Bubbabob wrote:
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> Mite > wrote:
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> > According to my Japanese dictionary, sashimi is fresh meat eaten raw,
> > thinly cut, with soy sauce (or other).
> > It is mostly seafood, but not only. There is basashi (sashimi of horse
> > meat) and I think I saw once beef carpaccio referred to as sashimi
> > too.
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> > Mite
> > http://www.shopncook.com
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> Could raw Dutch herring be considered a form of sashimi? It's by far my
> favorite raw fish.

Hard to say, as it's salted and preserved, although still raw.
Fresh-caught herring would certainly qualify.