C.Whyte

This past weekend it was my brother’s birthday and instead of going out to a restaurant for dinner, he decided to have the family stay in and make one of his (and my!) favorite food:  Sushi.  I have only attempted sushi on my own one time before, which I think went fairly smooth, but the thought of doing it again brought a bit of worry to my mind.  Thoughts of “oh man, what if it doesn’t taste good??” crossed my mind at least a few times.

Luckily for us all, I documented the entire event with the ever-useful iPhone and will now show off our amazing sushi making skills!

How to make Sushi:

Get the right gear!  And by gear I mean ingredients.  Check out our plate of sliced veggies and variety of fish/seafood.  I’ll try to write down all that we had:

The Pregame: Here's what we've got!

The of course, we have the fish and other seafood items to add to the rolls.  Believe me, it tasted better than it looks here

The Fish!

- Yellow Tail
- Another type of Tuna
- Octopus
- Imitation Crab
- Scallops
- Salmon
Now for the veggies.. what did we have to go with the substance?  Let’s find out:

- Cucumber
- Japanese Radish (forget the real name for this)
- Jalapeno (sounds spicier than it was)
- Radish sprouts
- Avocado
- Green Onion
- Sticky Rice
-”Mid Range” seaweed (we weren’t all about to go top shelf on this)

With all that in place, we were full blown ready to go with the making of the sushi.  I’ll fast forward here and just drop a ton of back to back pics of how we did things… I think everyone would appreciate that more than me giving the play by play.  Ultimately, we rolled it all together and got some seriously tasty dinner.  Oh yeah, and my brother put on his chef gear to give the full effect!  Pretty supreme looking hat:

So there you go, there’s the action shots of this all going down.  You might be wondering where I am in all these pictures, and the answer is that I’m taking them.  Don’t worry, I was definitely making rolls!  After all the hard work of carefully rolling our masterpieces and chopping them up into little stout cylinders we were left with a heaving plate full of Sushi.  I have to say, it was surprisingly (ridiculously) good:
FAQ’s:  Was it good?  Yes.
Would I do it again? Yes.