Today's Picture: 062

[akujunkan]

Is of:


supermarket sashimi, to round out last week's supermarket sushi. This is a typical mid-price moriawase, or "assorted platter." Clockwise, from the top we have: salmon, red snapper, scallops, tuna, and yellowjack. They're sitting on a bed of grated daikon (Japanese radish) and shiso (which is a salad green that I don't believe is widely known in the West). There's also some parsley at the bottom and for some reason, a dandelion flower, one of which always seems to come with most sushi platters. (I usually save them and put them on my desk for some color. It's a good way to keep track of how many times I've eaten sashimi in a week.)



That will be all.

Comments

[dark-waterlily.livejournal.com]

Fooood.
Looks delicious. I must really save all this posts they are good cultural reference.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

:-) I had your earlier comment in mind when I put this up.

And they're all tagged, so as long as you don't forget where my journal is, you should be able to find them.

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

Why must you continue to torture me with pictures of delicious and affordable food? I'm land-locked over here. I'm sick of prohibitively expensive frozen goodness! *URG!!!!*

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, most of this fish was caught in the Western hemisphere, freezer shipped to Japan and thawed out at the supermarket before being put on the shelves which is why I would not eat it if I were a good person.

But here's hoping that as more people Stateside get clued in to how good it is, the economy of scale will increase and it'll get cheaper.

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

That is SERIOUSLY fucked up. We ship our fish to them so they can defrost and serve it while they do the same for us?! Can't we just eat our own fucking fish?!

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

I think it's to do with the fact that salmon populations have pretty much been depopulated over here. And again, I know eating Atlantic salmon is gross and probably really unhealthy, but sometimes I just want sashimi.

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

Ewww....salmon. Don't really care about that. But what kinds of white fish get ferried back and forth?

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I LOVE salmon. If you can get pacific wild-caught salmon I RECOMMEND IT. Just pan fry it in some butter and put a bit of lemon juice and salt on top. Heavenly.

Because it's *real salmon.* It's amazing how different the color/taste/texture is between wild caught salmon and their sickly farm-raised brethren.

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

I've had some baked, broiled, and sushi. I just don't like the taste. Maybe one day my tastes will change. I hope so, because John loves salmon, too.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Or you can keep on hating it and John and I can eat whatever salmon bits come on the platters you order.

I think that's a good solution too^^

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

Even better! I call dibs on tuna!

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Okay, you take the tuna. I'll take the chutoro.

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

Ummm...what is chutoro? If it's squid or eel No Way!

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

The squid you can have (unless it's firefly squid). Eel, I'm willing to compromise on.

Chutoro, incidentally, is fatty tuna.

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.....mud wrestle you for it!