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A sushi chef told me it was called "California roll" because CA = Crab + Avocado, so I've been spreading that around... I feel cheated!
by kaelig 4y ago
A sushi chef told me it was called "California roll" because CA = Crab + Avocado, so I've been spreading that around... I feel cheated!
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoHate to be the bearer of bad news but there isn't any crab in them.
- inawarminister 4y agoSeems the original Tojo recipe in the article use real crab meat. Funnily, I am part of the (few?) people that actually prefer imitation crab meat to real crab meat. If only because cracking open crab shells is too troublesome.
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y agoThis made me chortle a little. You know you can pay other people to do that. Crab meat it also available in a can. Snails too, that always tickles me. When I eat something someone else has made and I know it came predominantly from cans and jars I'll take something like: "Did you make this?! ... Wow! You sure know how to open a can!".
- beowulfey 4y agoNo offense meant, but if I put effort into serving you a meal and you said that to me I probably wouldn’t be inviting you over for dinner again, no matter what the steps to prepare it were.
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y agoThat's the problem with sushi aficionados, no sense of humour.
- acdha 4y agoCan you explain the alleged humor here? It sounds like it’s just being rude.
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y agoIt's conversations like these that make me think I probably should get in to stand up ccomedy.
- jacquesm 4y agoI would point you to some nearby nice restaurants and chuck you out. See who has the last laugh on that one ;)
- vintermann 4y agoI'm with you, good surimi beats a lot of the things it supposedly imitates.
- spamtarget 4y agoyou should not. imitation crab is invented to be able to sell low grade crab. they just blend whatever they have, add mixture of aromas and extenders to hide this and to standardize the taste. like chicken mcnuggets basically. it is not poison, and i dont think it's unhealthy, but they rip you off hard
- jmacd 4y agoThe fish used is mostly Pollack.
- spamtarget 4y agoso is it not even crab?
- skyyler 4y agoIt's distressing to me that your earlier comments made assertions about the contents of imitation crab, yet you're not actually aware of the contents of imitation crab... It's a type of fish cake, basically. It's white fish meat ground into a paste and formed. Surimi is made into things that aren't imitation crab, too! Fish balls and fish cakes and all sorts of things.
- spamtarget 4y agoIf this is distressing for you, you may need help. What is enough to know about this, that it is blended paste, which means it gradually becomes composed of the cheapest available ingredients as the cost is continually lowered, while the experience kept up using extenders, like bologna for example. This is about this kind of a food you have to know. Happy distressing!