Sushi includes Rice

[gareth robinson]

"notbob" wrote in message
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I've never had any sushi rice. I might have eaten it prior to diabetes,
but... Sadly it is just too high in carbs for me now.

I have only been into one sushi place. Yes, I have been to a buffet that
put out sushi, but they had a lot of other things. The place I went to
smelled highly of fish and it was just gagging me to sit there. Before
that, my friend realized he left his good suit jacket at a sushi place in
Everett. We were headed out somewhere and I was driving. I said I would
take him there to pick it up. The jacket reeked so much of fish that we
couldn't have it in my vehicle. I had to take the side streets while he
held it out the window. He was very upset because he had a job interview
first thing in the morning and there was no time to get it dry cleaned.

I'm not saying it wouldn't taste good. It probably would. And I could be
wrong on this but I believe it is higher in carbs than the other rices. Cup
for cup, cooked.

When I worked at the golf course, a Japanese lady offered to make lunch one
day in the snack bar. What did she make? Chop Suey. She told me jokingly
that she could not make real Japanese food because Americans do not like the
seasonings. And in my case this has been true. I must say I have not eaten
a lot of Japanese food though. The first time I only had some vegetables.
And the next time, some beef. No problems with the rice.

One of my daughter's dance teachers is engaged to be married to a man who
inherited a Benihana's. Are those everywhere? Or a local chain? I know
people who speak highly of them. I have never been there. My parents went
some years ago. They said it was a lovely place to eat. Sadly, we will
probably never find out because of our food allergies...although I have
heard that they might be coming out with a gluten free menu. At present the
only things we can eat are the lettuce salad with no dressing and the rice.

I love rice! It's not something we ate a lot of when I was a kid. Not the
kind I like anyway. My mom did make a lot of Rice A Roni. I can't say that
I liked that very much at all. But when I moved out on my own, I ate tons
of beans and rice or beans and pasta. I didn't make the red beans and rice
type thing. I don't like Cajun seasonings at all. I have tried them
because husband does like them and lived in Louisiana for a while. Sadly I
spent a ton of money on a cookbook and seasonings from Chef Paul Prudhomme
(sp?) and those things just didn't work for him. I wound up throwing them
all out. One favorite recipe of mine was Rice e Bissi (sp?). I got the
recipe from Chef Jeff Smith aka The Frugal Gourmet. It is just white rice
with parmesan and peas. I had that a lot of nights for dinner. I ate so
much rice when I was single, I would buy it 5 pounds at a time.

Tonight we are having rice for dinner. Vigo Mexican rice. Yes, I know it
is easy to make Mexican rice but we like this stuff. And once again we are
snowed in. Low on food. I have some tamales in the freezer. We will have
those and rice and whatever veggie I can rustle up. I have those Italian
green beans but those don't quite sound right with Mexican food. So I guess
we will just have the plain old regular green beans.

[dapo00777]

Goomba quoted:

I've been to several sushi buffet places including Todai which is a
small chain that competes with Oh. There's even a Todai here in the
Chicago burbs that I have been to.


Good luck with that, though. Name one such place. Seriously. Without
exception any buffet place I've ever been to has had a sign that says
something like "There is an extra charge for not eating the sushi rice".
If he wants to name such a place that doesn't have that sign I want to
see it.


I also want to set up a bet with him that I can bother to notice my
surroundings unlike him and so I can show him a photograph of the
sign. I'll get his $6000 back that way and enjoy a bunch of sushi on
his dime! Who knows, maybe he's as gullible as the story makes him
seem.


This also applies to other dietary restrictions. I'm wheat intolerant.
I never expect anyone to go out of their way to accomidate me on that.
When at a restaurant I scan the menu, mentally erase anything that
probably has wheat in it, then I around from the remaining items. I
never fail to find food I can digest without symptoms at restaurants. I
have been to places where my choices were chicken caesar salad no
croutons or house salad no croutons but usually they have at least one
thing I can eat. Good thing I love genuine Buffalo style chickne wings
never breaded never dedged ...

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On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:13:04 -0600, Sqwertz
wrote:


If that could be done then you are within your rights because it hasta
be very skimpily topped pizza to begin with.

[mattskity]

On 2/25/2011 3:17 PM, I_am_Tosk wrote:

I think the dictionary regarded as the ultimate standard, the Oxford
English Dictionary, would agree with you. It gives "A Japanese dish
consisting of small balls of cold boiled rice flavoured with vinegar and
commonly garnished with slices of fish or cooked egg. Also attrib. Hence
sushiya (suija), in Japan, a shop which serves sushi."


--


James Silverton, Potomac

"Not": obvious change in "Reply To"

[hotchick123]

On 2/25/2011 3:17 PM, I_am_Tosk wrote:

I have been to Japan on numerous occasions and the meaning you noted is
correct. Also I have never been in a place offering an all you can eat
sushi meal that didn't explicitly note that you must eat everything you
order.

[ticked off]

On 2011-02-26, Julie Bove wrote:


Perhaps you've never had GOOD sushi rice.

As I've often related in this group, I have some old freinds in the US
that once owned a bento box place. The Japanese wife of my honkey
friend made the best sushi rice I've ever eaten. No soy. No wasabi.
Plus, it was all veggie. Best sushi rice I've ever eaten. (I'm still
begging, crawling on hands and knees, for the recipe!). IOW, keep
searching.


I can't address that. I'm not a major rice fan. Less than a handfull
of rice dishes I'll eat.

nb

[dg2003]

"sf" wrote in message
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I had a Thai neighbor when I lived in CA. She made a ton of rice all the
time. I assume it was sushi rice because she did make sushi. It looked to
be very sticky. My friend who is also diabetic would eat the rice but she
only took about a Tablespoon of it at a time. That is probably all I could
manage to eat if I did eat it. The food that Nipha made did look good...for
the most part, but it appeared to be very high in carbs. She used a lot of
sugar in her dishes. There was one thing that didn't look good to me at
all. Had some sort of little sea creatures with legs and stuff on them. My
husband ate it and liked it.

I went to parties at her house all the time but I always brought a raw
veggie plate and often a cheese plate so I would have some less carby things
to eat.

[Alexa - hardy forever]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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Oh great. Now you gave *me* the chills! My dad used to always take
leftover rice and make what he called pudding out of it. I am sure this is
not now real rice pudding is made. He would chill it and then pour milk and
sugar over it. My brother and I would not eat it.

Then a place opened near where he worked called, "Just Rice Pudding". I
think they have since expanded into selling Tapioca and other things and I
think they are now available in the grocery stores. But at that point in
time you had to go to their little place and buy a tub of it. He would be
sooo happy when he brought the rice pudding home. But nobody in the family
would ever try it. So he got it all to himself.

[xXKoToMiXx]

Gorio wrote:

Presumably the restaurant will benefit from the publicity, certainly
from those who know that sushi is the rice.

[Blueskysurfer]

On 2011-02-26, Julie Bove wrote:

True. Like most chains, some were better than others. Also, like
others, many have closed, the locale refusing to continue support.
When this local Sizzler began, had great food. Order a major entree
like killer salmon or whatever, then supplement w/ buffet. Later,
turned into major shithole.


RR is a diff business model. The rely on the bar for major profits.
Like Chile's and many others, the food is jes a come on. RR pushed high
end burger variants, but it was the bar that drew customers.


Can't help you there. I'm not a "bottomless fries" kinda person. Why
would anyone go out and pay resto prices to order anything with
"bottomless fries"? Buy a potato and a bottle of ketchup.


No doubt a critical food decision. (eye-roll)

nb