Roger's View of the World, Love and Seafood Gumbo!
Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
When my daughter Kristin was home we baked a great many things. Of course there had to be the requisite Baklava for a little get-together. There was a tad left over and Kristin planned to send some to a friend stationed in Iraq. It was all ready to ship, but then the unthinkable happened. It was eaten!
Finally the culprit was caught and forced to bake up more Baklava based on the ancient family recipe… which was torture indeed. Soon it will be off to where it is supposed to be.
When most of us think of Japan, we think of Sushi and I would agree that the Japanese have certainly popularized, refined and defined what sushi is today. In the study of the history of sushi — most would agree — that sushi started somewhere in southeastern asia. It really isn’t the same as what we think of today; it is kind of like crediting folks who first took two pita breads together spread with a sweet honey and nut filling and saying they invented ‘Baklava!’
Although I would admit to not being the best sushi chef even with decades of practice, using the best and the freshest ingredients seems to make up for my shortcomings. For me, making uni sushi is a tad more challenging than making a simple sushi roll.
Making uni sushi is a very simple process: 1) start with a nice short grain rice ( I throw in a little saffron for fun!) 2) cut your Nori (dried seaweed) into long 1 1/2 wide strips 3) overlap ends, moisten one end and seal 4) I stuff the bottom with rice and 4) place at least 2 sections of uni on top! enjoy!
Uni as it is wonderful all by itself; however, you may wish to add a little Miso soup and some Saki will round things off
BTW, I read that with the hunting of whales causing the increase in the killer whale population resulting in far less sea otters than their ‘should be’ and a potential ‘population explosion’ of sea urchins… you are doing your planet good by eating all the UNI (sea urchin eggs) you can!
Next time your at a fine Sushi restaurant, try a little UNI in your sushi meal. After all, being GREEN can be delicious! 😉