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1. Sushi has always been cosmopolitan
The image of a sushi chef at the top of a secluded mountaintop is a false one. Sushi has always been most strongly associated with the Japan's capital city of Tokyo, so much so that the term for the most commonly adopted style of sushi (edomai) derives from the old name for Tokyo (Edo).
2. The earthquake of 1923 brought sushi off the streets
Previously, sushi was exclusively a street food, but the devastation from the earthquake in the year of 1923 - a very big event in the history, destroyed so much of Tokyo that real estate prices dropped, allowing sushi chefs to afford their brick-and-mortar suhsi food restaurants.
3. The oldest type of sushi in Japan tastes like cheese
Snow Crab Oshizushi
Near Lake Biwa in Southern Japan, they still follow old-school, pre-refrigeration sushi techniques of filleting carp, packing those fillets in vinegar rice, and leaving them to age for up to almost 3 years. The result is a fermented local delicacy called funazushi that our expert said tastes similar to a pungent cheese.
4. Salmon is technically a white fish
It gets that orange color from a diet of crustaceans.
5. Live scallops aren't actually alive
That's just the natural resiliency of the fibers in the scallop that cause it to contract and expand, making it look like it's moving.
6. Uni isn't exactly what you think
Traditional Japanese Sushi Style
You probably know that uni is sea urchin, but you may not realize the delicacy is, specifically, that creature's genitals. And now that you know, perhaps you wish you could forget.
7. Sushi meals didn't always begin with miso
Miso is considered more of a breakfast food in the Land of Rising Sun. Tamago, a Japanese-style omelet, was traditionally the first sushi course, and was used as a benchmark to measure the skill of a chef.
8. There's already plenty of wasabi on your sushi
The chef puts some between the fish and the rice, although many chefs are starting to use less now that American diners use it so gratuitously.
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