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The word sashimi means 'pierced body', i.e., "刺身" = sashimi, where 刺 し = sashi (pierced, stuck) and 身 = mi (body, meat). This word dates from the Muromachi period (1336-1573) and was possibly coined when the word "切る" = kiru (cut), the culinary step, was considered too inauspicious to be used by anyone other than a samurai.
Vegetables and fruit. A dish of tsukemono. Asparagus (アスパラガス) [1][3] Avocado (アボカド) [3] Carrot (ニンジン): a julienne of carrot [1][3] Cucumber (キュウリ): a julienne of cucumber [4][1][5][3] Eggplant (ナス): served in small slices, coated with oil [1][3] Ginger (しょうが): most often used is pickled ginger ...
Toro. (sushi) Toro (Japanese: トロ, translating to "melting") is the fatty meat of tuna [1][2][3] served as sushi [4] or sashimi. It is usually cut from the belly or outer layers of the Pacific bluefin tuna (the other fish known for similar meat is bigeye tuna). [5] Good-quality toro is said to create a "melting" sensation once placed in the ...
Ikizukuri (生き作り), also known as ikezukuri (活け造り), (roughly translated as "prepared alive" [1]) is the preparing of sashimi (raw fish) from live seafood. In this Japanese culinary technique, the most popular sea animal used is fish, but octopus, shrimp, and lobster may also be used. [2] The practice is controversial owing to ...
Yanagi-ba-bōchō (柳刃包丁, literally willow blade knife), Yanagiba, or yanagi, is a long and thin knife used in the Japanese cuisine. It is the typical example of the sashimibōchō (Japanese: 刺身包丁, sashimi [raw fish] bōchō [knife]) used to slice fish for sashimi and nigirizushi. When preparing sashimi and nigirizushi, the goal ...
Meat from younger horses tends to be lighter in color, while older horses produce richer color and flavor, as with most mammals. Horse meat can be used to replace beef, pork, mutton, venison, and any other meat in virtually any recipe. Horse meat is usually very lean.
The history of sushi (すし, 寿司, 鮨, pronounced [sɯɕiꜜ] or [sɯꜜɕi]) began with paddy fields, where fish was fermented with vinegar, salt and rice, after which the rice was discarded. The earliest form of the dish, today referred to as narezushi, was created in Japan around the Yayoi period (early Neolithic –early Iron Age). [1]
Unlike sashimi, which is almost always eaten with chopsticks, nigirizushi is traditionally eaten with the fingers, even in formal settings. [122] Although it is commonly served on a small platter with a side dish for dipping, sushi can also be served in a bento, a box with small compartments that hold the various dishes of the meal.