Sushi healthy eating have the Japanese got it right?

By Graham Foster | February 9, 2010

So why do the Japanese live so much longer and healtheir than most of the rest of us? Some claim it is their diet and when you think about it Sushi does tick all the nutritional boxes.

Sushi has become increasingly popular a delicious but simple combination of rice soaked in rice wine and raw fish has become a massive favorite amongst American and European dinners a like. After all who can resist it enticing and delicate flavor which for some reason just isn’t the same with out firery wasabi paste.

The taste of wasabi or wasabe paste as many know it has may be more than just a basic accompaniment to the sushi. It is said that the wasabe kills the bacteria in fish even if the fish is not exceptionally fresh.

If you enjoy good food and have reasonably deep pockets sushi is a great choice. It is costly for a couple of reasons one the quality of fish required goes beyond what you might buy for other dishes and also the attention to detail goes beyond what would be required for most meals. The skill being in the knife work of preparing the sushi.

Otherwise, you will have to do the knife-processing yourself, which can take hours especially if you are dealing with a big fish. This step also requires that you use a very sharp knife. There are many good sushi books in the bookstores which can illustrate the correct way of cutting and deboning the fish.

Don’t be fooled in to thinking this is all about the fish.. The real skills are in the preparation. It will be easy to distinguish sushi prepared by the professional sushi chef and that by an inexperienced hand of an amateur.

You can’t cheat with the rice, too. It’s got to be authentic Japanese rice, preferably cooked rice-cooker-style. As a final word, never confuse sushi with its “cousin,” the sashimi. The basic difference is the rice! Sashimi doesn’t come with rice, you have to order it separately, unless you intend to it as it is (with wasabe, of course).

Sushi types are many, but all include rice. The nigiri or hand-made sushi is the typical sushi and is ordered and served in pairs. Another type includes sushi rolls, or maki, which are made with sheets of seaweed (nori) and served as six slices. There is also pressed sushi or oshi, which is cut into small squares. And finally, there is stuffed bean curd rolls, or inarizushi.

There are more special sushi styles Saikuzushi or festival sushi is almost an art form than cooking. The sushi rice is dyed different colors then sectioned and then rolled. When sliced images are created (amazing stuff). Chirashizushi or scattered sushi consists of rice spread in a box or bowl with nine different types of fish scattered on top. On some occasions Chankinzushi is prepared this is a sushi rice omelet wrapper which is shaped and tied like a ladies draw string purse (similar to chinese dimsum). Some times a solitary shrimp or pea decorates the ruffled part of the wrapper.

Makezushi consist of sushi rice combined with vegetables, and seafood that has been molded into special bowls of square tins and covered with pieces of sliced omelet, shrimp and vegetables. Another variation on this theme is Fukusazushi where where the molded rice is wrapped in a sheet of omelet and then turned over to hide the joins and garnished with a ribbon of seaweed (nori) and ginger.

Lastly we have Temarizushi which are rice balls wrapped in thinly sliced marinated fish. Itadakimasu! (enjoy your meal)

Before you start any diet or weight loss plan on the net, be sure you read Graham Fosters’ excellent free report on how he lost 22.5lbs in weight in only 5 short weeks without any diet pills, fad diets or exercising like a Navy Seal!

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