Eating it Raw

Today on the iGoogle Homepage one of the “How to of the Day” topics was How to Eat Sushi. This was a very informative article, especially for someone who has never eaten Sushi. It also had a link to sushi etiquette, so that you don't accidentally insult the chef or the culture.

I like to eat fish, but I have never attempted to eat Sushi. I prefer to have my fish cooked, not raw. This is strange because I immensely enjoy eating raw oysters and clams.

Another reason that I do not eat Sushi is that ounce per ounce of fish served; it is outrageously expensive in comparison to the cooked fish that I am accustomed to eating in Restaurants. This is the same reason that I do not eat Lobster

I have noticed that they are also selling Sushi in the local Grocery Stores. Six little one ounce rolls of raw fish circled around a glob of rice. It’s probably a total of two ounces of fish and four ounces of rice for $6.95. Who would buy Sushi in a Grocery Store anyway? I would want to see the person that is preparing it before eating it. If they were not Japanese, I wouldn’t put it in my mouth.

Years ago I read about an old Japanese custom, which was part of the geisha culture, which had spread to California. I’ve been patiently waiting for it to spread east before eating Sushi. At least this was one of my excuses, for not eating raw fish. The custom has finally arrived here in Florida and just a forty minute drive away from where I live.

The Sushi is served on the body of a young woman wearing only a G-string and tiny flower shaped Pasties (although I believe that in Japan the women are entirely nude). Now this is “How to eat Sushi”.


I’ll now have to fall back on my second excuse for not eating Sushi; I am inept at using chopsticks.

The Beach Bum