The+Art+of+Sushi

=The Art of Sushi=

Sushi. A main delicacy in many cultures around the world. The main ingredient: sushi rice. Oririnally, sushi was fermented rice and meats as far back as 7th century China! 21st century sushi is a whole heck of a lot different than the original. For example, there are //types// of sushi.

Types of Sushi
There is many types of sushi. these are the most common.

Chirahzushi
Chirahzushi is a bowl of rice topped with a type of shasimi and barazushi (garnishes) There is even sub-types for this!!! Edomae chirahzushi, or edo-style Chirahzushi, are uncooked ingredients artfully placed on top of the body of rice. Gomokuzushi, or Kanashi-style chirahzushi, are cooked or uncooked ingredients mixed in the sushi rice.Unfortunately, there is no set way on which, and how much, is in it. its usually either chefs choice or specially created by the customer.

Inarizushi
Inarizushi is basically a pouch of fried tofu usually filled with rice. This sushi is named from the Shinto god Inari, who was fond of fried tofu. With the invention of deep-frying, the pouch is now deep fried and served that way.

Makizushi
Makizushi is a roll of sushi with nori as a wrapping. More often than not, it is also wrapped in a thin ommlete, soy paper, cucumber, or parsely. This particular sushi is formed with a bamboo mat, called a makisu. Sushi chefs usually cut it into six to eight peices. In the town of Kanasai, they often eat this sushi roll whole, which it is then called ehou-maki.

Narezushi
When skinned and gutted fish are filled with salt, lain in a wooden barrel, with salt thrown on top of it, and weighed down with a heavy rock, or tsukemonoishi for six months(This isn't fast made sushi). day after day, water passes out of the wooden crate. when this sushi is done after six months, the family sits down and the fish stays edible for six more months. This type of sushi is the closest relative of the first sushi

Nigrizushi
Nigrizushi, or hand formed sushi, is some of the most famous types of sushi. this type features an oval shaped rice that is pressed into a box with the chefs hands. then the the neta, or topping, draped over it. The topping is usually held to the sushi with a strip of nori. these toppings include octopus, freshwater eel, sea eel, or sweet egg. When it is ordered seperately, they come in pairs.