<p>Oh man, serious buzzkill. I love love LOVE sushi and eat it often. We try to go to authentic japanese restaurants to eat it. My DH adamently refuses to eat it at any other restaurant that serves other ethnicity’s foods (no sushi at tapas places, chinese or thai restaurants, etc). He grew up overseas so is more finicky about it. Not me. That said, my stomach has been upset at times. How do we recognize the ersatz fish?? I know the fake-o crab stuff is surimi, but how do I identify the other stuff?</p>
<p>“Almost all sushi fish served in this country is previously frozen. This obviates the fish-market-closed-on-Sunday problem for restaurants that keep frozen fish on hand.”</p>
<p>This is true for Chicago style inland sushi…but not at the truly,really fantastically, good sushi bar I frequent here in LA. (with the exception of the flash frozen tuna) Like I’ve said…I like to see it crawling accross the counter before I eat it. 
I still:
a) do not eat any fish on Sundays (if you don’t believe me read Anthony Bourdains book “Kitchen Confidential”
b) eat sushi at a place that I do not know the chef</p>
<p>We do have sushi restaurants here, but I also buy it at grocery stores.
Several grocery stores have sushi counters where it is made fresh everyday & to order if you want. ( but I dont care for Costco sushi)
I rarely get sick from something that was prepared by someone else, and when I do, it seems to be just as likely that someone didn’t wash their hands, as served me a bowl of bacteria.
( Ive never gotten ill from eating raw seafood)</p>
<p>Now I am thinkng of bringing a sushi platter to bookgroup.
We are having an English " tea", but a couple of us ( including me) are trying to eliminate wheat & sugar.
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<p>I saw the report on Today Show. I eat fish and wonder if I have eaten anything that wasn’t what it was supposed to be
I don’t eat sushi because I find the concept of eating raw fish positively repulsive , no matter how pretty you dress it up
This comes from an experience I had when I was pregnant with uncooked fish I bought for dinner. I will not elaborate because it is nauseating</p>
<p>"This comes from an experience I had when I was pregnant with uncooked fish I bought for dinner. "
-The very known rule, as far as I know every pregnant woman knows that, pregranant woman should not be consuming sushi/sashimi or any other kind of raw fish along with other diet limitations like alcohol. I am surprised that you did not know that.
I cannot imagine anything yummier than sushi / sashimi. I do not really go out much, very few times / year. But when I do, I want my sushi. I like only salmon though. I know that sometime I might get food poisonning. But sometime is not the same as always. And food poisonning happens to me ALWAYS when I eat at places like McDonald or Wendies. So, which one is riskier? For me, sushi is safer, for others good luck with your hamburgers!</p>
<p>All sushi fish in this country should have been frozen. Flash frozen, of course, but frozen because that kills parasites. That is an FDA rule with the only exception being tuna, which is often frozen anyway. All fish to be served raw other than tuna must have been frozen.</p>
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Pregnant women need to be told this or read about this. This isnt something they would inherently “know” by osmosis or something. Was also happy to learn, back when I was pregnant, that I was not to change the cat litter box, to avoid the risk of toxoplasmosis. Score. No litterbox duty for months!</p>
<p>^Sushi still taste very good to me especially in comparison to other choices then eating out.</p>
<p>Even if the pregnant woman didn’t pick up a single article or book about health concerns when pregnant, ( which would make me wonder about how educated they planned to be about the needs of their child), OB/gyns are pretty good with handouts about how to have a healthy pregnancy.</p>
<p>( as are friends,relatives, & strangers on the subway!)</p>
<p>Hope pregnant women are not eating sushi on the subway…</p>
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<p>I think it is an FDA recommendation, unless something has changed recently. I don’t think every restaurant follows the recommendation.</p>
<p>I’d never eat sushi. Just the thought of it is enough to turn me away. I also wash my hands more than most people (probably somewhat OCD on this point, or at least extra careful).</p>
<p>Speaking of parasites found in sushi (and other things, especially uncooked or improperly cooked) - have you ever watched that series “Monsters Inside Me” on Animal Planet? People eating raw things have been the subject of a number of episodes.</p>
<p>Sashimi is raw fish.</p>
<p>Sushi may or may not contain raw fish.</p>
<p>What’s characteristic of sushi is the rice, not the type of topping (or filling in rolls). It’s entirely possible to eat and enjoy sushi without facing the health risks associated with raw fish. You simply choose types of sushi that don’t have raw fish in/on them.</p>
<p>If it’s the thought of eating raw fish that repels you when you think of sushi, GladGradDad, perhaps you might be interested in trying a vegetable roll, or inari, or that ever-popular and delicious American abomination, the California roll. None of them contains raw fish.</p>
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That’s why I worded my post carefully.</p>
<p>I’ve had non-raw varieties of some of what you mention - including in Japan. It’s easier to skip the whole category rather than try to figure out what’s raw and what isn’t. I’d rather have Yakitori or something.</p>
<p>Don’t have cable;), but I have enough variety in my diet that I think my bacteria can take care of any invaders, since much of my food is local and not likely to have been irradiated. ( & wasabi must kill some of the bad guys off, don’t you think? 
I also try & eat fermented foods & take extra enzymes, and rarely eat raw seafood, certainly not fish- sushi can just be veggies rolled up with rice & seaweed, although some places use lettuce!
Im also probably more concerned about toxins in the food supply and the cumulative effect from hormones & others chemicals than getting ecoli.
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<p>Freezing fish is an FDA regulation but all those regs are up to local authorities to enforce.</p>
<p>“Sushi may or may not contain raw fish”
-Most sushi is raw, if not, they specify “smoked” or whatever. I can buy “smoked” in larger quantities much cheaper in a store. To me, sushi is only worth it, if it is a raw fish, yummm, the best food when I go out. We even have our family special sushi place to get together, all like sushi, including grandkids. Not a single incidence of food poisonning in about 20 years of having sushi. But every time I tried any hamburger joint, I get it, I stopped trying many years ago.</p>
<p>Spoke to my sushi chef at lunch today. He speaks with a thick Japanese accent, so I miss a lot, but what I got was this:
FDA recommends all sushi fish be frozen, but while freezing doesn’t affect the taste of oily fish like yellowtail, it takes all of the flavor out of the lighter fishes. He pointed to a section of his case and said all of this fish is not frozen. He explained to me how he makes it free of parasites ( something about the old, traditional way), but I really couldn’t follow that part of the discussion. He did say that’s one of the reasons why he likes having a small restaurant–he doesn’t have to keep a big inventory of fish. I have been there when he’s run out of certain varieties and have even seen him close early if he sells out.</p>
<p>Odds are the guy is violating your local health codes.</p>