re: Sushi: finger food?

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I also add wasabi to my soy sauce.

If i ever go to japan, ill make sure i dont do those things though.

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I've had sushi in Japan...everyone put their wasabi in the soy sauce and half of them dipped the rice side in.

ETA: Also used chop sticks.

Anybody ever made their own sushi? I made some crawfish sushi along with fake crabmeat sushi. They were both pretty good, I thought.

Then, I had rice and fake crabmeat left over, so I made Sushi Jambalaya - sushi rice with wasabi soy sauce strirred in, along with strips of nori and pieces of fake crabmeat. Pretty good for the drunken arts.

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here is some sushi etiquette rules for ya: Do… Feel free to alternate between chopsticks and fingers. Believe it or not, both are completely acceptable! Dip the fish into the soy sauce (not the rice side). Eat each piece of sushi in one mouthful. And please—chew with your mouth closed, of course. Signal to your waiter that you’re finished eating by resting your chopsticks across your soy sauce dish. Use the blunt, wide end of your chopsticks when serving yourself from a shared plate. Don’t… Rub your chopsticks together to sand down any splinters. It implies that the chopsticks are of low quality and is considered rude. Dip the rice side of your sushi into the soy sauce (remember, just the fish). Use the pickled ginger as a garnish for your sushi; it is meant to clear your palate in between bites! Dump wasabi into your soy sauce; wasabi should be put directly on your sushi. Bite your sushi in half and put it back on the plate. Give the sushi chef a tip. Traditionally sushi chefs never handle money directly (and thank goodness because money is dirty).

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You should not really use soy or the wasab"ish" paste. True sushi chefs cringe at the practice of everyone dunking their food in the sauces.

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