Originally Posted by
bmwe92fan
Well to be technical -- since you asked -- sushi is actually a very particular type of rice served by hand at a particular (body) temperature -- with fish on top -- sashimi has always been raw fish - regardless of presentation....
And if you wrap something in dried seaweed (nori) -- which in Japan is last course before soup -- that's not sushi -- it's probably sushi to westerners - but it's maki to Japanese - lol - but never called sushi -- but we're debating nuance lol to most westerners....
And because this is the best discussion going on at the moment, May I add…that Sushi does not require fish…as in Inari Zushi…I was at a gathering of local friends in Okinawa a few years ago and they happily pronounced that they brought sushi and set out a plate of Inari (deep fried tofu pockets stuffed with sushi rice). I was disappointed, lol!