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The roll contributed to sushi's growing popularity in the United States by easing diners into more exotic sushi options. [29] Sushi chefs have since devised many kinds of rolls, beyond simple variations of the California roll. It also made its way to Japan ("reverse imported"), [30] where it may be called California maki or Kashū Maki (加州 ...
Sushi rolls were born in the mid-Edo period. [5] It is thought to have originated in Kamigata between 1750 and 1776. [6] While thick sushi rolls were the norm in the Kamigata region, thin sushi rolls became the preferred sushi in Edo (present-day Tokyo). [7] [8] In Edo, thin sushi rolls made of kanpyō, became the most common type of sushi rolls.
Gunkan maki (軍艦巻, battleship roll) is a type of sushi consisting of a rice ball wrapped in a sheet of nori which extends in a cylinder upward to hold a loose topping such as fish eggs [1] [5] [2] [3] Hoso maki (細巻き, thin roll) is thinly rolled maki sushi with only one ingredient [4] [1] [2] [3]
So, for him, California rolls, a fusion food, fit snugly into his menus. “At most of my Morimoto restaurants, we serve a California roll made with snow crab, cucumber, and avocado,” Morimoto says.
(It certainly wasn't the first California roll: The invention is credited to chef Ichiro Mashita at Tokyo Kaikan in Little Tokyo in the late ’70s, according to "The Story of Sushi.")
A Seattle roll is a makizushi roll similar to the Philadelphia roll. [1] The fundamental recipe consists of raw salmon and cream cheese, usually along with cucumber and/or avocado, and sometimes masago or tobiko .
A Philadelphia roll with less commonly used raw salmon and cream cheese. Originally, the roll used smoked salmon. A Philadelphia roll is a makizushi (also classified as a kawarizushi) [1] type of sushi generally made with smoked (or sometimes raw) salmon, cream cheese, and cucumber, with the rice on the outside (uramaki). [2]
2. Spicy Asian Cucumber Salad. If you’re not interested in using a mandoline, try the fun and interesting technique in this recipe for slicing your cukes.