James Silverton wrote:

> Dan wrote on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:25:19 -0500:
>
> DL> James Silverton wrote:
> ??>> Incidentally, is Nigiri the right word for non-fish items?
>
> DL> Nigiri is the word for a rice ball with a sushi neta on
> DL> top. For the most part its a fish item, but I'm sure you
> DL> could strap a veggie on with a strip of nori.
>
> Yes, that is exactly what I was talking about. The items I most like are
> strapped onto the rice with nori and are cooked thin asparagus spears
> and strips of some yellow pickle. They make a refreshing contrast to the
> fish items. As I was writing this, I thought to find my favorite sushi
> book, "Sushi" by Ryuichi Yoshii and see what was there. He refers to
> them just as "vegetable sushi" and has recipes for tofu, asparagus, snow
> peas, avocado, shiitake and eggplant. He invariably calls for a small
> garnish like miso or mayonnaise to be placed on top. Sorry, I should
> have looked it up before I asked the question.

No problem asking.. I've mostly seen veggie sushi in maki form, like oshinko
maki and asparagus and stuff maki. Occasionally my sushi chef puts baby
sprouts on top of saba nigiri.

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Dan