Oh my goodness. Who likes sushi? Now, who likes paying a million dollars for sushi?

Me too.

So I’ve been learning to make it on my own. Judging from what you’re about to see, I think I’m doing pretty well. :D Remember that one post? Where I promised more sushi lovin’?  Well kids, the lovin’ has arrived.

Cook rice

Cut cucumbers & immatation crab

Lay out Seaweed on bamboo mat

Add rice, cucmbers and crabmeat. Then roll using bamboo mat.                               Slice using sharp, wet knife and stand on end. Serve with pickled ginger and wasabi. Eat & enjoy!

To make this a homeschool post, you might want to know about the history of Sushi.

As far as I can tell sushi’s origin dates back to the 4th century BC in Southeast Asia. It began as a preserved food, using salted Fish, that fermented with rice, as a source of protein. The salted fish was kept in rice so that the natural fermentation of the rice helped preserve the fish. This type of sushi is called nare-zushi. After a couple of months of fermentation in the rice, the fish was consumed while the rice was discarded.

Over time, this prreservation method spread throughout China, and sources say that around the 8th century AD, it was introduced into Japan. Since Japanese preferred to eat rice together with fish, the sushi, called seisei-zushi, became. Seisei-zushi was eaten while the fish was still partly raw and the rice had not lost its flavor. Because of this practice, sushi became more of a cuisine and less-often a way to preserve food.

Later, when rice became too valuable to be discarded, Japanese began making haya-zushi, which was created as a way to eat both rice and fish. This dish was unique to Japanese culture. Instead of being only used for fermentation, rice was mixed with vinegar and combined not only with fish but also with various vegetables and dried preserved foods. Today, each region of Japan has its own unique taste by using its own varities of local products to create different kinds of sushi. These recipes have been passed down for generations. There is an interesting chart, here. I also read about a type of sushi called haya-zushi, here.

In the 1980s, sushi bars have increased in the United States and has become more accessible to countries all over the world.

Tabete kōryū–Eat up!