On Jan 3, 9:47*pm, wrote:
> I hate mayo. *Always have. *Lately I've been interested in sushi, and
> have started trying to make my own. *I always order with light mayo,
> or no mayo. *I can't stand when there is a lot in it. *I'd like to
> hear some opinions from some of the more seasoned sushi connesours
> here. *Is it really an authentic ingredient in rolls? *Am I violating
> some sacred sushi statute by omitting it from my rolls?
>
> discuss....

Food is meant to be enjoyed, whatever your tastes.

If you like Tabasco on your Ikura with a side of coleslaw, and it's
available at the place you're eating, then eat it and enjoy it!

This fanaticism about making sure someone else likes what you eat is
crazy.

As long as you're polite, do not make other diners unhappy because of
your behavior and you enjoy the food as you like it prepared, go for
it.

If someone else makes a comment about how you like your food, then
tell them to mind their own business and enjoy their food the way they
like it and leave you alone.

Watching someone else eat their food at another table is considered
rude. If someone does this to you, ignore them and enjoy what you've
paid for.

If you don't like mayo on anything, then instruct the chef to NOT put
it on anything he serves you.

By this advice, I don't mean for you to pull out a jug of kimche and
pour it over your meal. If kimche is offered and you like it on your
rolls, then ask for it to be put into your rolls. It's your meal, not
anyone else's.

As for "Traditional" or not....who cares? I eat what I enjoy. I don't
eat what I don't enjoy.

Unless you're eating your sushi while standing at a cart in the
street, then you're really NOT being truly "Traditional" if you want
to go back far enough. Let's not be silly folks.

I certainly don't mean to insult anyone, but if someone were to tell
someone how to eat their food, then they better be paying for it and
talking to their own children.

Yes, there are limits. Polite. Not making a big scene. Common everyday
politeness.

I've been eating sushi for 30 years. Don't tell me how to eat my food.
I'll eat it as I like to within reason.

I don't care what scale the place is. Unless the chef is paying for my
meal, I'll eat what I feel like eating and he'll make it the way I
tell him to make it or I'll simply go elsewhere.

In those 30 years, not a single person has ever told me that I was
eating my sushi wrong with the exception of a very impolite waitress
who told me to use chops instead of using my fingers for pieces of a
roll. I told her in short order to mind her own business and go away.
The manager of the place agreed with me.

Good luck to all of you, but come on, lets not get all weird about
what is ok for a person to eat when they are paying for it and being
polite.

(My 2 cents)