| json_metadata | "{"app":"Musing","appTags":["japanese"],"appCategory":"japanese","appTitle":"Why do Japanese people have a predilection for eating raw fish?","appBody":"<p><br></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Assortment_of_sushi,_May_2010.jpg\" /></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>There are two different things here. One thing is sashimi, which is believed to be traditional for many years. Back in the Muromachi period (1336-1573) as a meal for well-to-do classes. It is related to a practice known as \"ikejime\"</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>This consists of killing the fish with a spine in the brain. This makes his death instantaneous and better conserves fish meat. It is usually done in places where they serve fish directly from an aquarium. The fish arrives at the diner already filleted and \"moving\" as a sign of freshness.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Sometimes this is considered a \"wild practice\" because they say they \"tear a live fish\". Nothing is further from reality. The fish dies instantly by sticking a special instrument into the brain and then prepares to serve it. The movement is reflexive nervous spasms, but the fish is dead and well dead.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://media.merchantcircle.com/12104393/sushi-sashimi-plate_full.jpeg\" /></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Sushi is much more modern and popular, and is an invention of a well-known Japanese cook called \"Hanaya Yohei\" who in the nineteenth century invented this popular dish that, in addition to raw fish, can contain other things accompanied by rice (a special one cooked with water, rice vinegar ...)</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Predilection? Well, the reason is very simple. If you have eaten sashimi \"really\" you find that it is not only delicious, it is a sight to behold. The presentation is very careful and in these dishes until the cut of the fish influences. It is a very good delicacy and it is not very expensive.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>As it shows, a dish that I tasted in Hiroshima some time ago</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://lchaimfoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CloseUps-21.jpg\" /></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>It is popular because it has a reasonable price and it is very good. What else do we want?</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Oh, and of course in Japan the cook who puts fish in poor condition or with parasites knows that it ends up in the street fast. They are very serious about this issue and the few cases that occur in that country are usually associated with home-cooked meals</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>On the other hand, Japanese cuisine is much richer and more varied than \"raw fish. Sushi and sashimi are just a couple of dishes from a kitchen with a huge variety</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"fkx4l3995","appParentAuthor":"ajayiwaldorf","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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