"James Silverton" > wrote in message
news:kZzAj.2049$er2.1658@trnddc08...
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > They used to have Hudson River blue crab festivals every year
> > in NY.
> >
> > "It's a totally different experience opening your own urchin
> > and feasting of fresh uni"
> >
> > That is the truth. The uni that I've had in Japanese
> > restaurants has
> > been but a very pale imitation.
>
> Is not uni at its very best when the freshly caught shellfish is
> handed to you on the beach by the fisherman who caught it?
>
> A question that occurs to me is whether that informal activity
> is eating sushi?
>

No it isn't. To eat sushi, one must have su(vinegar) shi (from meshi,
meaning rice).
If you enjoyed a fresh just caught fish in raw form, you'd be eating
sashimi.
Sashimi, while meaning raw fish, does cover shellfish, but the word comes
from the
slicing. In the case of uni, you wouldn't be eating sashimi, you;d be eating
"Nama Uni"; ie; eating raw uni.

Now, if you took that fresh caught uni and threw it on top of a bowl of
sushi rice,
yes, you'd absolutely be eating sushi.

M