Elaine Parrish wrote:
>
> I don't eat raw fish, either (I don't eat much fish of any kind).
>
> A friend of mine adores sushi and I like tempura well enough to get
> through an evening of her great company. I wasn't sure I was
> going enjoy sitting across the table from her, though. However, when her
> sushi plate came, there were two shrimp things (a cube of cold rice,
> shrimp on top, wrapped in a dark green weed [seaweed?}).
>
> Both the shrimp were pink. I didn't know enough about the other fish to
> know whether or not it was cooked. A little investigating proved that it
> was, too.
>
> Tee hee hee. All the folks that I know that were bragging about eating raw
> fish were either misinformed or just rattling everyone else's cage.
>
> Sashimi is the raw stuff and it isn't offered anywhere around here. But
> that hasn't stopped most of the people I know from talking about cool it
> is to eat "raw" fish. <g>
>
> The shrimp were very large and very good. It's the cold glob of rice and a
> huge weed ribbon I can't abide.
>
So you're saying that your friends can't tell the difference between
raw fish and cooked fish? And that tickles you?

I find the first really hard to believe. The second, I believe. -aem