The facts that we do not know about sushi

How much do you know about sushi?

Just think, rice so the fish - what is there to know? What is there to get lost?

Know the taste of Japanese dishes once, as a rule, are not limited to one time. Occasionally (though someone constantly) we are a no-no and even pamper yourself or sushi rolls.

Of course, Japanese culture hides a lot of secrets and mysteries. But in this article you will find a few facts about the land, about which you are most likely not even aware.

Fresh - not the fact that tastes

Just want to warn: this is not a recommendation to buy sushi or other Japanese dishes a week ago. The fact that all adhere to the widely held view that the fresh sushi - Sushi is prepared with freshly caught fish. What will be your surprise when I tell you that it is not so!

For example, the most delicious meat - not fresh, but the fact that a couple of days to lie down in a cool place. During this time, the blood flows, and relax the muscles. Then the meat is tender, tasty and well digestible. The same situation is with the fish. She needs a little time to find a rich, full-bodied flavor.

The fact that "fishy" smell is not immediately, but over time, when enzymes break down the protein into smaller molecules. After fermentation, the product is better absorbed, it is tastier and healthier.

Traditionally used in Japanese culture minds - the taste of protein substances, so-called "fifth taste". It can be described as a full-length wraparound "meat" or "soup". Most Japanese dishes are prepared by fermentation (fermentation): soy sauce, fermented natto beans, chips tuna, miso.

Fresh fish is delicious, if you have just caught trout and cook it over a fire or grill with lemon and butter. But try to eat the same raw fresh fish, and you will likely be disappointed.

Most of sashimi, sushi rolls, which we eat in cafes and restaurants, is cooled with liquid nitrogen. This process kills many germs and parasites that can develop in fresh fish, without affecting the quality of the product.

When you go to a lovely Japanese restaurant and order the freshest fish dish, you do not eat fish that has been caught in the same day or even the day before. Good sashimi, sushi rolls, or - those that use fish that soak in the marinade for several days. Unfortunately, the use of a tradition to eat the fermented fish is preserved only in South Asia.

It is not necessary to use chopsticks

Most of the land that we eat in their local schools, as a rule, are in the form of rolls, ie twisted sausage. Traditional sushi eat nigiri format - an oblong lump of rice, pressed his palms, a small amount of wasabi and a thin slice of fish.

Frankly, how many times have you down in a bowl of sushi with soy sauce, tried to grab them back chopsticks so that they do not have not collapsed? The thing is that you need to eat sushi with your hands!

True sushi lovers do so. Sushi rice usually pressed not very strong, so the whole structure falls apart when you try to eat it with chopsticks. The most suitable method of eating sushi is this: Imagine if holding a computer mouse, slowly turn the land, slightly moisten one side with sauce and submit to the mouth at an angle of 45 °.

Here's a funny video that ridiculed the traditions and manners, culture surrounding sushi consumption. Although it is playful, but carries a lot of useful and interesting, in particular, on how to eat sushi:

Wasabi, what we eat - is not really wasabi

It turns out that now wasabi is extremely difficult to grow. Even more difficult to pack it correctly.

wasabiThat we eat - in fact, it is an imitation. It is prepared on the basis of horseradish, spices and food coloring. Imitation wasabi is made in the form of a powder or a ready-to-use paste in a tube.

In addition, if the sushi prepared correctly, they do not necessarily dipped in soy sauce. high-end restaurants prepare their own soy sauce. It is called "nikiri». Chef add it to the dish during cooking. That is, raw fish is obtained already seasoned, so additional sauces to it is required.

Now, if you're an eating in this sushi restaurant such things will make a huge difference for you. If you are in the usual cafe understand that your land do not have a pronounced taste or odor, you nothing left to do, such as dipping sushi in a bowl full of soy sauce and thick coat them wasabi :)

The traditional sushi no tuna

The most popular sushi - tuna and salmon - are not traditional, due to the fact that spoil quickly. Japanese snobs shun them. For traditional land it is preferable to use "white fish" or whitefish. This can be halibut, grouper, shellfish or raw octopus. Some connoisseurs prefer to eat sushi alive octopus (tentacles as long as the muscles continue konvulsirovat).

Spicy roll with tuna are also bestsellers. And for the chefs is a great way to get rid of useless pieces of tuna.

These sushi and rolls are now very difficult to find. The abundance of different avtosushi and small eateries even more corrupting idea about these Japanese cuisine.

This does not mean that you need to walk only in pricey restaurants. But knowing what real sushi and how they should be there, it will be much easier to understand in all its diversity, presented in the menu. Plus, it will make the land use process more enjoyable and effective.

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