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Sushi (すし, 寿司, 鮨, 鮓, pronounced or ⓘ) is a traditional Japanese dish made with vinegared rice (鮨飯, sushi-meshi), typically seasoned with sugar and salt, and combined with a variety of ingredients (ねた, neta), such as seafood, vegetables, or meat: raw seafood is the most common, although some may be cooked.
It is such a staple that the terms gohan and meshi are also used to refer to meals in general, such as Asa gohan/meshi (朝御飯, 朝飯, breakfast), Hiru gohan/meshi (昼御飯, 昼飯, lunch), and Ban gohan/meshi (晩御飯, 晩飯, dinner). Also, raw rice is called kome (米, rice), while cooked rice is gohan (ご飯, [cooked] rice).
In the 1980s, a machine to make triangular onigiri was invented. Rather than rolling the filling inside, the flavoring was put into a hole in the onigiri and the hole was hidden by nori. Since the onigiri made by this machine came with nori already applied to the rice ball, over time the nori became moist and sticky, clinging to the rice.
Spam and egg onigiri costs 300 yen ($1.90); the one adorned with several types of “kombu,” or edible kelp, called “Dashi Punch X3,” costs 280 yen ($1.80). “Onigiri is the infinite universe.
In Japanese, sushi rice is called su-meshi and implies vinegared seasoned rice. Japanese short-grain rice is rinsed, rested, steamed and infused with rice vinegar seasoning. It is a marriage of ...
Jordan Lye/getty images. Uramaki and maki have a lot in common, but the key difference between the two is in the composition. Uramaki is an inside-out roll with rice on the outside, followed by a ...
Chirashi-zushi (ちらし寿司, scattered sushi) is a bowl of sushi rice topped with a variety of raw fish and vegetables/garnishes (also refers to barazushi) [1] [2] [3] Inari-zushi (稲荷寿司, fried tofu pouch) is a type of sushi served in a seasoned and fried pouch made of tofu and filled with sushi rice. [1] [3]
Pressed sushi, called oshi sushi, is a style native to the Osaka region of Japan. Types of Fish in Sushi. There are tons of seafood ingredients that are fair game for sushi. But in the U.S ...