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[Prize Gotti]

One thing I know is that Americans love sauces. Take something white like potatoes, chicken, bread and soak it with some type of sauce.

I make sushi for a living and I've seen people put ketchup on them. I find that to be very low-class or maybe even narrow minded.

I'm not and was not trying to attack Dogmatic on this one. Put ketchup on it if you want. My point was - lets look at how the food is prepared.

We'll take sushi for example. Firstly, the word Sushi simply refers to vinegar+rice. That is what sushi is and has been for over a 100 years. The improvisation and the cultural fusion is done with adding different stuff with the sushi. NOT using brown rice because you're on a low-carb diet or some other bullshit. The white rice sticks, that stickiness keeps the rolls and the nigiris intact - THAT'S SUSHI. The vinegar used isn't plain vinegar. Various indgridience are mixed for better flavor - this depends on the restaurant but I would say the vinegar alone has about 7 different tastes fused together. Then of course you have the wasabi which adds the wonderful tasteful kick. Some fish has natural flavors that will taste fine without any additional flavoring - others require a tiny bit of soy sauce.

So, you got this eatable works or art in front of you with lots and lots of flavors with-in it. Do you really want to shit on it by pouring ketchup on it and erasing those flavors? I hope not. I don't bust my ass so you can enjoy ketchup rice.

Chicken is bland. We know this. Yeshua had a thread about it not too long ago actually. It would make sense for someone to use ketchup. But I believe in alternatives - that's why I mentioned the words "marinated" along with "garlic butter". Let the chicken marinate for an hour before you grill it. I prefer soy sauce with mirin (or other sweetners.. maybe honey). throw some finely diced garlic and ginger and BAM.. you get a simple grilled chicken with good flavors. And the garlic butter of the asparagus adds a very nice touch.

As far as the sushi goes - i don't know why people want to put ketchup on sushi, it looks silly and almost offensive from my side of the counter.

im going to make Sushi this weekend, but when looking for some "how-to's" online, every single fucker uses Cucumbers, i'm sorry but Cucumbers are the scum of the vegetation world and i refuse to put that shit in my food. Could you suggest a good variation? Maybe some spring onion or something else?

Thanks.


P.S. Gerkins are from the same family as Cucumbers and they should be made extinct aswell.

 

[S. Fourteen]

-Ripe green apples with something mildly spicy
-Takuan raddish (if you can find one)
-Steamed asparagus with cilantro, cream cheese and avocado

Sliced spring onions would be good with something like canned albacore tuna mixed with a little mayo, mustard, honey, ginger and lemon juice.

Other than that, you can try adding whatever you wish. We often fool around at work by adding things like mini corn dogs (BUT NO KETCHUP). How about beef sushi? If you can find some Yakiniku sauce, marinade some thinly sliced ribeye before grilling or cooking in a pan. I like to add sliced spring onions and bean sprouts to even things out. I would lay a lettace leaf on top of the rice so that the sauce won't soak into the rice. Spam with pineapple and a bit of egg salad -- I call this one the picnic roll because it's an entire picnic in one bite.

 

[Prize Gotti]

-Ripe green apples with something mildly spicy
-Takuan raddish (if you can find one)
-Steamed asparagus with cilantro, cream cheese and avocado

Sliced spring onions would be good with something like canned albacore tuna mixed with a little mayo, mustard, honey, ginger and lemon juice.

Other than that, you can try adding whatever you wish. We often fool around at work by adding things like mini corn dogs (BUT NO KETCHUP). How about beef sushi? If you can find some Yakiniku sauce, marinade some thinly sliced ribeye before grilling or cooking in a pan. I like to add sliced spring onions and bean sprouts to even things out. I would lay a lettace leaf on top of the rice so that the sauce won't soak into the rice. Spam with pineapple and a bit of egg salad -- I call this one the picnic roll because it's an entire picnic in one bite.

the apple sounds nice, do you think it will go well with the crab? im gonna do a cali roll with the crab and do a maki style one with some salmon, i may try the springs onion in that. I can get most of the ingrediants you mention, well im pretty sure i can at the Japanese/Chinese supermarket when I get my sweets from.

thanks!