Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sfmag.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxm!sftig!sfmag!howard From: howard@sfmag.UUCP (H.M.Moskovitz) Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.med Subject: Re: Sushi Message-ID: <655@sfmag.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 10:43:40 EDT Article-I.D.: sfmag.655 Posted: Fri Aug 9 10:43:40 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 02:50:06 EDT References: <499@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Summit, NJ Lines: 33 Xref: linus net.cooks:3593 net.med:1805 > I've only had the chance to have sushi a few times, when visiting > California, and loved it. However, since then, I've read some newspaper > articles describing various vile and loathsome parasitical infections or > other ill effects that can arise from eating sushi, and have been scared > away. I was wondering if anyone out there had some hard knowledge about > this topic -- how likely is it that I will suffer some ill effect from > eating sushi or sashimi at a commercial sushi bar or Japanese restaurant > in America? (Would location make any difference?) > I have never been ill after Sushi and I eat alot of it. A sushi chef told me once, in reply to a question about what types of fish were suitable for sushi, that no fresh-water fish should be used since these tended to be harmful (either via parasites or toxins, don't know for sure). He said only salt-water fish were used, and if you look at the charts that they have in sushi bars, all the types of *fish* are salt-water varieties (like tuna, mackerel, salmon). The non-fish types are things like abalone, sea-urchin, sea-eel, octopus, squid, etc... If you are truly worried, get sushi ala-carte, and have things that you feel safe with like shrimp, crab or a maki-roll that has no fish in it at all (like a futo-maki which has cooked egg and veggies only). -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Howard Moskovitz AT&T Info. Systems attunix!howard