short_round Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 I love good sushi. If it smells, it isn't fresh! Some of it tastes really bad. Don't eat enough of it to no which I like and don't like. TXAG You must try the Uni. It's sea urchin if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdj Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 I think all of you folk should continue to hate sushi ... 'cause it means more for those of us who do like it and it's hard to find enough good quality fish Incidentally, if you've eaten in an "all you can eat place", that's more properly described as "rotting low quality raw fish" than sushi and I can certainly understand hating that On the other hand, really fresh fish selected and prepared by someone who knows what they are doing is sheer extacy. Given the delecate sensibilities displayed here, I probably shouldn't mention eating raw sea-urchin in the greek islands, picking them up of the ocean floor, turning them inside out and biting <censored - since there have already been enough hurling sounds in this thread>. What I don't understand is how people can eat raw beef (Steak Tartar) <shudder!> (or cooked beef from my perspective but that is at least mainstream) Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_round Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Incidentally, if you've eaten in an "all you can eat place", that's more properly described as "rotting low quality raw fish" than sushi and I can certainly understand hating that There is an "all you can eat" place in Reno. It's not buffet style. Basically you keep ordering and they make it and bring it out to you. The only difference from a "restaurant" style place is that they only charge one price instead of keeping score for each order. Maybe we can arrange a trip. What I don't understand is how people can eat raw beef (Steak Tartar) <shudder!> (or cooked beef from my perspective but that is at least mainstream) The only time in my life I've had Kobe beef, it was served sliced very thin and totally raw. WOw ... best beef I've ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 $9.95 all-you-can-eat sushi place for lunch. We all eventually got sick, but, darn, it was cheap! Durrr!!! All you can eat sushi is like every other oxymoron on the planet! When in doubt don't do it! Go to a restaurant. If you're up for a challenge. Go for the blowfish. What is it, like 1 out of 10,000 die! Sweeeet! Salmon Skin and Spicey Tuna rule!!! Rich Alvin - Next time you're in Vegas, go to the Orleans. Incredible sushi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 You must try the Uni. It's sea urchin if I remember correctly. I have eaten a LOT of sushi that I really loved but I don't need to ever eat Uni again. The texture, which is like regurgitated baby food, and the color, pale baby shit, just don't sit right with me. The flavor was actually okay but the other two combined to make it a no-go for me. -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_round Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 If you're up for a challenge. Go for the blowfish. There's a place in San Jose's Santana Row that serves this. Interestingly enough the place is called The Blowfish. Beaucoup buck$ though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 EricW, there are plenty of non-raw-fish eating opportunities at a sushi restaurant. Raw quail eggs, raw shrimp, cooked shrimp, BBQ freshwater eel, sea urchin, octopus... I stick to the fish and cooked shrimp, though I will eat the eel (unagi). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 I would not eat sushi in a box. I would not eat sushi with a fox. I would not eat sushi near a mouse. I would not let sushi in my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I would not eat sushi in a box.I would not eat sushi with a fox. I would not eat sushi near a mouse. I would not let sushi in my house. Just for the record Eric, sushi is the rice part. Putting flora or fauna, raw or cooked on it makes it a type of sushi. And it's all good! (fresh and properly prepared....) I like the quail egg on the tobiko for desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 I would not eat sushi if you called it grouse. I would not eat it to nail Lindsay Crouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Mmmm Unagi. I love that stuff. Being raised on a freshwater eel farm didn't have anything to do with it. BBQ is the best way to eat them. Raw fish is nothing. What about the sicko's that eat monkey brains? The monkey is still alive and kicking underneath the table. Talk about nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I would not eat it to nail Lindsay Crouse. Pretty amazing that anyone else out there knows who she is..... Hang tough ----If it's alive and walks, flies or swims it ought to be cooked before being consumed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Rest assured you naysayers ... just because YOU can't smell fish when it's "fresh" doesn't mean the rest of us can't. It's nauseous when it's fresh and only gets worse as time goes by! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 As I said in the other topic, raw fish is wrong. Raw meat of any kind is wrong. Eating seaweed on purpose is wrong. It's all just so incredibly wrong that wrong isn't a strong enough word for how wrong it really is. Yeah, I know what you mean Rhino. It's like that time I was driving through Boulder and saw two boys walking down the street a holdin' hands. You can't really describe it. But, somehow.... you just know it ain't right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Excuse me, but I think I'm going to be ill... (insert puking emoticon again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 I would not eat raw fish in a hidden lair. I would not eat it if held at gunpoint by a bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Again Thanks for not eating it and keeping the prices down. I would have made it a clever Dr Suess rhyme but I just ain't that clever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 If you're up for a challenge. Go for the blowfish. What is it, like 1 out of 10,000 die! The ultimate in raw fish connoisseurship is blowfish liver. In Japan, you have to have a special license to prepare it, and eating it is still at your own risk, as you can't eliminate all the neurotoxins in the liver. Actually, the very brink is to have the liver prepared so that you just get a little tingle or numbness in your lips and tongue from what is left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 I would not eat an uncooked fish, for I do not care for foods that squish. [The poem shall continue as long as people keep telling me how good sushi is.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 You can get the same "fun" tingle from licking a Cane Toad (Bufo marinus). The toxin that these toads secrete from their parotid glands (the large glands on the sides of the head posterior to the ear canal) is extremely close to the toxin in blowfish. These are readily available in Florida, Australia, etc. I mucked about with the toxicology of these toads for awhile as an undergrad. It isn't as bad as many of the other neurotoxins but it isn't fun. This one acts primarily on the respiratory system (same as the blowfish) so you get to turn blue and suffocate to death, slowly. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Eric, the advice given in "The Book" of staying open and learn all the time doesn't apply to shooting only... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liota Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 You can get the same "fun" tingle from licking a Cane Toad (Bufo marinus). The toxin that these toads secrete from their parotid glands (the large glands on the sides of the head posterior to the ear canal) is extremely close to the toxin in blowfish. These are readily available in Florida, Australia, etc.I mucked about with the toxicology of these toads for awhile as an undergrad. It isn't as bad as many of the other neurotoxins but it isn't fun. This one acts primarily on the respiratory system (same as the blowfish) so you get to turn blue and suffocate to death, slowly. No thanks. First, Kimel, I am not making fun of you. [RANT]Dammit! Who is idiot enough to pick up a frog and lick it's head? Do you get negative IQ points for this one? Can you go negative for IQ? Or does it bottom out at zero like my scores in a match? I can't fathom what possessed the first one to lick a frog head, but I would be willing to bet it started with, "Hey, Ya'll! Watch this!" [/RANT] I feel better now. Yes, I realize Kimel said it's a toad. Liota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Wondering what forum member seafood would have to say about this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Buff Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Luckily taste differs.... I don't like sushi, but I do like rollmops, raw oysters, raw fresh from the sand white mussel, raw fresh from the rock black mussel is OK, some seaweeds make very good tossed salads (greek or whatever....) Raw beef (carspatio spelling???? sky????), biltong (half dried beef strips with spices), rohhack (fresh minced raw fillet with onions and black pepper), etc are really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Raw beef (carspatio spelling???? sky????) Carpaccio (cars patio??? ) But I wouldn't rule out Steak Tartare as well (with raw egg, of course)... BTW, to everybody: cooking any kind of food might prevent diseases and/or other unpleasant surprises, but, whether you like it or not, raw food is what has been eaten by all living forms on the earth for several million years, mankind included, until the discovery of fire... ...some of us still like that way of eating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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