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As a curiosity and side note, Salmon wasn't always eaten by the Japanese as sushi. It was considered a garbage fish that you'd grill due to its likelihood of be
by iamwil 6y ago
As a curiosity and side note, Salmon wasn't always eaten by the Japanese as sushi. It was considered a garbage fish that you'd grill due to its likelihood of being infected by parasites. It was the Norwegians that had a surplus, and was looking for a new market to open up that salmon sushi became a thing.
https://medium.com/torodex/salmon-sushi-is-not-a-japanese-invention-9189d9cd78b7 https://medium.com/torodex/salmon-sushi-is-not-a-japanese-in...
The Norwegians probably won't pay attention to this initially, but will probably come out against it, given that Salmon is at least a chunk of chain for their industries.
- chrismaeda 6y agoYes, I was thinking to myself that 'sushi-grade salmon' was an oxymoron.
- beaner 6y agoOnly in japan
- the_af 6y agoEven if salmon wasn't traditionally consumed in sushi by the Japanese, wouldn't the later reversal indicate that, even in Japan, there is such a thing as sushi-grade salmon?
- viraptor 6y agoThe way I understand it, it's not the meat that's sushi-grade. It's the way it's preserved / delivered. Basically if you can eat it raw and not let the parasites from salmon grow, then it's sushi-grade. Most commonly that means storing salmon in a freezer which kills the parasites. (think -50C) Here's a decent article https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/05/how-to-prepare-raw-fish-at-home-sushi-sashimi-food-safety.html https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/05/how-to-prepare-raw-fish-...
- ddlatham 6y agoAs with many interesting topics, there's a great Planet Money episode about this too: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/09/16/440951873/episode-651-the-salmon-taboo https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/09/16/440951873/epis...
- weaksauce 6y agoAndong did a deep dive on it and the norway genesis isn't the full story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k4x9FrD5k4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k4x9FrD5k4
- nerdkid93 6y agoI found that video fascinating as an example of how pernicious myths can be. Makes me wonder how many myths I've propagated to others without verifying them myself.
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- an_opabinia 6y agoSuccinctly: When people defend meat eating as part of their cultural heritage, they're defending a marketing campaign from the last 80 years.
- kakkun 6y agoI don't think it's accurate to call salmon a "garbage fish" (though I've known salmon sushi all my life). It's been the classic protein of choice for traditional Japanese breakfasts (akin to having eggs for breakfast in the West) and a very common rice ball filling.
- pedalpete 6y agoI'm not sure who to trust here. This video says that the Norwegian sushi story is a bit of a myth, or over stated due to poor journalism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k4x9FrD5k4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k4x9FrD5k4 But he definitely has evidence of salmon sushi being eaten before the Norwegians claim to have invented it.
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