mercedo's Journal: Fish Story

Whether you can eat a fish in sashimi or not is a criterion whether the fish is fresh or not. I know but...

As I've been working in a fishery section in a department store, oftentimes I am asked by a customer about fish.

A writer doesn't know about fish well.

Today I was asked by a middle aged lady, 'Can I eat this fish in raw?' She was pointing out a pacific saury. 'No' I said with strngth, because I thought she was asking whether to be able to eat it from a head as it is in a raw. She asked again changed the expression. 'Can I eat this in sashimi? Sashimi means sliced fillet in rawfish. So i said 'It's OK, you can eat it in raw I mean in sashimi.' She asked me again, 'What did you thought when I said whether I could eat it in raw.' 'I thought you were asking whether you could eat it from the head without cooking.'

me two

[FidelCatsro]

I can't really eat any fish other than Tuna ... I do love rice balls and seaweed delicacies though (without the fish) Just the fish part i am not a fan of

Re:me two

[mercedo]

If you'd ever tasted a raw fish, the taste is completely different from cooked one. Some might take on eating it regularly. At the same time I am not totally sure whether it is safe enough to eat fish without cooking. Many noro cases, e-coli cases are directly resulted from eating raw fish.

Eating raw fish has been deeply rooted in tradition, and faith to some extent( regarded as sacred ), so it is not going to change in a day or two though, we will face a lot of 'fish already cooked and packed' in marketpla

Re:me two

[FidelCatsro]

;) honestly you wouldn't , my accent is quite unique . I've lived all over Scotland though mostly in Aberdeen.
Ah I have tried the raw fish part and really didn't like it , I don't like cooked fish either ;)