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"Back home we call that bait"

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Dale, Jul 27, 2011.

  1. Dale

    Dale New Member

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    I've been invited by friends to go have sushi. It's a culinary frontier for me and I'm a little skeptical. I'm interested to hear y'all's thoughts on it before I leave home.
     
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    I like it. Alexis likes it. Jon likes it.

    What else do you have to know? It's good, go and discover something new, my favorite baby duck..
    ;-)
     
  3. Dale

    Dale New Member

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    Thanks. I'm gonna take a PBJ just in case.
     
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    Kitty AKA\Debby

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    LOVE IT !!! try a rainbow roll, yumm
     
  5. ZWUM

    ZWUM Bulbophiliac Staff Member

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    Tuna is always a good choice for sushi IMO, a pbj sounds like a good back up! Enjoy!
     
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    Yeah, Dale. How many times we gotta tell ya that sushi is good??! Tuna is my favorite, hands down. I can, and almost do, eat my weight in ahi tuna poke. I draw the line at anything "rubbery" like calimari / squid. Ick. That IS bait.

    I 'spect you'll be surprised by how good fresh sushi can be, if you give it a chance.

    edit. And if it's on the menu, try edamame as an appetizer. I LOVE it, and have it for lunch at least 3 times a week.

    Baby Duck - HAHA; haven't heard that in a while...
     
  7. Dale

    Dale New Member

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    I'm not eating raw fish. It'll give you worms.
     
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    Yey yey, you've said that forever. I've been eating sushi for quite a while, and my vet still says I'm clean. Besides, the sushi where you live is likely some of the best in the world. Give it a try, sissy.
     
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    If you totally flake out, get a California Roll. No fish, just veg. But if you wimp out, you have to confess tomorrow...
     
  10. Dale

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    I was tricked into eating raw fish once in Hilo. It was ahi I later found out. We towed a barge from Honolulu to Hilo and went to town for some adult beverages. One of the guys ordered puu puus. It was kinda dark in there and I didn't know what I'd got 'til I put it in my mouth. Couldn't spit it out fast enough. Yuck. Cat food.
     
  11. Jon

    Jon Mmmm... bulbophyllum...

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    Why'd you agree to go if you've already decided you won't like it?
     
  12. Dale

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    For me, a meal with friends is about more than the food. It's companionship, too. Not all sushi has raw fish in it and I'm quite willing to try some that doesn't.
     
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    T. migratoris Active Member

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    Our local sushi joint has the menu divided into raw and cooked rolls so you have lots of choices. If you like shrimp try a roll with tempura shrimp in it - the little bit of crunch the tempura adds is texturally interesting. Try the eel also - wonderfully complex flavors (and it's cooked).
     
  14. Jon

    Jon Mmmm... bulbophyllum...

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    That's the spirit, Dale.
     
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    yellowtail. tuna depends which one. bluefin is over fished. Always liked raw fish. from sardines marinated in lemon to eating fresh sea urchins on the beach. that was before sushi.

    anyway, oysters and clams have always been raw and actually alive most likely while ingested.

    I like eel of the cooked ones. I do not like mackerel.

    undercooked chicken probably is more unhealthy.

    you can get E. coli from organig vegetables. and tapeworms too.

    Anyway i like my steak / burgers rare. and i love tartare and carpaccio,
     
  16. KellyW

    KellyW Orchid wonk Staff Member Supporting Member

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    I will eat almost anything including raw sushi. Can't say I liked all of it. Personally I would put the pbj higher on my list than the raw fish but I'll eat raw fish (with or without worms) before I'll eat liver. I do have to agree with Stefano about the oysters and sea urchins... both very yummy especially right from the rocks.
    My suggestion ... enjoy the companionship and eat a California roll.
     
  17. Zack

    Zack Will work for plants Supporting Member

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    Did someone say duck? MMMMMMMMM. My favorite! :D
     
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    you can always get teryaki fish or meat, tempura, udon or soba noodles and and and. lot more than raw fish.

    i like to try thing.

    a couple of months a dos equis beer sponsored a food truck. had a taco with crickets. liver is great sauteed in a pan with butter and sage, with caramelized onions. hadnt had that in ages
     
  19. Binky

    Binky Fries anyone?

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    Be a man and get the Uni.
     
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    I never was inmpressed by uni sishi rolls. I ate sea urchins that i took from the sea. basically you eat the roe, so only the females and in a restaurant it never tasted the same. anyway for a first time I would go for salmon, yellowtail, maybe salmon