sushi danger
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intersticeEnvironmental and animal-welfare concerns about over-fishing aside it seems that tuna is in fact dangerous to eat:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/dining/23sushi.html
I've heard that tuna sushi, although often a cheap item, is actually the biggest rip-off in terms of mark-up. As a general rule, the more expensive the sushi the closer you get to a "fair" price. I wonder about other fish; these days I mostly just get cooked eel or salmon rolls from the ghetto Japanese place by my apartment. When I have real sushi (which is rarely) at a trustworthy-seeming place, I often get the edomae chirashi, which is also a very good test of their standards. When it is prepared well, it's a real bargain for the fish you get.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/dining/23sushi.html
I've heard that tuna sushi, although often a cheap item, is actually the biggest rip-off in terms of mark-up. As a general rule, the more expensive the sushi the closer you get to a "fair" price. I wonder about other fish; these days I mostly just get cooked eel or salmon rolls from the ghetto Japanese place by my apartment. When I have real sushi (which is rarely) at a trustworthy-seeming place, I often get the edomae chirashi, which is also a very good test of their standards. When it is prepared well, it's a real bargain for the fish you get.
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Date: 2008-07-22 07:51 am (UTC)I have been avoiding farm-raised salmon ever since I found out that the "orange" farm salmon is made orange by feeding the fish some peculiar chemical which was once a sun-tan (or maybe fake-tan?) product but pulled by the FDA. Of course, I no longer remember any of the major details, much less where I heard this.. So perhaps my fragmentary information is inaccurate.
But tuna? Damn. Can't they pass the carcasses between two strong electromagnets prior to sectioning off chunks of meat??
Oh well, I hardly ever have sushi these days anyhow.