sushi is served with fish, it should be raw. stuff like the california rolls are american sushi and not the original. (still tastes good though). In a real japanese sushi restaurant you will not find cooked or smoked fish on your sushi.
Kenji Brown
Kenji Brown - 7 years ago
"su" can also literally mean vinegar, while "shi" can be taken from the western Kansai dialect word for cooked rice/meal which was "meshi," drop the "me" and add "su" you have a word that translates to "sour rice" or "vinegar rice" because it's easier to say sushi than su-meshi
Stephanie Littlepage
Stephanie Littlepage - 7 years ago
I tried sushi after reading about it in George Takei's autobiography. I guess in a way you could say that Star Trek led me to try it, and I've been eating it ever since when I can get my hands on some.
So Stoned
So Stoned - 7 years ago
Stephanie Smith Ik right this videos got me craving some sashimi
pablobulldog
pablobulldog - 7 years ago
I rarely eat rolls or smoked fish. (eel yes) So what I'm having is a bit of raw fish on a rice pillow. Is that sushi?
Paul Hendrix
Paul Hendrix - 7 years ago
finally a decent title
dan kachiros
dan kachiros - 7 years ago
gross
Supes Me
Supes Me - 7 years ago
So it's technically more Fermented or Pickled than Raw? But still not cooked?
Fem Stranger
Fem Stranger - 7 years ago
Despite being fully aware of the truth of the title, this video actually taught me a lot about one of my favorite foods. <3
Chiu Lau
Chiu Lau - 7 years ago
i love the way he talk
Blackhorn & Lynx
Blackhorn & Lynx - 7 years ago
work in a hibachi/sushi restaurant and still only learned this from this channel
Lenon Kitchens
Lenon Kitchens - 7 years ago
Uh...smoked salmon is raw. Do some research guys. It's called cold smoking....
2Stonefly
2Stonefly - 7 years ago
Good sashimi (sp?) is wonderful
Alex Jones
Alex Jones - 7 years ago
what you mean is that raw fish is not sushi
roymallard
roymallard - 7 years ago
Today I learned that dolphins are not actually fish
Bushmane Ent.
Bushmane Ent. - 7 years ago
"Nigiri is a type of sushi made of thin slices of raw fish over pressed vinegared rice"
soo how would u explain that budz.
A Bird Lover
A Bird Lover - 7 years ago
Even if my tuna isn't tuna, my wasabi isn't wasabi, my soy sauce isn't soy sauce and my sushi isn't sushi, I don't care. My escolar seaweed-rice wrap dipped in salt and horseradish is freaking delicious.
Sonja Morrison
Sonja Morrison - 7 years ago
Actually, even sashimi is not "raw." Cooking, via heat, is a process to kill bacteria, etc. Reverse cooking does not involve heat to kill bacteria. It can be freezing, it can be vinegar fermentation, it can be any method that cleanses the muscle and frees it from bacteria, changing the muscle texture from raw to palatable.
NiCoL4x
NiCoL4x - 7 years ago
Sushi isn't always raw fish, but it CAN definitely have raw fish in some rolls. Misleading title and video.
Sierra Davis
Sierra Davis - 7 years ago
Yea. My mom didn't want me to eat raw sushi.
Paige Steele
Paige Steele - 7 years ago
Is salmon nigiri not raw ?
NinjaOnANinja
NinjaOnANinja - 7 years ago
Why the hell do you talk like that.
Carlton B
Carlton B - 7 years ago
It seems likely that many persons think sushi is raw seafood because Decker in the movie "Blade Runner" refers to sushi as "cold fish."
Pearce Coggeshall
Pearce Coggeshall - 7 years ago
Sushi/ nigiri is raw fish over a ball of rice. Sashimi is just the raw fish. Sushi rolls are different from both of these. This guy is an idiot
Nizo Dizo
Nizo Dizo - 7 years ago
So when I order Sushi it is not raw fish? It looks like raw fish. When I go fishing in the gulf I tend to eat some of my bait fish that had been fillet. It looks like Sushi.
Can you respond to me and explain? Your video is confusing to me, thanks.
homerun443
homerun443 - 7 years ago
This is false. I personally saw the chef at a sushi place cut pieces from an uncooked salmon and place it in the fish box.
Draigan
Draigan - 7 years ago
When I go to a sushi restaurant you can get sashimi which is raw fish, but also u can have that same raw fish in a roll and its called sushi so I called bullshit on this one. Lots of sushi has raw fish. Sashimi is just plain raw fish.
bcubed72
bcubed72 - 7 years ago
"Sushi" also refers to a style of Japanese food, containing sashimi as a subset. If you go to a "sushi restaurant" and order "tuna sashimi," you're eating "sushi," in the broad sense of the word.
dkeith45
dkeith45 - 7 years ago
Some types of sushi DOES contain raw fish. I'm surprised Simon didn't point that out. I would say cook and raw are likely at least 50/50 if not more in favor of raw.
Lily Blackwell
Lily Blackwell - 7 years ago
The fact that this has to be explained to people makes me sad.
SDF5150
SDF5150 - 7 years ago
Your video title is wrong. Sushi CAN be raw fish.
Pat Cathell
Pat Cathell - 7 years ago
Great video. I've been wondering why is a hair cow called a cow lick?
Sylvia Benoit
Sylvia Benoit - 7 years ago
A california roll is not sushi....and as fare as i'm concern, sushi is not from the west so why base sushi on a western perspective. Fermentation is not the same as being cooked and you will not find one reputable sushi chef say that sushi should have more than 5 ingredients and not be as fresh as fresh can be.
Sylvia Benoit
Sylvia Benoit - 7 years ago
You're going besides the point because evidently no one is questioning whether wasabi is a traditional ingredient. We are questioning the integrity of a video about sushi that lists california rolls as a acceptable form of sushi...when we all should know it's some weird western perception of what sushi is. Like elbow macaroni in molasses and soya sauce is not a chinese noodle dish.
star and fox
star and fox - 7 years ago
I'm not talking about ingredients like mayo.I'm talking about things like real wasabi which has been an ingredient for certain rolls for a really long time.
Sylvia Benoit
Sylvia Benoit - 7 years ago
I'm sure their is..kinda like how chinese food here is not like chinese food in china. Mayo is not a traditional sushi condiment. It may be tradition to us making rolls in the americas. But like Canadian chinese food is chicken balls and elbow macaroni in molasses and soy a sauce...I don't consider stuff like california rolls as real sushi. I don't consider a western oriented recipes as Japanese...kinda redundant I know. As for cooked, yeah but I'd expect non western ingredients and maybe the odd lunch meat here and there. Sushi usually is not pipping hot out of the oven with mayo dripping from it. Standards people! standards.
star and fox
star and fox - 7 years ago
actually there are rolls that do require more then 5 ingredients because the extras are there to complement the fish.
CyborgNinja7
CyborgNinja7 - 7 years ago
"Maki" just means roll in Japanese. It doesn't refer to a specific sushi type, just the rolled sushi in general. And while sushi is not always raw fish, it often is, and I wouldn't bat an eye if anybody said it was. Yes, I know very well what sashimi is.
guitargodthor2
guitargodthor2 - 7 years ago
simon whistler whistles when saying his last name
Zondares
Zondares - 7 years ago
You can still get fermented sushi in some parts of Japan. It has a strong smell and I doubt many people like it though.
MasterofPlay7
MasterofPlay7 - 7 years ago
well sashimi is raw.... sushi's topping can be raw, the rice is cooked
Charlie Chanyasak
Charlie Chanyasak - 7 years ago
as an asian guy who studied in japan for a year, this video triggered me a bit. not the content but the fact that most sushi that westerners eat are not made from raw fishes.
Backroad Junkie
Backroad Junkie - 7 years ago
Sushi is basically rice. Added words say what kind. Nagiri is formed rice, maki is rolled rice, inari is a fried pouch of soybean cake (tofu), etc.
Garrett Baker
Garrett Baker - 7 years ago
Does anyone else see Sushi Kacts on the thumbnail?
Ellen Stallings-Hopf
Ellen Stallings-Hopf - 7 years ago
Thank you! I keep having to explain to folks that sushi is the prepared rice, and has naught to do with raw anything.
TrueRune
TrueRune - 7 years ago
that's is right but slightly pedantic...
Literally the Minecraft Dirt block
Literally the Minecraft Dirt block - 7 years ago
Still not gonna risk it.....
Max Durk
Max Durk - 7 years ago
I only get sashimi at sushi places
MegaKaitouKID1412
MegaKaitouKID1412 - 7 years ago
In the Western world, we do sushi very differently: it actually is more raw-fish centric in Japan than in American sushi restaurants which include rolls with a variety of things inside. Sushi is actually mostly just the raw-fish-on-rice in Japan.
Earthling1984
Earthling1984 - 7 years ago
Umm. But no matter what there are tons of sushi with raw fish. So sushi IS raw fish. It also is cooked ingredients in some variations. But, it IS both. So it IS raw fish! I like most of these guys videos, but, I feel like this was clickbait.
See Min Lim
See Min Lim - 6 years ago
Sushi is not raw fish, my goodness. It’s like how a square is a rectangle but a rectangle may not be a square. Even if it is raw fish kind of sushi, the raw fish is PART of the sushi, so sushi is still not raw fish.
Travis Frazier
Travis Frazier - 6 years ago
There are many variations of tacos with chicken in them therefore tacos ARE chicken.

^Earthlin1984's logic
wil edge
wil edge - 6 years ago
Earthling1984 as is usually the case 99% of Americans are wrong! The dishes in question are Japanese! So there for your American opinion isn't really valid. Don't worry though if we need advice on kids committing mass murder at school we'll give you guys a call. That is if you can pull your obese mouths away from your burgers fries and Donald trumps dick
SignatureOrange Skateboarding
SignatureOrange Skateboarding - 6 years ago
Why are you all feeding the troll? The fact that his name is “earthling” says all you need to know.. don’t feed the trolls..
Block o Butter
Block o Butter - 6 years ago
Earthling1984 "Sashimi is thinly sliced raw meat—usually fish, such as salmon or tuna—that is served without rice. Sushi is not raw fish, but rather vinegared rice that is mixed with other ingredients, which may or may not include raw fish.

In some countries, the terms "sashimi" and "sushi" may be used interchangeably, but this is incorrect usage. Raw fish is one of the traditional ingredients in sushi but sushi may also be made without meat or with cooked seafood as long as it uses vinegared rice. Sashimi, on the other hand, always contains fresh raw meat or seafood."
laura brown
laura brown - 6 years ago
No, SOME sushi is raw
Supersonic
Supersonic - 7 years ago
actually Jim was right. if (sushi = cars) and (raw fish = vehicles) then you are saying all sushi is raw fish... which is incorrect.

in this case, the sushi should be the general portion, as we are talking about raw fish as a component/ingredient
HerrMisterTheo
HerrMisterTheo - 7 years ago
+Jiminhasmorejamsthanrapmon
“what you are saying is like 'vehicles are cars!/ all vehicles are cars!'“
Your comparison is flawed. Saying “sushi is raw fish” is not at all like saying “all vehicles are cars”, it's like saying “all cars are vehicles”, which is indeed correct. “Sushi” ought to be “cars”, not “vehicles”. Or in other words: Sushi/cars is specific, raw fish/vehicles is general.
chau huynhie
chau huynhie - 7 years ago
what you are saying is like "vehicles are cars!/ all vehicles are cars!" but that in fact, is not true. sushi has raw fish but the raw fish isn't what makes something sushi. it would make more sense if you had worded it like "sushi CAN be raw fish" instead of "sushi IS raw fish.
Supersonic
Supersonic - 7 years ago
in japan you can get hamburger sushi, and you can also get gyuuniku (beef) sushi. so by your logic, sushi is cow
HerrMisterTheo
HerrMisterTheo - 7 years ago
+Earthling1984
Your comments are painful to read.
霧裡探花水中望月
霧裡探花水中望月 - 7 years ago
Earthling1984

Oh hell, I so agree! It does feel like a cheap click bait. Okay so sushi is not raw fish, fine. Fine! But it's still true that sushi can CONTAIN raw fish, which if not served with rice, is called sashimi. Sushi may not always be made with raw fish, but raw fish, whenever it is served in a Western restaurant, is most likely sushi. I thought this video was gonna reveal something mind blowing judging by its provocative title, but it felt more like a click bait than anything else, despite any futile attempt to defend it or to justify for its fishiness otherwise, pun intended!

A better way for you people to argue about this is "Pizza is not pepperoni, but pizza can CONTAIN pepperoni." Isn't that a lot easier?!? Jesus Christ! Who gives a damn!
Evan Goebel
Evan Goebel - 7 years ago
Earthling1984 thats like saying all rectangles are squares since squares are rectangles.
Evan Goebel
Evan Goebel - 7 years ago
Earthling1984 you are clickbait
金太郎
金太郎 - 7 years ago
As a Japanese, I can confirm that sushi is not raw fish. If you go to a sushi restaurant here in Japan, you can order, for example, a half-cooked salmon or fully-cooked salmon sushi. Some restaurants went as far as putting burgers and unagi (y'know, that famous eel dish in Japan) instead of raw fish. Also, the definition of sushi in the Japanese dictionary is:

すし
【寿司・鮨・鮓】
酢・塩で味をつけた飯に、魚肉・野菜などをまぜたもの。また、酢をした飯をにぎって、その上に魚・貝の肉などの具をのせたもの。種類が多い。

(translated into English. I tried)

Sushi
【Sushi / Sushi / Sake】
rice with a taste of vinegar and salt with usually a mixture of fish and vegetables and etc. In addition, after favouring the cooked rice with vinegar, a meat of a fish, clams, and etc. are put on top of it. There are many variations and kinds.

the English dictionary's definition of Sushi:

su·shi
/ˈso͞oSHē/
noun
a Japanese dish consisting of small balls or rolls of vinegar-flavoured cold cooked rice served with a garnish of raw fish, vegetables, or egg.

pretty similar I suppose.
Key
Key - 7 years ago
"western" sushi is "raw" fish not the same as the original in japan so stfu...that's like me cooking rice then getting raw fucking fish and slapping it on top saying it's "sushi" gtfo scrub!
Rin615
Rin615 - 7 years ago
Earthling1984 Youre accusing people of not understanding the English language but then using it incorrectly sushi uses raw fish that doesnt mean it is fish Its like saying I am a heart... I didnt say Im only a heart did I...
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Earthling1984 "My time is worth way more than continuing to argue with a low IQ being"

But not so valuable as the need to reply pretending you're superior. It's the adult version of a kid plugging his ears and screaming "I'm right and I don't care what you say!"
Earthling1984
Earthling1984 - 7 years ago
theuncalledfor Blah blah blah. Tanslation: "My time is worth way more than continuing to argue with a low IQ being".
theuncalledfor
theuncalledfor - 7 years ago
Translation of Earthling1984's "blah blah blah blah" post:
"I'm too stupid to come up with any more counterarguments, I probably even know I'm wrong, but my ego is far too big to let me admit any kind of mistake on my part."
Earthling1984
Earthling1984 - 7 years ago
Blackmark52 blah blah blah blah
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Earthling1984 Fuck are you dense. "Sushi is raw fish" can't be correct first and foremost because sushi is not fish anymore than a sandwich is beef!

But also your insistence on arguing your point is encouraging you to adopt some very flawed reasoning. Even if one accepts your flawed premise that some sushi is fish, your conclusion that sushi IS fish still fails. Yes, a human being is an animal. But your argument goes the other way : by saying that some sushi is fish means sushi is fish, is no different from reasoning that some animals are human therefore all animals are human. I suggest that rather than trying to support a failed premise you try to reach a valid conclusion.
Earthling1984
Earthling1984 - 7 years ago
+theuncalledfor You don't understand the English language. Sushi IS raw fish is correct. Sushi can also be not raw. So sushi is also cooked fish in certain circumstances. What matters is how it is made / final product. Things can be things, and also be other things. It's like saying a human IS a homo sapien. A human IS also an animal. A human IS also a living thing. A human IS something that walks on two feet. See, you can say something is something, and at the same time it can be something else also. I never said sushi IS ONLY raw fish. See how that works. Bacon IS ham. But, bacon also IS turkey (turkey bacon). Bacon IS vegan (veggie / vegan bacon). Touch up your English language skills then speak.
theuncalledfor
theuncalledfor - 7 years ago
+Earthling1984
"Sushi IS raw fish!" means that all sushi is raw fish, and that the raw fish itself is sushi. Neither is the case, both would have to be the case for the statement to be true.

If I said "Sausage IS poultry!", it would be the same as saying that sushi is raw fish. Only some sausage is made of poultry, most is made of pork and/or beef, and just plain poultry is not sausage, it has to be prepared a certain way. Sushi is not raw fish, the same way sausage is not poultry. In fact, saying sausage is poultry is less wrong than saying raw fish is sushi, because a sausage can be made of almost nothing but poultry, whereas sushi always requires the rice in order to qualify as sushi.

And as Blackmark52 helpfully pointed out, no, sashimi isn't sushi.
Earthling1984
Earthling1984 - 7 years ago
Blackmark52 You said sushi is the rice. Which is wrong. Sushi rice is rice prepared in a certain way. But it's not sushi as just rice. Needs toppings as you agreed to be sushi. Otherwise it's just sushi rice. You sure like to complain a lot though. Having a bad day I'm guessing?
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Earthling1984 "Also sushi is not just the rice"

But I didn't say that did I? I said sushi is the name of the rice : it is sushi rice that is used to make sushi, that is why they call it sushi. Sushi rice can be eaten in a bowl with whatever toppings and it's still sushi.
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Earthling1984 Well I doubt fully 99% of Americans are that stupid, since there are considerable Japanese Americans, as well as many other Asians and immigrants that would know better. But even if true, that only means that 99% of Americans are wrong. Consensus doesn't mean shit.
Earthling1984
Earthling1984 - 7 years ago
Blackmark52 Also sushi is not just the rice. I suggest you google search for sushi definition.
Earthling1984
Earthling1984 - 7 years ago
Blackmark52 Well 99% of Americans would consider sashimi to be sushi. So right or wrong, it's the general concensus.
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Earthling1984 That's right. Sashimi is sashimi and sashimi is raw fish (with the focus being on the raw, because some other meats can be served as sashimi). And no, I don't consider sashimi to be sushi any more than I consider bologna to be bread.
Earthling1984
Earthling1984 - 7 years ago
Blackmark52 You don't consider sashimi to be sushi?!?!?! It is raw fish only, no rice, nothing else.
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Earthling1984 "So sushi IS raw fish."

No! Sushi is the name of the fucking RICE!
Earthling1984
Earthling1984 - 7 years ago
theuncalledfor You don't know how to read and comprehend it seems...
theuncalledfor
theuncalledfor - 7 years ago
False. Sushi is not raw fish. Sushi is a dish with many different variations, some of which contain raw fish, some of which do not. Even if all types of sushi by definition had to contain raw fish, sushi would still be the dish as a whole, not the raw fish itself.
calinahodges
calinahodges - 7 years ago
Sushi can be raw or cooked meat on vinegar rice. Sashimi is just raw meat no rice, etc. A famous Sashimi severed in Japan is horse meat.
Jonathan Darkmaple
Jonathan Darkmaple - 7 years ago
Shut up you dirty drunken sauce donkey. We already know all of this.
D
D - 7 years ago
a small correction. Nearly all smoked salmon at a sushi restaurant would be cold smoked. Which is still raw.
Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones - 7 years ago
Most of what described as sushi is faux sushi.
Robin McKee
Robin McKee - 7 years ago
Smoked salmon isn't cooked, I really wish that people would stop saying it's cooked. Smoking is merely a process to prevent uncooked food from spoiling, it's still raw.
Timothy Jackson
Timothy Jackson - 6 years ago
No, smoking raises the internal temperature and does cook it. Now if you cold smoke something that's a different story
Shell Z
Shell Z - 7 years ago
I remember hearing about American College students who were protesting cultural appropriation because Sushi was being sold at the college but the fish was cooked. Always confused me how they were upset as Sushi has never been raw fish, Sashimi has, you would think people protesting cultural appropriation would actually research this stuff or you know know something about the culture they say is being appropriated.
Doug Palmer
Doug Palmer - 7 years ago
lol I am Japanese and your wrong it is raw fish or any other sea food your so wrong
See Min Lim
See Min Lim - 6 years ago
You are not Japanese, or at the very least not a Native Japanese nor a full Japanese (in the sense that at the very least you are mixed blood).
Randy Gareth
Randy Gareth - 7 years ago
i was expecting something more along the lines of "That 'raw' fish on your sushi, ISN'T RAW!!! What happens next will shock you!"
Joker
Joker - 7 years ago
Thanks for the info. These videos are my new favorites.
MonkeySmaker
MonkeySmaker - 7 years ago
you called a maki roll a cucumber roll, a Maki is a generic term for all roll sushi. and Futomaki being a thick roll and Gunkan maki -- loose tane material (such as roe) served in an oval nori "battleship" Alternate term is funamori ("boat wrap")... you gave proper or common names for all other rolls you mentioned except for the cucumber roll, which is known as a KappaMaki or Kappa Roll, named after the mythological water demon of Japanese lore
09yulstube
09yulstube - 7 years ago
awesome information from an awesome narrator
Sean Tiu
Sean Tiu - 7 years ago
Is this guy VSauce Michael's lovechild?
Spaide man
Spaide man - 7 years ago
obviously this guy doesn't cook, he can't differentiate between cook and uncook salmon. if sushi is cook, it doesn't need wasabi, isn't it? and no, sushi doesn't use fermented rice.
star and fox
star and fox - 7 years ago
it doesn't need wasabi that's just a myth.also that green stuff isn't wasabi.
AV Sommelie
AV Sommelie - 7 years ago
Sorry for my awful English. As a Japanese I appreciate you for explaining about sushi.
As you said, sushi doesn't mean raw fish, besides tuna and the some raw fishes were quite expensive,not common before WW2. After we learned refrigeration,transportation technology from western countries, especially US, raw fish sushi became more common, affordable.Some people say raw fish sushi is a traditional Japanese food, but actually not.
Travis Fisher
Travis Fisher - 7 years ago
I eat sushi that have raw salmon and raw tuna, I can tell the difference between raw fish and cooked fish by taste and texture alone.
qaboos4
qaboos4 - 7 years ago
this is quickly becoming my favorite yutube Channel
Michael Heliotis
Michael Heliotis - 7 years ago
I have never met anyone who thought sushi was simply raw fish. The issue has always been that sushi contains raw fish, which is the typical ingredient of the most common form of sushi (the wheel-shaped makizushi). While it is possible to have other fillings for sushi, raw fish has been traditionally dominant and other fillings in the minority. It is only rather recently that sushi stores have begun to use an ever increasing variety of fillings in order to attract more customers.
Firebrand
Firebrand - 7 years ago
Basically everything has to be dumbed down for fussy people who need to be pampered because they refuse to be more informed about stuff outside their cave! This trend is observed everywhere because ignorance doesn't discriminate. Thank you for actually TRYING to make people less stupid and more worldly.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
is caviar raw?
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
so I can order a piece of sushi that has raw fish.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
click bait
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
it's like saying seaweed is not sushi.
Antonin Caors
Antonin Caors - 7 years ago
nowadays, "sushi" designates any dressing (fish, vegetables, meat, eggs...), cooked or otherwise, served in bite-sized portion with sour rice. There are two major kinds: Maki, which - as pointed out by other comments - simply means "roll", and Nigiri (or Onigiri) meaning "grasp" aka hand-formed. The proper full designation is makizushi ("sushi in a roll form") and nigirizushi ("hand-formed sushi"). However, in France where I live, people tend to say "Maki" for makizushi and "Sushi" for nigirizushi. I wonder if other western countries share the same pattern of shortening?
Antonin Caors
Antonin Caors - 7 years ago
Bonus fact: what we call "california rolls" are makizushi rolled inside-out, called uramakizushi, as opposed to the regular omotemakizushi. Bonus fact 2: what happens if you form a roll with your hand? a temakizushi, "te" meaning hand.
hilt m
hilt m - 7 years ago
Wait, I thought sashimi was raw fish served by itself? If you put raw fish on a sushi rice roll, that's sushi?
Twixieshores
Twixieshores - 7 years ago
Today I found out that TheLegend27 can hurl a boulder further than a catapult
fireaza
fireaza - 7 years ago
I ate a hamburg steak sushi the other day, so yeah, sushi absolutely isn't always raw fish. Though the best ones are!
See Min Lim
See Min Lim - 6 years ago
fireaza Even for raw fish sushi, sushi still isn’t raw fish! It’s like... for example not all Pizzas have cheese. So Pizza isn’t cheese. Even if the Pizza has cheese, Pizza still isn’t cheese!
Azure Nova's Video Game Music
Azure Nova's Video Game Music - 7 years ago
How about an episode on when people started saying Umami instead of Savory
God Emperor Lionel Lauer
God Emperor Lionel Lauer - 6 years ago
Umami is a very specific taste. 'Savoury' generally means salty, which is a different specific flavour. IIRC, 'umami' started being used in the west in the 80s, when Japanese cuisine started becoming popular here.
519 Forestmonk
519 Forestmonk - 7 years ago
0:30 that whole list I never eat. Raw only!
Sheldon Cooper
Sheldon Cooper - 7 years ago
This Channel is absolutely amazing. Fact's are on ball and the information is so abundant and thorough. Very very god job!
JimmyMartian
JimmyMartian - 7 years ago
Some sushi is made with raw fish. I see it all the time.
See Min Lim
See Min Lim - 6 years ago
Or, they meant it as Sushi does not refer to raw fish.
Reno
Reno - 6 years ago
What they meant to say was "Raw fish is not what defines sushi" [It's the rice].
Phillip Ech
Phillip Ech - 7 years ago
I kind of want to try sushi but I have absolutely no idea what to get. It's too daunting for me.
LilMrsAnime
LilMrsAnime - 7 years ago
Salmon anything is always absolutely delicious! For sure! It's my absolute favorite!
fireaza
fireaza - 7 years ago
Depends on the fish. Some fish are indeed chewy with a fishy taste, but salmon certainly isn't! Sushi is loved by people all over the world, I think chances are pretty good most people will like it once they try it!
Phillip Ech
Phillip Ech - 7 years ago
+fireaza so I've heard.
The thing that made me apprehensive to try it is that I imagined the texture to be slimy and chewy. But that's apparently not at all true. It's actually really soft, as you said.
fireaza
fireaza - 7 years ago
Salmon is fucking delicious, all soft and buttery. Makes cooked salmon look like a pile of crap! It's one of the most popular kinds of sushi in Japan.
Phillip Ech
Phillip Ech - 7 years ago
+LilMrsAnime Thank you! I'll have to go out and try some! What've I got to lose?
LilMrsAnime
LilMrsAnime - 7 years ago
A simple California roll is the easiest starting place for many. Tuna roll is a great place to start if you wanna start with raw fish. Nigiri sushi is the type with slices of meat (most often raw fish) placed on a small bit of rice (easy to start, my personal favorite is tuna and salmon nigiri).

These 3 are super easy starters. California roll, Tuna roll, and nigiri sushi
jpsousa4
jpsousa4 - 7 years ago
Reno has the best sushi in the United States. Prove me wrong.
Daniel Nunya Bidnezz
Daniel Nunya Bidnezz - 7 years ago
Yes... the majority of CHEAP "sushi" is fake or cooked fish. Go to a place where they actually get actual FISH and they will have many options that are not americanized crap.
Yausing Chan
Yausing Chan - 7 years ago
And the rice is well cooked and warm when you serve it.
wholeNwon
wholeNwon - 7 years ago
What is the risk of dangerous parasites in the U.S. ?
wholeNwon
wholeNwon - 7 years ago
+anythingnew One would hope, but, in the U.S., only about 60% is actually frozen first. This according to the NYT. Yes, it is an FDA "requirement". There is an exemption for tuna. In Japan, about 50% is frozen. So, when you eat raw fish, it's Russian roulette. Also, the freezing technique required to kill parasites is very specific. A day in your home freezer won't do the job.
anythingnew
anythingnew - 7 years ago
In the USA ALL fishes must be frozen before serving, so we are fortunate to have this law.
Saltpork305
Saltpork305 - 7 years ago
If the idea of eating raw fish freaks you out, you can 'dip your toe in the water' with sushi so to speak, order Tomago. It's a lightly seasoned omelette often incorporated in various forms of maki or nigiri. It's also delicious and one of my go to items for people new to sushi.
Joshua Stork
Joshua Stork - 7 years ago
Seriously who's country ass didn't know that sushi wasn't ANY dish served with raw fish??
Allan C-B
Allan C-B - 7 years ago
So this is the raw info on Sushi vs Shashimi eh?
Allan C-B
Allan C-B - 7 years ago
I don't eat sushi or shashimi but my comment was more of a pun.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Allan C-B agree like saying one side of a coin isn't a coin
Percy Miller
Percy Miller - 7 years ago
So you're telling me that the fresh salmon roll I get isn't fresh or raw? When I watch him cut it from the same filet as sashimi? Yeah, OK.
See Min Lim
See Min Lim - 6 years ago
/fp Actually, he told you nothing as you refused to hear any of it before commenting. He means ‘Sushi does not mean/refer to raw fish’.
William Krueger
William Krueger - 7 years ago
Percy Miller you do know most fish you buy in America is neither raw nor fresh unless you buy it from a fishmarket in a fishing town right?
D r . S p u d
D r . S p u d - 7 years ago
I have eaten raw giant octopus tentacle before. It was pretty weird.
D r . S p u d
D r . S p u d - 7 years ago
+anythingnew It was a cut piece of tentacle, not a whole one.
anythingnew
anythingnew - 7 years ago
That thing was huge! How do you eat it?
anythingnew
anythingnew - 7 years ago
Lol my first experience at a real sushi restaursnt involved staring at that oct tentacle behind the glass. It was like someone chopped off one of Nemesis' tentacles and left it there lol.
Kæðr
Kæðr - 7 years ago
Good video, but it should be called "Sushi is Not Always Raw". Sushi doesn't mean "raw fish", but most of the sushi at any good Japanese restaurant will contain raw seafood. Also, sashimi isn't necessarily seafood: it can be made from ANY meat...but yes, it is raw. Also-also, 'maki' (pronounced mah-kee, not maah-kee), meaning 'roll', is just short for 'makizushi' and refers so the standard rolled sushi, having nothing to do with cucumbers. Triple-also, Hanaya Yohei invented nigirizushi (where the topping it strapped to the rice rather than rolled in it), not makizushi.
See Min Lim
See Min Lim - 6 years ago
I’d correct you. Most Sushi actually do not contain raw fish. A huge portion do but most do not.

Also, for this case,’ Sushi is not raw fish’ is a title anyone who knew sushi does not refer to raw fish would prefer/use/think of, whereas for those who didn’t know it at first and watched the video, would likely think that the title is misleading as they had understood it wrongly earlier on as ‘the raw fish is actually not raw fish’.
I pin !!!
I pin !!! - 6 years ago
Make it simple ..sushi is flavored infused rice ...sushimi is japanese practice oef raw
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Stop
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
+Blackmark52 please no more.
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Mythical Munch You are hilarious. What are you trying to prove? That you can't read?

Look at your very own hand picked definition : a Japanese dish consisting of small balls or rolls of vinegar-flavored cold cooked RICE. Not raw fish, RICE! Your definition goes on to say that the dish, that is the RICE that is the Sushi, is SERVED WITH a choice of garnishes. Only ONE of which is given happens to be raw fish.

Thank you for proving the title true and accurate most definitively. Sushi is NOT raw fish.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
+Blackmark52​ I have read them everytime you comment. What's your point. Info man. Substance.

Just google it

su·shi

ˈso͞oSHē/

noun

a Japanese dish consisting of small balls or rolls of vinegar-flavored cold cooked rice served with a garnish of raw fish, vegetables, or egg.


Nuff said.

I said title is misleading. That is why. What the hell you do?

Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Mythical Munch Talk about talking in circles. You should try to read your post back to yourself : it'll make your head spin.

No where did I say sushi was just rice. The argument isn't even about what sushi is, or how it can be made, or what can be used on sushi. The argument is that raw fish is not called sushi, it's called sashimi. Pretty straight forward really. It's too bad you don't understand that sushi and sandwich are directly analogous in regard to rice and bread. But if that's too difficult for you so be it.

In the time since my last comment here, I've watched several videos posted by top Japanese sushi chefs. I'll continue to take their opinions on the matter.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
+Blackmark52​ cause when people order sushi they get nothing but rice. The point is that some sushi is raw. Circles. Just going in circles here. Like roast beef is a sandwich with bread but if you were served roast beef sandwich and the beef is raw you would be like hey sandwich broken. If you were served sushi as just rice you would be like hey sushi broken. Not oh your right sushi means just rice thank you. The video title is what to review. So when you comment it has a point. These are the thing we carry on our own while writing comments.


You can buy sushi with brown rice now. Also cheap sushi in Japan known as their fast food has a rice type noodle.... going in circles here. I agree you lost your position. If Japan calls it sushi. At the end of the day your argument is with Japan not me. I have not argued either. I gave my opinion. The general accepted definition. Finally actual facts. The reason why you feel it's an argument is stated in your last comment. Argument is hallow.
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Mythical Munch Not really sure what point your trying to make anymore. I'm not arguing whether or not the fish used in any particular sushi is raw. The point is that saying sushi is fish is like saying sandwich means roast beef because sandwiches are made with roast beef. The thing that makes a sandwich a sandwich is the bread. The thing that makes sushi sushi is the rice.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
+Blackmark52 yes red is not blue like not all sushi is raw. Red not blue, all sushi not cooked.
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Mythical Munch You accusing me of being ignorant on the topic is rich. Sushi is a Japanese word, misuse by any amount of English speakers ignorant of it's meaning isn't going to change it's meaning. Here's how to look at it : sashimi is not sushi, sushi is not sashimi, sushi can be made with sashimi, sashimi cannot be made with sushi. You have a sashimi dish and a sushi dish. They are dishes, only one is sushi, only one is sashimi. And, Red is NOT blue.
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
Way to move the goalpost. Of course sushi made with raw fish has raw fish, but that's not the topic. The title of the video is "sushi is NOT raw fish." i.e.: sushi does not MEAN raw fish. "
Kæðr
Kæðr - 7 years ago
@Blackmark52
I understand that it's also made with cooked meat and also vegetables, but my piece of argument that you quoted still stands as completely true. Ask someone who doesn't like sushi WHY they don't like sushi, they'll tell you "Cuz raw fish". Sometimes they know there are cooked and vegetable options, and many will eat those options, but that doesn't change the fact that the raw fish sushi is made with raw fish. The title of the video plays into people's grossed-outness of sushi that has raw fish in it by giving it a title that tells them "Don't be grossed out by the sushi that's made of 'raw fish'. It's not actually raw.".
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
+Blackmark52 words definitions change. If you order sushi you are not buying sour rice. A sushi bar is not known for their sour rice. You are being ignorant that is not a valid excuse for a cocktail title. We al know sushi is a roll of which includes rice. Not sour or white by the way there is brown rice too. Sushimi is a form of sushi as well. Here's a way of looking at it. A truck is a car. A sedan is a car. A truck is not a sedan. You have a red ball and a blue ball. They are balls only one is red or blue.

Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Schwarzorn As I said "sushi" refers to the sushi rice which is the foundation upon which sushi is made. The point of the title is one of definition. Sushi doesn't mean raw fish. The Japanese have a word for raw fish : it's sashimi.

Your argument that : ["Sushi is NOT raw fish" would mean to anyone: "the fish in sushi isn't raw; it's cooked" ] doesn't get you anywhere. Because sometimes the fish is cooked. It can be broiled, some pickled, or cooked in any manner whatever. In fact, toppings don't even have to be fish. And there are all kinds of vegetable sushis. Sushi is NOT raw fish.
Kæðr
Kæðr - 7 years ago
@Blackmark52
You can't get that from the title. Unless it was directed as some person who thot sushi was raw fish with no rice or seaweed attached. Who doesn't know what sushi LOOKS like? Be it rolled or flat, everyone surely knows it's fish and rice held together by seaweed. You just can't not know thanks to its popularity and appearance in media. "Sushi is NOT raw fish" would mean to anyone: "the fish in sushi isn't raw; it's cooked".
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Schwarzorn "it should be called "Sushi is Not Always Raw""

What is with you people? That point the title is making is that sushi is not even fish! It refers to the sushi RICE.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Schwarzorn yup. it's click bait
Ken Slaughter
Ken Slaughter - 7 years ago
To anybody other than a weaboo hipster, it's "savory."
Jake Stockton
Jake Stockton - 7 years ago
The best test for a sushi restaurant's quality is to eat their combo sashimi plate.
Michael Berthelsen
Michael Berthelsen - 7 years ago
Maki isn't cucumber rolls... Maki is the Japanese name for all rolls.
1Rekuiem
1Rekuiem - 7 years ago
Kappa
Etharah for Life
Etharah for Life - 7 years ago
Thank u
baguazhang2
baguazhang2 - 7 years ago
In the US, sushi must be flash frozen before serving to kill parasites, but according to our definitions this still counts as "raw". The one fish that does not need to be flash frozen and can be truly "raw" is tuna, since it's an extraordinarily clean fish that does not contain parasites.
Scott Wurcer
Scott Wurcer - 5 years ago
Most is flash frozen in liquid nitrogen in Japan also.
onen
onen - 5 years ago
Blackmark52 This reply actually addresses the video title in a useful and informative way instead of a pedantic way. “Sushi is NOT raw fish” had me looking for this response in the video and left me feeling disappointed. This video is about “Sushi is not EXCLUSIVELY raw fish” and misses a chance to inform people who don’t normally eat sushi that it isn’t ever truly raw.
Knight Glint
Knight Glint - 6 years ago
77LCJ Nah, people will still eat tuna regardless of the heavy metals.
D. N.
D. N. - 7 years ago
baguazhang2 I thought the fish meat was simmered over a fire or in hot water for a few seconds to kill off the parasites
Tyson Romaniuk
Tyson Romaniuk - 7 years ago
baguazhang2 and that's why I love tuna
77LCJ
77LCJ - 7 years ago
But unfortunately tuna contains heavy metal to the extent that consumption should be limited, and completely avoided by pregnant women. This will only get worse, but may - ironically - be what saves the tuna from extinction.
Rin615
Rin615 - 7 years ago
baguazhang2 Raw fish is often used to make sushi but sushi is not actually raw fish
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+baguazhang "sushi must be flash frozen before serving to kill parasites"

Way to miss the point of the video and feed into the misconception. Sushi isn't raw fish! So nobody anywhere flash freezes sushi because rice seasoned with vinegar, rice wine, and sugar doesn't have parasites.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
it's not raw it's cured
Patrick Massey
Patrick Massey - 7 years ago
baguazhang2 we have to irradiate the shit first here.
MrCordycep
MrCordycep - 7 years ago
Actually tuna still has the anisakis parasite.
Liam Goodison
Liam Goodison - 7 years ago
I could watch these videos for hours
zippadeedooday
zippadeedooday - 7 years ago
Maki is any roll. Cucumber roll is specifically called kappa maki.
Phlegethon
Phlegethon - 7 years ago
Your accent is fucking annoying
Jaime Duncan
Jaime Duncan - 7 years ago
Sam w so people from Texas are not "American" nor people from Colorado or NY? Standard American English is a construction , designed to be easy understood by most people from the USA, kind of "BBC english "
45bullshark
45bullshark - 7 years ago
Y'all are all cunts, chill the fuck out.
Sam w
Sam w - 7 years ago
Ghast, funny you criticise the american accent. Considering that american English is the most accent neutral, and therefore doesn't have an accent, you mong. Also american english is the best form of english lol you dumb weeb
dolfynmaster85
dolfynmaster85 - 7 years ago
DUK-82 Not all Americans are dicks. I've been watching this show for awhile as an American and I have no problem with anything on this channel.
Ghast the Otaku
Ghast the Otaku - 7 years ago
JJAB91 it's only natural to be in denial of the disgusting nature of your accent
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Phlegethon I kind of like his accent but then again this first vid I have seen and I am bias a bit cause I focus on content.
Ghast the Otaku
Ghast the Otaku - 7 years ago
Wow, an American of all people dares criticise the British accent?
American speech is possibly the most slurred, incoherent and generally ugly sounding speech on the fucking planet.
NonHomosexual Feline
NonHomosexual Feline - 7 years ago
DUK-82 That perfectly describes all of us Americans
JJAB91
JJAB91 - 7 years ago
Wow, what a dick.
Phlegethon
Phlegethon - 7 years ago
dumb brit.
Adam G. Manning
Adam G. Manning - 7 years ago
Phlegethon What, the English accent? In that case, please don't ever come here; we all speak like this.
bobtheduck
bobtheduck - 7 years ago
"We're looking at Sushi is not raw fish, that's sashimi"

The end.

I'm half joking. In order for Sushi to be legit, it has to have vinegared rice. That's it.
Anime Sekai
Anime Sekai - 6 years ago
Sushi is referring to the way that the rice is prepared with the vinegar. Nigiri is the shape that most people recognize as sushi. There are also maki rolls and handrolls.
ddt0889
ddt0889 - 6 years ago
Su Yuzhou The sweet taste comes from the sugar in the mirin, which is added to sushi rice.
xUdieToox
xUdieToox - 7 years ago
Still- if you get sushi with cream cheese in it, i will laugh at you
Su Yuzhou
Su Yuzhou - 7 years ago
Every place that sells sushi that I know of throws their left over ingredients at night, in large quantities. Therefore there is no need for preserving it, as everyone understands to eat them within the day. As for the rice, there is no sugar added. The sweet taste comes from your enzyme breaking down the rice which creates a form of sugar. Not even salt is supposed to be put in sushi rice.
HydeMyJekyll
HydeMyJekyll - 7 years ago
sushi boxes? any sushi I've ever had has been prepared fresh and served right away. not sure I'd eat any sushi packed for days on end.
Etharah for Life
Etharah for Life - 7 years ago
That's why they tell u to eat it right away? And if u mean like boxed sushi they obviously use other things to prevent it from creating mold so it tastes different
Oni Raptor
Oni Raptor - 7 years ago
if it was sugared the rice would get bacterial, mold and fungal growth very quickly.
Vinegar and salt would retard bacterial, mold and fungal growth.
Etharah for Life
Etharah for Life - 7 years ago
Vinegared, salted, sugared rice you mean.
H S
H S - 7 years ago
Yeah this is a pretty lame episode if you just read the descriptions on the sushi boxes I think you should know this.
Also I'm interested in why the ancient Japanese are so fine with throwing out rice when food was scarce.
Elkamyst
Elkamyst - 7 years ago
That's only one kind of sushi called nigiri. For example. Squares are rectangles, but rectangles are not squares. Nigiri is considered sushi, but not all sushi can be called nigiri. There are rolls and handrolls. There are cooked fish nigiri like eel too. Sushi in general does not mean raw, but it may contain raw fish depending on the type of sushi you ordered.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
bobtheduck but raw fish is still put on top of the rice.
Opposite Lock
Opposite Lock - 7 years ago
2:32 Are you telling me that fish isn't raw? Well, two seconds of cooking doesn't count as cooking.
anythingnew
anythingnew - 7 years ago
It's basically word play.
Yndostrui
Yndostrui - 7 years ago
sushi is vinegared rice with stuff of it - usually raw tuna.
No seaweed, that's only used it variants like makizushi.
Kleineganz
Kleineganz - 7 years ago
The point is that sushi isn't just raw fish. Sushi always has rice and seaweed, but then can be combined with raw or cooked fish, vegetables, and even egg. So yes sushi can have raw fish, but it's not exclusively raw fish.
Judson Joist
Judson Joist - 7 years ago
The cucumber roll is my fave. I love the salty/savory flave of seaweed.
Droopy Q
Droopy Q - 7 years ago
" I don't eat cook seafoods but I love sushi "
Varoon
Varoon - 7 years ago
But how is it cooked? It looks raw so probably steamed?
Uryendel
Uryendel - 7 years ago
The fish is raw, the point of the video is sushi doesn't mean it's composed of raw fish, it can be fermented, cooked or not even fish (also by the way, maki roll are uncommon in japan)
Sheepy007
Sheepy007 - 7 years ago
I think the title is a bit misleading. Basically what he is saying that Sashimi is Raw uncooked fish as a dish, no added ingredients, and Sushi is a different dish that may contain raw, but also cooked fish, meat or vegetables, depending on the kind.
Electron Pusher
Electron Pusher - 7 years ago
I think he's semi-correct. I'm 98% sure the "raw-looking" fish on rice you get in USA is generally briefly steamed but the original was with raw fish.
Karren Kuddlesberg
Karren Kuddlesberg - 7 years ago
Anyone into Ancient Greek recipes? A lot of raw fish involved, with a heavy use of olive oil, olives, lemons, herbs, possible some alcohol mixed in.
Aaron Reamer
Aaron Reamer - 7 years ago
+Dragon 9​ you can teach disgust reactions the exact same way Pavlov taught a dog to drool to a bell.

They aren't suggestions of anything evolutionary and can be taught through environment and classical conditioning. That disgust is yours personally and has very little to do with evolution. There are millions of way you could've picked it up but evolution is unlikely the cause of this pairing.
Aaron Reamer
Aaron Reamer - 7 years ago
+TheLordOfThePotatoes That's not entirely right. Humans are capable of eating raw foods. We've had cooking for a very long time but it wasn't necessarily used 100% of the time. Our bodies gradually adapted to take advantage of the benefits cooking provided while potentially sacrificing some efficiency with digesting raw foods however it's a relatively young adaptation and we haven't entirely gone in that direction.
TheLordOfThePotatoes
TheLordOfThePotatoes - 7 years ago
+simhopp humans are evolved to eat cooked food you donkey.
Bob Brawley
Bob Brawley - 7 years ago
Karren Kuddlesberg it was ancient Greek recipe that turned me off of raw fish .The Japanese raw recipe is equally to be avoided
Calsefire
Calsefire - 7 years ago
Maki are not cucumber rolls. Though, you get those versions too
dragoncatoverload
dragoncatoverload - 7 years ago
A kappa is a Japanese monster that in olden times was thought to drown people (now a days it's seen more as a cute mascot). You could appease it by carving the names of your family into a cucumber and throwing it into the river for the kappa to feed on.
Hence why Kappa Maki is a cucumber roll.
So pretty sure it's a Japanese invention.
PsychoIncarnate
PsychoIncarnate - 7 years ago
My grandfather lived in Japan and his favorite dish was always Kappa Maki
Michael Berthelsen
Michael Berthelsen - 7 years ago
+Gotwired Sorry, my bad. ;-)
Gotwired
Gotwired - 7 years ago
Michael Berthelsen No, kappa maki originated in Japan. You are thinking of California rolls and other contemporary rolls.
Michael Berthelsen
Michael Berthelsen - 7 years ago
ID:107 Ironically not a Japanese dish. US sushi, that one.
ID:107
ID:107 - 7 years ago
Calsefire Yes. Kappa maki is a cucumber roll. Maki is just any regular roll
Z M
Z M - 7 years ago
Chicken Teriyaki rolls, is also great. Your videos are always enjoyable.
bluewisdomtriforce
bluewisdomtriforce - 7 years ago
well sushi is often raw fish. Saying that is isn't is a bit inacurate, when what is ment is "not nessesarily raw fish"
See Min Lim
See Min Lim - 6 years ago
bluewisdomtriforce Sushi does not refer to raw fish is what he means. I know of a ton of American youtubers who call any sort of raw fish from a Japanese restaurant sushi, whereas the sushi without raw fish are not sushi to them.
DI LOO
DI LOO - 7 years ago
Remember fukushima? Do not eat this dear people!!! Japanese  fisherman are very angry...they say...we don,t eat it outself  but they export it to other countrys...I feel sorry for our japanese brothers and sisters! Love you All
remliqa
remliqa - 7 years ago
Ridiculous comment is just ridiculous.
Carson Welch
Carson Welch - 7 years ago
Pleas stop being so Received Pronunciation
jimpozcaner
jimpozcaner - 7 years ago
Your pronunciation is a bit off. Of course, the vowels of Japanese are not exactly the same as in English but there are better and there are worse approximations we could use.

Pronouncing "sushi" to rhyme with "pushy" would be more accurate. Also, "maki" should sound more like "mucky" not "macky".
Michael Berthelsen
Michael Berthelsen - 7 years ago
jimpozcaner I'd argue that both of those are pretty bad approximations...
jimpozcaner
jimpozcaner - 7 years ago
+Alynne nice
sacredsiren
sacredsiren - 7 years ago
Maki does not mean cucumber roll... maki just means roll in japanese and refers to any rolled sushi where the rice is on the inside and the nori is on the outside... kapamaki is cucumber roll
sststr
sststr - 7 years ago
The idea of fermenting/preserving fish via rice originates in China. But the Chinese went on to develop other methods of preserving fish and stopped using this rice method, but the Japanese kept doing it.
Marcel
Marcel - 7 years ago
Thanks, now I'm hungry!
Terinka14
Terinka14 - 7 years ago
i like the way he says umami
Amy Lorenzo
Amy Lorenzo - 7 years ago
I was work in an Asian take away and we use raw fish.
See Min Lim
See Min Lim - 6 years ago
The title means ‘Sushi does not mean or refer to raw fish’.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Amy Lorenzo no sorry. he made the video so you do not use raw fish now or ever. video made sorry. :P
anythingnew
anythingnew - 7 years ago
Sushi is the tree, sashimi is the branches.
Kleineganz
Kleineganz - 7 years ago
Raw fish is used for either, but sushi isn't always raw fish.
Varoon
Varoon - 7 years ago
Only for sashimis or also for sushis?
kght222
kght222 - 7 years ago
before watching, sushi is rice.
Kleineganz
Kleineganz - 7 years ago
actually it's a special kind of sticky rice, also known as sushi rice.
kght222
kght222 - 7 years ago
well, i meant that sushi is about the rice. it is the primary ingredient. high quality rice is what makes good sushi great.
Jason Thornton
Jason Thornton - 7 years ago
gohan is rice
Carlos Vasquez
Carlos Vasquez - 7 years ago
all lies
a1rh3add
a1rh3add - 7 years ago
May not be lies but he was wrong on quite a few things.
Kleineganz
Kleineganz - 7 years ago
Um no it wasn't.
Amy Carter
Amy Carter - 7 years ago
I love sushi.

Some of the best food I ever had was eaten using chopsticks.
Ahmad El-khatib
Ahmad El-khatib - 7 years ago
Oh my...sushi...fast food...:/
juan monge
juan monge - 7 years ago
when did "bait"become food for humans.
remliqa
remliqa - 7 years ago
Your comment is the definition of "bait", and we're biting.
Erik Hoevenberg
Erik Hoevenberg - 7 years ago
When did ''food'' become bait.
Jason Thornton
Jason Thornton - 7 years ago
not sure what your fishing for if Tuna and Swordfish aren't what your going for.
rideswithscissors
rideswithscissors - 7 years ago
In America, restaurants that serve sushi and sashimi are called sushi bars or sushi restaurants. I think this is also true in England. I think that has a lot to do with the confusion over sushi and sashimi.
Don’t Ask
Don’t Ask - 6 years ago
I wouldn't eat actual raw fish but cured fish is fine by me.
rideswithscissors
rideswithscissors - 7 years ago
I really do ride with scissors.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
rideswithscissors cool name by the way. takes it to a whole nother level
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
rideswithscissors yup a lot of people are turned off of raw sushi so they also call me Japanese restaurants and serve miso soup, tempura, fried scalaps, sides like pickled stuff, etc. when you go inside they all have sushi bars cause that is the real tradition.
Jason Thornton
Jason Thornton - 7 years ago
Also because Sashimi is a type of sushi and if you called it a Sashimi bar you'd be cutting out all the Sushi you might also want to serve. and in America we never call it the Hamburger, fries, or choice of salad restaurant, simple is usually best.
Randy Lunn
Randy Lunn - 7 years ago
How much sushi and sashimi fish has been radiated to kill bacteria, etc.?
wil edge
wil edge - 6 years ago
Randy Lunn if its from Japan then probably all of it
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Jason Thornton dirty
Jason Thornton
Jason Thornton - 7 years ago
same amount as the Tuna in that can in your pantry.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
one thing you forgot to mention is that the fish is actually cured
God Emperor Lionel Lauer
God Emperor Lionel Lauer - 6 years ago
Some is, but most isn't.
that_marc_guy
that_marc_guy - 7 years ago
Some is, some isn't.
Thomas M
Thomas M - 7 years ago
>1800's
>earliest forms of fast food

Bronze and stone age street food vendors would like to have a word with you.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
rice balls. ..
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
sticky buns. bento boxes.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Thomas M Raman was fast food too.
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
The concept of eating raw fish never really bothered me. Really this is the way I prefer it now.
After I started getting sick with ibs I had to be conscious of what I ate and how it affected me so as to now be sick every day all day. Sushi as it turns out is really gentle on my tummy and my go-to food for bad tummy days.
Camellia S.
Camellia S. - 5 years ago
Yea, but ithe raw sushi can contain parasites. Same as any raw meat. Just because it's fish, doesn't mean that it's 100% safe.
GBatT
GBatT - 7 years ago
When we eat salmon, it's quite common, for some of the salmon to go missing before baking it :) my son approves :)
mattie clement
mattie clement - 7 years ago
What happened to this thread!?!
MegaKaitouKID1412
MegaKaitouKID1412 - 7 years ago
I have a sensitive stomach and sushi sets it off, personally. I loved it so much, but when eating at any sushi restaurant had me bedridden for hours in pain, I had to stop.
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
21. Am I no longer allowed to use that word? Is it illegal for an older person to use that word?
Daisy
Daisy - 7 years ago
How old are you? I've just never heard anyone above the age of seven say "tummy" for stomach, let alone twice.
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
My doctor sent me to a gastroenterologist who automatically diagnosed me with IBS. After the medication he gave me didn't work I sought a better doctor that sent me for testing.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+Nor1MAL is right no doctor will refer anyone for the said examinations
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
Try colorectal cancer then
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+bleachsanchoblastk just tell them to fuck off
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
Sorry the tone was confusing. That's the problem with communication without vocal cues or facial cues. Just makes me hopping mad because at college or work when I have to call in because of a bad day I can audibly tell they're just rolling their eyes in contempt of a "faker". Fuck chronic illness, and fuck those who wont fucking understand that not all people who visibly appear healthy are.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+bleachsanchoblastk how do you think I bloody feel
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+bleachsanchoblastk how do you think I bloody feel
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
Still doesn't invalidate that I don't like to be told that what's wrong with me isn't a real disorder. My point is that I don't like to be told that all that I've been through isn't considered by the poster to be a "real" illness. On a regular basis people assume that I'm not "really" sick because I don't look like it. I'm tired of being invalidated by strangers who have no idea what I've been through.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+bleachsanchoblastk already been through that shit before you were in your dad's bag
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
I've been through a lot. Even a fucking esophageal endoscopy and colonoscopy procedure at the age of 20. However it isn't just some bullshit I've made up. I'd like you to keep your medical advice to yourself unless you know what it's like to be through a battery of tests and doctors before you're even old enough to fucking drink.
NorxMAL
NorxMAL - 7 years ago
To the ones here that have IBS: IBS is not actually an proper diagnose/disease/syndrom/etc, it's just a bunch of symptoms the doctors don't find the cause of. It can be undiagnosed case of crohns, celiac disease, any other known sickness or perhaps something that is yet to be identified. You might already know this, because people who get the "diagnosis" IBS would have had issued for quite some time to even get that "diagnose", that they realize IBS comes only after they weed out everything else essentially; some doctors just say it straight out too, and I suspect a lot of doctors will even say it if you ask about that. At least here.
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
My dad's sister is allergic to gluten so it's not a far stretch for it to be possible. However I haven't noticed a difference between the times I eat a lot of wheat products and when I eat none. However I might bring it up with my doctor at my next appointment.
MrGoatflakes
MrGoatflakes - 7 years ago
Have you tried not eating gluten? I had 15 years of IBS then by accident I found out that it was wheat making me ill. And yes I had tests to rule out celiacs. I was negative, but it turns out though although the worst cases of celiacs can be detected as early as infancy, it is still possible to be sick and test negative. The worse you are the more likely the most commonly used test is to be positive and false negatives are quite common.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+dra6o0n don't forget Japanese sushi chefs don't have your bog standard freezers
ryan shannon
ryan shannon - 7 years ago
dra6o0n the traditional sushi restaurant I went to in Japan was on the seafront and opened with the fish market and served traditional sashimi and sushi from fresh fish just caught they carved it in front of you, it was like no sushi you can get here
dra6o0n
dra6o0n - 7 years ago
When you cure or brine meat or protein, it technically is 'cooked', just not 100% cooked to the fullest.

When you cook a steak, you don't cook it until the redness is completely gone, because once the meat is light pink, it's technically cooked already.

Of which means that when you prepare meat and changes it's chemistry through heat or solution, you 'cooked' it in some form. This means pickling meat or vegetable is 'cooking' them, not the usual 'cooking' you see.

Because you could be 'cooking' a cold dish without using heat at all.

Today's Sashimi is generally carved, packaged, and frozen on the ship it's caught by. These giant factory ships are basically a giant freezer with workers inside operating electric knives and such to butcher fish meat.

It's only by freezing seafood that you kill off any parasites that would reside in the warm waters of the ocean.

When a sushi chef buys fish, he either gets a whole fish that's frozen, to thaw and butcher it himself, or buy portions to use in sashimi or sushi. They are always frozen so when they prepare to serve it, it is thawed in a small cool area to get soft enough for them to use. This is why in sushi restaurants the fish is served 'cold' as in chilly.
Some restaurants take a step further and will plate sashimi on top of ice to keep it's temperature low so bacteria don't form as quickly.

You can make cured/brined salmon yourself actually and it's not very hard if you buy fresh portions.
You brine thinly sliced portions in water with a chunk of salt dissolved in it, for up to 5 minutes, which will change the raw salmon's color of dark pink to a lighter pink color. Then you remove it and use a paper towel to dry it and store it in the fridge until you serve it. The salmon is a bit salty depending on how long you brine it for, but you wouldn't notice if you make sushi or rolls out of them and eat them with the usual soy sauce and wasabi paste.
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller - 7 years ago
bleachsanchoblastk i saw a show of some survival guy in a boat that said its okay to eat fish from the ocean. years ago
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
I've had rolls with tataki on them before. It's great. Not a big fan of beef usually but the rare kind of stuff is gentler on me. And I do happen to love prosciutto.
ryan shannon
ryan shannon - 7 years ago
NolePtr Beef Tataki is lovely..
=NolePtr
=NolePtr - 7 years ago
Try Gyuniku no Tataki. Only get it from a really, really high end source as it will make you sick otherwise. And try dry cured ham (technically raw, as it was never "cooked"), Prosciutto <3
Mike Jarrett
Mike Jarrett - 7 years ago
+GWR Productions 2014 Hereford did mine and i got 2 infections, glad it's gone though, hope alls well with yours.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+Mike Jarrett Swansea Trust fucked up twice
Mike Jarrett
Mike Jarrett - 7 years ago
+GWR Productions 2014 Did your removal fuck you up, i had mine 4 months ago and am still off work.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+Mike Jarrett you're not the only one who had one
Mike Jarrett
Mike Jarrett - 7 years ago
+GWR Productions 2014 I had an ileostomy bag and fried fish was just awful when i emptied it, never tried venison.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+Mike Jarrett venison is worse
Mike Jarrett
Mike Jarrett - 7 years ago
Stinks when it comes out though.
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
+ryan shannon it's cured not raw thickhead
ryan shannon
ryan shannon - 7 years ago
GWR Productions 2014 actually plenty of sushi are raw fish not just sashimi, I've been to sushi restaurants in Japan and it's nearly all raw fish not cured most of the vegetarian and cooked seafood are western creations not traditional sushi
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
+GWR Productions 2014 Yes I never said that sushi was raw fish. My original understanding was flawed but still the common assumption never bothered me.
bleachsanchoblastk
bleachsanchoblastk - 7 years ago
+Yash Deshpande I eat sashimi too. -_- I never said it was the fish being raw that was gentle on me. I said I never had problem with my original flawed understanding. After I tried it I found that it was gentle on my stomach. Maybe you should really read comment instead of commenting. Or maybe you're just stupid?
GWR Productions 2014
GWR Productions 2014 - 7 years ago
It's cured fish you pleb
Anonymous Candle
Anonymous Candle - 7 years ago
Not only that but i bet it's a lot better for you than most other things that's so easily prepared and picked up in a supermarket. I love Sushi and have found the same thing. It's great for off-days and filling too.
Molly Bennett
Molly Bennett - 7 years ago
one time when I was ridding in the car with my mom she asked me" do you want chop suei for dinner"
I replied with" No thanks I don't eat raw fish" thinking she had said sushi after laughing for a minute mom told me what she said again and it clicked
Pnospric
Pnospric - 7 years ago
Yo, so "maki" just means "rolled". "Kappa Maki" is rolled cucumber sushi. However, there is also maguro maki (rolled tuna), tamago maki (rolled egg), and an endless amount of other "maki"s made with other things. If you tell people to go order "maki", they won't necessarily get cucumber. They may get "raw" (not really raw) fish.
Zipp4Everyone
Zipp4Everyone - 7 years ago
Actually, Sashimi doesnt have to be fish. It can be almost any kind of sealife cut into thin slices (crab, clam, fish) But fish is the most common choice. AND the topping on the rice doesnt have to be cooked even if its crab or clam.
AND AND, The rice isnt the main ingredient in sushi, a good piece of sushi is considered wholesome and all parts are equally important.
Sam Paltiel
Sam Paltiel - 5 years ago
Zipp4Everyone mmm scallop sashimi
_Paws_
_Paws_ - 6 years ago
Fish = is a general term for any seafood unless name specifically (ex: shellfish such as mussels and clams)
Jonatan Luna
Jonatan Luna - 7 years ago
Blackmark52 Yeah but without the fish/other ingredients it's no longer sushi either, at which point it's almost onigiri.
Blackmark52
Blackmark52 - 7 years ago
+Zipp4Everyone "AND, The rice isnt the main ingredient in sushi"

Actually it is, in the sense that without it is isn't sushi because the name sushi comes from the use of sushi rice.
TheBaldr
TheBaldr - 7 years ago
From what I have seen, sashimi can be used to describe any raw meat cut into thin slices. I've often seen basashi (馬刺し) described as horse sashimi on menus(believe it or not it is quite common in Japan), as well as chicken sashimi, and on the rare occasion beef sashimi.
theuncalledfor
theuncalledfor - 7 years ago
+Carbon 12
Fish. Water-dwelling vertebrate that breathes primarily or exclusively through gills throughout its entire life. Alternatively, vertebrate whose ancestors have not evolved to live on land at any point.
Both exclude vertebrates that returned into the water after living on land, so water-dwelling reptiles and mammals are not counted as fish.

Then there's the cladistic definition, which includes all vertebrates, including the ones that live on land or whose ancestors adapted to life on land only to then return into the water. This one is not commonly used, however.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Zipp4Everyone very true crab is gelatinous if not cooked. good point
Carbon 12
Carbon 12 - 7 years ago
Fish is a generic term. There is no real characteristics of "fish" other than things that live in water.
Zipp4Everyone
Zipp4Everyone - 7 years ago
I know, but depending on the style of the sushi the rice may actually not be the main ingredient in that aspect either. I've had plenty of nigiri sushi where the fish is both bigger and more prominent in flavour than the rice, but i do get what you mean :)
geekbaritone
geekbaritone - 7 years ago
watching this made my mouth water wanting to go to my favorite sushi restaurant.
SingaporeTrackLizard
SingaporeTrackLizard - 7 years ago
Some lies in that. Maki is the type of roll not specifically the cucumber one.
PsychoIncarnate
PsychoIncarnate - 7 years ago
You don't see the irony in him misunderstanding a word while trying to correct a misunderstanding of another word?
fordhouse8b
fordhouse8b - 7 years ago
He didn't say that maki means cucumber roll, he mentioned "a variety of vegetarian sushi dishes, including the very popular maki cucumber roll." Pasta can refer to spaghetti, but obviously does not always do so, just like maki can refer to a cucumber roll, but just as obviously doesn't always do so. Yes, he kind of doubled up by using maki in and roll in the same sentence, but that is far more likely due to him not knowing that maki is literally the Japanese word for roll, probably originally as in scroll, as it apparently also means book or volume. So by adding roll onto the sentence he is merely describing what maki is. If he had said maki avocado (crab stick, smoked salmon, etc) roll, it wouldn't have meant that he was saying maki means avocado (crab stick, smoked salmon, etc) either.
sacredsiren
sacredsiren - 7 years ago
Ummmm.... yeah no... the presenter specifically said maki means cucumber roll, and it doesn't. Maki means roll and there are dozens of kinds of maki, so it doesn't equate to your "loaner word" example. You can use all the pretentious language you want, the reality is saying "maki" means cucumber roll is akin to saying the word "pasta" refers to spaghetti, when it just refers to any number of noodle shapes...
fordhouse8b
fordhouse8b - 7 years ago
Maki is so commonly used in English that it is reasonable to, at this point, consider it an English loanword. The same can not be said for kappa. When Japanese people use the word miriku ミルク (milk), instead of gyuunyuu ( 牛乳, the Japanese word), or bijinesu (business), I bet you don't tell them how other adjacent words in their conversation also need to be from English. How about hokupan 食パン with combines, within the same word, the loanword pan (bread) from french, with the japanese element shoku, to mean 'loaf of (usually white sandwich/pullman loaf) bread?' How inconsistent of them! The truth is, we can just take whatever we want from the Japanese language and use however we see fit, no payment or apology required, without even any fidelity to the original meaning. After all, manshon (mansion) is used in Japanese to refer to a (slightly upmarket) apartment building, and a feminisuto (feminist) traditionally refers a chivalrous man, who will pull out chairs and open doors for a woman. A feminisuto would probably even expect that the man always pays for dinner too! Language is malleable, and words are mutable. Even when literally written in stone, they are not figuratively written in stone.
Azht994
Azht994 - 7 years ago
In the video, the types of ingredients used are mentioned before the name of the sushi roll. Saying Maki followed by "cucumber rolls" should be changed to "Kappa" which is the word for cucumber to maintain consistency :)
fordhouse8b
fordhouse8b - 7 years ago
I dont think he meant to say that any maki are cucumber rolls, but that maki cucumber rolls, as opposed to say, maki tuna rolls, are a popular vegetarian sushi variety.
sacredsiren
sacredsiren - 7 years ago
No, not the same at all... Maki literally means roll in japanese and refers to any rolled sushi with the rice on the inside and nori on the outside, and in no way implies cucumber... cucumber roll is kapamaki... there are a lot of maki rolls... tekkamaki, for example, is raw tuna...
Pizzaman
Pizzaman - 7 years ago
It really irked me as a Japanese kid when watching American and British cartoons that referred to sashimi as sushi. Thank you for this.
Elder Lich
Elder Lich - 5 years ago
I recently saw a Japanese girl order cooked sashimi, it so funny to watch the chef was annoyed by it
Albinoblacksnake
Albinoblacksnake - 6 years ago
I'm not Japanese but I have been heavily exposed to Japanese culture due to my father being in the navy. This aggravates the shit out of me. hell out of
Adrastia
Adrastia - 8 years ago
Still makes me queasy. What with the inherent grossness of fish and all.
Ash
Ash - 7 years ago
Ironically fish can be eaten raw which makes it inherently less gross than something like chicken.
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Ghast the Otaku literally all in your head scientists have been agreeing that a water based diet may have been the key in the creation of our larger more productive brains. the omega oils and such.
Ghast the Otaku
Ghast the Otaku - 7 years ago
Fish has no more inherent grossness than regular meat does. It's purely subjective. It's all in your head. Your head. Zombie, zombie, hey, heey, heeeeey
Gautam Goraya
Gautam Goraya - 8 years ago
I'm going out to get some sushi!
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[Demonetized] [Demonetised] in my [Demonetized] - 8 years ago
I hate seafood :/
cleo ツ
cleo ツ - 8 years ago
At 0:56 did anyone see that roll at the bottom that has raw fish this stupid guy
William Zhu
William Zhu - 8 years ago
How old do you have to be for it to be safe to eat sashimi
Mythical Munch
Mythical Munch - 7 years ago
Pnospric lol. exactly.
Miles Bader
Miles Bader - 7 years ago
+Pnospric There's a reason I phrased it that way: "the raw fish in ... is really raw"

Clearly some fish used in sushi is processed, and that is quite obvious to the customer, from the look and taste. Examples including pickled saba, dzuke-maguro, the pickled river fish that's traditional in places like Nagano, unagi, various fish that are often braised, etc.

However much of the fish used in sushi and sashimi looks and tastes raw. My point in stating it that way was that such nominally raw fish really is raw, there isn't some kind of tricky behind the scenes processing taking place.

[A different issue is the use of freezing to kill parasites, which is common in cheap sushi, and even required by law in some places.]
Pnospric
Pnospric - 7 years ago
Quote: "The raw fish in sushi / sashimi is really raw. It isn't marinated, salted, or otherwise "cooked.""+Miles Bader
Miles Bader
Miles Bader - 7 years ago
+Pnospric I didn't say it was "all raw," as clearly that's not true: fish like saba are typically used in a "pickled" form, and some other fish are cooked, other fish are marinated in soysauce.  And historically, yes, sushi first came about as a byproduct of fish-preservation practices, and various methods of short-term preservation such as marination were more common before refrigeration.  Even today, "river" sushi is typically pickled (as I understand it, parasites are a much bigger problem in freshwater fish).

However in current practice, raw fish is the norm.

This isn't hard to see for yourself.  Not only does preparation like marination change the flavor, color, and texture of fish quite distinctly , but you can go to a restaurant, or a fishmonger, etc, and see them prepare sashimi, starting from the whole fish.

The issue with mercury is the amount: large top-of-food-chain fish have a great deal more of it than smaller fish, as mercury accumulates up the food-chain.
Pnospric
Pnospric - 7 years ago
+Miles Bader Mercury is in fish regardless of how it's cooked, and it won't hurt you if you have it occasionally.  It's only an issue if you eat fish frequently, sushi or otherwise.  And no, it's not "all raw".  They do often prepare the fish before-hand in some manner, although the way they do or how much they do depends on the restaurant and the type of fish.  It's usually for flavor, and they try to preserve the texture.  In fact the first type of sushi (or "zushi") was fermented in rice.  It wasn't raw at all, and the rice was discarded.
Miles Bader
Miles Bader - 7 years ago
+Elazul2k  You should be a little careful, because certain types of fish commonly used in sushi, like maguro, can contain significant amounts of mercury (for the same reason fish like swordfish do: they can grow very large and are near the top of their food-chain).

I believe it's generally recommended that you don't eat such types of fish daily (there have been cases of mercury poisoning in people consuming maguro very frequently); in the case of small kids, I dunno, but I presume one should be even more careful. [I vaguely recall seeing a recommendation that pregnant women not eat maguro more than once every six weeks....but take this with a grain of salt.]
Elazul2k
Elazul2k - 7 years ago
My three year old likes sushi so I don't think there is a minimum age. My oldest hoovers up sashimi like a vacuum. Got to watch out with her cause if you turn your back it's suddenly gone lulz...
Miles Bader
Miles Bader - 7 years ago
Pnospric .... The raw fish in sushi / sashimi is really raw. It isn't marinated, salted, or otherwise "cooked."

At high quality sushi restaurants, especially in Japan, one of the most important elements of the chefs' training is learning to identify and deal with fish parasites. Cheap sushi, on the other hand, usually uses fish that has been frozen, and the freezing kills the parasites (but also affects the taste).

Some particular varieties of fish are typically marinated or otherwise cooked or processed before using in sushi, e.g. saba goes bad very easily, so is usually pickled in vinegar or something (not sure the details)... It's very easy to identify these by taste!

Some of the best sushi comes from just-been-killed fish, and sometimes even still moving....
Pnospric
Pnospric - 7 years ago
+John von Shepard That is just fear mongering. Some of this may be true if you tried to make it at home, but sashimi and sushi (made properly) are not actually raw. It is cooked much in the same way as ceviche, usually by marinating it in vinegar or rice wine. This kills off bacteria and most parasites. Plus sushi is highly regulated in Japan, and won't make you sick.
Pnospric
Pnospric - 7 years ago
In Japan they do frequently feed sashimi and sushi to young children. However many japanese children, and adults, don't like the raw fish so it's not as common as many think. Some kids do like it though. Sufficed to say, if you are old enough to eat steak, you can eat sashimi. Also, sashimi and the "raw fish" in sushi are in fact "cooked" just not with heat. They are often marinated in vinegar, rice wine, or salted in some way to make them "safe" as well as palatable. Much in the same way ceviche is cooked in lime juice.
John von Shepard
John von Shepard - 7 years ago
+William Zhu Yup.
William Zhu
William Zhu - 7 years ago
+John von Shepard broooo did you get that from wikipedia???
John von Shepard
John von Shepard - 7 years ago
As a raw food, sashimi can result in foodborne illness when bacteria or parasites are present; for example, anisakiasis, is a disease caused by the accidental ingestion of larval nematodes in the family Anisakidae, primarily Anisakis simplex but also Pseudoterranova decipiens.[7] In addition, incorrectly prepared Fugu fish may contain tetrodotoxin, a potent neurotoxin.

Another type of food borne illness that could occur after consuming tainted sashimi is Diphyllobothriasis. This disease is an infection within the intestines that occurs when the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum is consumed. Common fish such as trout, salmon, pike, and sea bass harbor this parasitic larvae in their muscles. Due to the new innovation of the chilled transport system paired with the salmon and trout consumption, an increasing number of cases have been recorded annually in northern Japan due to the spread of this disease. [8]

Traditionally, fish that spend at least part of their lives in brackish or fresh water were considered unsuitable for sashimi because of the possibility of parasites. For example, salmon, an anadromous fish, is not traditionally eaten straight out of the river.[citation needed] A study in Seattle, Washington, showed that all wild salmon had roundworm larvae capable of infecting people, while farm-raised salmon did not have any roundworm larvae.[9]

Freezing is often used to kill parasites. According to European Union regulations,[10] freezing fish at −20 °C (−4 °F) for 24 hours kills parasites. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends freezing at −35 °C (−31 °F) for 15 hours, or at −20 °C (−4 °F) for 7 days.[11]

While Canada does not federally regulate freezing fish, British Columbia[12] and Alberta[13] voluntarily adhere to guidelines similar to the FDA's.[citation needed] Ontario attempted to legislate freezing as part of raw food handling requirements, though this was soon withdrawn due to protests by the industry that the subtle flavors and texture of raw fish would be destroyed by freezing. Instead, Ontario has decided to consider regulations on how raw fish must be handled prior to serving.[14]

Some fish for sashimi are treated with carbon monoxide to keep the flesh red for a longer time in storage. This practice can make spoiled fish appear fresh.
William Zhu
William Zhu - 7 years ago
+Rashdan Mohamed Thx
An-akwardperson
An-akwardperson - 8 years ago
whelp now I know why I had trouble after eating mixing up sushi with Sushime
Michael Isidro-Hernandez
Michael Isidro-Hernandez - 7 years ago
*Sashimi
Dead Bread Depression 2
Dead Bread Depression 2 - 8 years ago
That title is a little narrow, as to imply that all sushi is not raw, when nigiri, sashimi, or maki most definitely are made raw. (most of the time.)
Chill
Chill - 8 years ago
i never ate sushi but i really want to try it
problem is that only my sister go out and eat sushi cuz shes OLDER!!!!!!!!THAN MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! like WTF DUDE!!!!!!!!!
SO SHE CAN JUST GO OUT AND EAT WITH MY COUSIN suuuuuushiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii and i get so pissed cuz am only 12 and shes 16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Giggles
Giggles - 8 years ago
You can try asking her if, while she's out, she can order some for you to-go. Most restaurants will wrap up a meal in a to-go container for their customers if they request it. That way, you can try good sushi instead of settling for gas station or liquor store sushi.

Btw, sushi is really good! It comes in many varieties. Some good ingredients to try are: fried blue crab, fish roe, avocado, crab, lobster, eel, eel sauce. (all my fav ingredients!) Eel sauce isn't sauce made from eel, it's a sauce that goes well with eel. It's made with soy sauce, mirin, and sugar, and it's heated up, but when served, it's cooled down. Don't be put off by eel, because it tastes REALLY good, not fishy at all. It has a great umami flavor.

Bon appétit! :)
Amigo Chevere
Amigo Chevere - 8 years ago
If it's not fresh rice I won't eat, and I've seen suhi made for quite some days
wysiwyg43
wysiwyg43 - 8 years ago
Great. Now, I got a hankering for some sushi, miso soup and sake. Thanks, TIFO. I know the perfect place. #4thmeal
D4NNY W4YNE
D4NNY W4YNE - 8 years ago
too much info how is sushi not raw fish?
Ameretsu Shidori
Ameretsu Shidori - 7 years ago
hahahaha perfect
D4NNY W4YNE
D4NNY W4YNE - 8 years ago
forgive the ignorance, a once confused westerner now understands :)
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 8 years ago
Too much info... Yet you want more info. TLDR; sushi is not raw fish.
Otis L. Richardson
Otis L. Richardson - 8 years ago
I dont know what "western world" you live in but there is raw fish with rice. its called nigiri. yes there is just raw fish but that is sashimi. Also maki or rolls also commonly had raw fish in it.
I Need That Shit
I Need That Shit - 8 years ago
Sashimi isn't necessarily raw fish either. It can be but not all sashimi is made from seafood.
Edward V.
Edward V. - 8 years ago
Thanks to this video, I now have the desire to eat sushi.
GBatT
GBatT - 7 years ago
Had some today.. want some tomorrow :)
Sam w
Sam w - 7 years ago
No, they might as well be sushi, and they're fucking nasty.
pianotm
pianotm - 7 years ago
+bebbb ccc Trying to be really patient here. There is a difference between raw fish and cooked fish. FISH DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RAW TO BE SUSHI. California rolls are not sushi! They are maki! If you've only ever had California rolls, you've never had sushi.
Sam w
Sam w - 7 years ago
Right? It would be nice if people could understand what I'm trying to say. Anyways, EXACTLY, CALIFORNIA ROLL=SUSHI. SUSHI=FUCKING NASTY
pianotm
pianotm - 7 years ago
+bebbb ccc Dude! Some basic English comprehension would be nice. He said it doesn't require raw fish to be considered sushi! California rolls have NO fish. They're strictly vegetarian.
Sam w
Sam w - 7 years ago
Dude, he says in the video that it doesn't require raw fish to be considered sushi.
pianotm
pianotm - 7 years ago
+bebbb ccc The point is you're telling us something nasty when you've technically never even eaten it. Sushi is chilled fish. It's not the rice or what's rolled in it: it's the fish itself.
Sam w
Sam w - 7 years ago
I'm aware. What's your point?
pianotm
pianotm - 7 years ago
+bebbb ccc Dude...California rolls don't even have fish in them...
Sam w
Sam w - 7 years ago
sushi is nasty yo. I tried a california roll and wanted to die
pianotm
pianotm - 7 years ago
I haven't had sushi in over a month, and I'm losing my mind. I need spicy tuna! And I want salmon sashimi!
Maxwell_ Edison
Maxwell_ Edison - 7 years ago
I.. Is that irony? I don't.. think so?
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 8 years ago
+Edward V. You're welcome.
Sushi-Liebhaber
Sushi-Liebhaber - 8 years ago
Good video, very well explained! Impressive how the rice changed from being the preservative to the main ingredient.
One correction: maki (0:41) is not cucumber rolls but rolls in general.
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 8 years ago
+Sushi-Liebhaber Oh, thanks for the correction!
xB-DeathKnell
xB-DeathKnell - 8 years ago
Either way, it sucks. Cheeseburgers!
iooi
iooi - 8 years ago
Try to find out why rainy sound is soothing and comforting and makes some of us sleep better. Is it to do with evolution or how it makes us remember rainy sound as a child.
Brian H
Brian H - 8 years ago
Informative; but my stomach still can't handle sushi.
Brian H
Brian H - 8 years ago
+Today I Found Out  My body does not process the omega--3 fish oil found in fish. Also, the low amounts of mercury found in fish will really mess up my stomach.  Best to just stay away from it.
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 8 years ago
+Brian H What about sashimi? ;)
Galfonz
Galfonz - 8 years ago
Yea, a list show that actually does research.
elilovestrains
elilovestrains - 6 years ago
So If i eat sushi I will get parasites?.......
Psyentist
Psyentist - 7 years ago
Fermented is not the same as raw. You're welcome.
Ron Devon
Ron Devon - 7 years ago
jadekayak01 If you're going to criticize others for their spelling, at least have some CREDIBILITY.
shechshire
shechshire - 7 years ago
+jadekayak01 More temper tantrums? Oh you found a typo, Wanna a cookie? lol pathetic... I would except the moron who doesn't know what a typo is or how to put two and two together is also not by surprise a basic bitch who lives in a fantasy world where ONLY his self-centered simpleton definitions exists. Sorry buddy but the entire world disagrees with you including this video. Of course, I doubt you could have possibly even payed attention considering the level of arrogance you have.
jadekayak01
jadekayak01 - 7 years ago
shechshire then why dont you send that sentiment to the moron that used "roles" instead of "rolls"

trying to sound like you know it all and fucking up that badly lends no credability
shechshire
shechshire - 7 years ago
jadekayak01 "roll" as in the form that sushi comes in... Boy, you must have degree from Harvard.
jadekayak01
jadekayak01 - 7 years ago
LiquidTang well-to start with,thais and laoations-larb moo dib(uncooked pork larb ) and larb gai dib(uncooked chicken larb)

there are also raw pork sausages in isan(north eastern thai) food.


im very sure other cultures eat raw pork too but i wont
jadekayak01
jadekayak01 - 7 years ago
shechshire what do you mean by "roles"

is there a sushi role playing game of some sort-your comment makes no sense(and its impossible to be a typo)
Sylvia Benoit
Sylvia Benoit - 7 years ago
california roll......
shechshire
shechshire - 7 years ago
+jadekayak01 Sorry but you're confused... Do you realize that even in Japan they serve these roles? Modern sushi practiced all over the world is using all kinds of innovative ingredients including cooked and smoked meats. What you're talking about is "traditional japanese sushi" but honestly if you payed any attention to the video you would realize that, THAT TOO was also an invention and not the original form of sushi.
shechshire
shechshire - 7 years ago
+LiquidTang They only serve that cooked obviously. Same thing with eal and salmon. Their are many traditional meats that are in cooked in non traditional sushi.
LiquidTang
LiquidTang - 7 years ago
Who eats raw pork and chicken? sounds like a good way to get parasites
jadekayak01
jadekayak01 - 7 years ago
sorry but sashimi is only raw fish thinly sliced-not beef,chicken,pork or other stuff.

nigiri,and making are the 2 predominant types of sushi-which has a much broader,inclusive description.

Californian sushi is still a form if maki that is highly distinctive and fits the description perfectly but us not a traditional sushi
shechshire
shechshire - 7 years ago
+Sylvia Benoit Sushi is sushi regardless of how traditional the ingredients may be or not. Of course a california roll is sushi.
TriP TriP
TriP TriP - 7 years ago
I agree, Sushi, Nigiri, and Sashimi, each is delegated as Sushi in proper Sushi Restaurants though, sashimi, least in American notice tends to mean raw meat other than fish in thin slices while chilled.
I feel this subject barely touched the meanings of sushi. (both in true old and new forms, along with american variation which this one seemed more stuck on)
Sylvia Benoit
Sylvia Benoit - 7 years ago
A california roll is not sushi....and as fare as i'm concern, sushi is
not from the west so why base sushi on a western perspective.
Fermentation is not the same as being cooked and you will not find one
reputable sushi chef say that sushi should have more than 5 ingredients
and not be as fresh as fresh can be.
Philip Cooper
Philip Cooper - 7 years ago
There are about many videos of this sort out there, that predates this one. TIFO channel does what others do, recycle the youtube content and profit of it, not bringing anything new.
Yonas Getu
Yonas Getu - 7 years ago
I understand that there's good research in these videos, but they're most definitely not "list videos." I wouldn't even put them in the same genre. These focus on one topic and explore it in depth, while "list videos" countdown items that fit within the topic.
jadekayak01
jadekayak01 - 7 years ago
no it would not.
nigiri is nothing more than a type of sushi whereas sashimi is actually raw fish
Yizhou Zhu
Yizhou Zhu - 7 years ago
nigiri just means hand pressed, there are also tamago nigiris, which don't even have fish.
Kalimuri
Kalimuri - 7 years ago
I know this is an old comment but wouldn't it be better to compare sushi to nigiri rather than sashimi in this situation?
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 8 years ago
+Galfonz Thanks Galfonz :).
BobEckert56
BobEckert56 - 8 years ago
Another interesting winner. I should start one of these for computing history. I've lived through the entire arc and used and programmed nearly ever major kind from personal to supercomputer.
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 8 years ago
+BobEckert56 I love some of the tech shows on YouTube, one with a history focus would be fun.
Andras Petersen
Andras Petersen - 8 years ago
generally served cold.. i am getting goosebumps.
Ryad Arlan
Ryad Arlan - 8 years ago
+Yeison Garcia That's revenge and as Sun Tzu says, Prepare 2 dishes.
Yeison Garces
Yeison Garces - 8 years ago
+Andras Petersen Like vengeance.
Brian George
Brian George - 8 years ago
Wow! Once again today I found out something really interesting. Thank you for all your hard work and for all the videos. This is definitely one of the best channels on YouTube.
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 8 years ago
+brian george Thanks Brian!! Glad you think so.
Stefan Travis
Stefan Travis - 8 years ago
Five Basic Tastes Myth Alert!

The tongue can detect around 50 distinct flavour-basics, and the nose around 500 - all in many possible combinations. But research is ongoing, so we don't know the exact number.
Carbon 12
Carbon 12 - 7 years ago
6 basic tastes chris.
Chris B.
Chris B. - 8 years ago
+Stefan Travis Disprove the theory. Show me some scientific evidence. Taking the word of some random Internet dude would be dumb. Everything I've found supports it. Show me something that disproves it.
Stefan Travis
Stefan Travis - 8 years ago
+Chris B. You're confusing the physiological existence of receptors with the subjective experience of taste.
Chris B.
Chris B. - 8 years ago
+Stefan Travis That doesn't, at all, prove or disprove the general idea of the 5 Basic Tastes. All you just said is that the tongue is capable of taste.
Stefan Travis
Stefan Travis - 8 years ago
+Chris B. There are ~50 types of receptors, evenly spread over the tongue. Each is stimulated by a narrow range of substances, eg glutamine and monosodium glutamate trigger the same receptor.

That's what is meant by a "basic taste".
Chris B.
Chris B. - 8 years ago
+Stefan Travis It's not a myth because a myth is a widely held but false belief or idea; or a misrepresentation of a truth (among other definitions). This is neither. When we're talking about the "basic tastes" we're not talking about a limit on what the tongue can taste we're just talking about what the tongue is especially sensitive to. Those that can taste the upper limits of what the tongue can taste are referred to as "supertasters" and they are a minority. The word "basic" here says it all. By definition basic can mean "offering or consisting in the minimum required" or "common to or required by everyone" which is something the '5 Basic Tastes' embody pretty well.

I've found no scientific evidence that the 5 basic tastes are a myth. If you can prove me wrong, I'll gladly take the lesson however.
MidnightSundowns
MidnightSundowns - 8 years ago
+Stefan Travis Wow... Was completely about to call this out, but thank you for beating me to it!
Eddie Oda
Eddie Oda - 8 years ago
Wow! You guys really did good! Yup that's about what sushi is and would be great if you guys could go more into Japanese cuisine.
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 8 years ago
+Eddie Oda Thanks Eddie.
Shawn Ransom
Shawn Ransom - 8 years ago
Well this is an eye opener.
Mollof
Mollof - 8 years ago
I knew it.
bot in action
bot in action - 8 years ago
What happened to the other guy?
Today I Found Out
Today I Found Out - 8 years ago
+JOxi Bronko Daven and I (Simon) are sharing the presenting duties. Right now Daven is taking the Sunday show, while I'm handing the rest :)

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