"NeedforSwede2" > wrote in message
t...
> In article >,
> says...
> > Nigiri is the word for a rice ball with a sushi neta on top.
> > For the most part its a fish item, but I'm sure you could strap
> > a veggie on with a strip of nori.
> >
> In the UK, I've seen red pepper (capsicum type, not chili) or Omelette
> Nigiri.
> --
> Carl Robson

There is a boom in unusual fusion-type sushi. I got back from Japan last
week where I saw small
square hors d'ouvre type sushi using all sorts of unusual vegetable things
and smoked salmon.
I know there are slme book out that specializes in these kinds of
non-traditional sushi.
My guess is that it is reverse importation of items created outside of
Japan.
The first time I saw a red pepper nigiri was when Morimoto Masaharu made it
on Ryouri no Tetsujin-
aka Iron Chef (the original Japanese version) years go.
In terms of traditional sushi using vegetables, in terms of nigiri I can
think of none.For hosomaki there is
of course Kappa (cucumber) and Kanpyou. And Futomaki as well as Chirashi and
other forms of sushi
use various vegetables.

M