Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site tommif.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!greipa!tommif!cat From: cat@tommif.UUCP (Catherine Mikkelsen) Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.med Subject: Re: Sushi Message-ID: <133@tommif.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 23:26:48 EDT Article-I.D.: tommif.133 Posted: Wed Aug 14 23:26:48 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 20:56:23 EDT References: <499@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: net Lines: 41 Xref: linus net.cooks:3618 net.med:1872 Summary: raw fish in general In article <499@brl-tgr.ARPA>, wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: > 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, too, have read literature about getting worms (or something) from sushi and would like to know more. I recently read somewhere that one can not only catch worms from sushi, but also from other raw seafood, such as raw oysters. Glleergh. Someone told me that the reason sushi-makers place wasabe (horseradish) on each piece of sushi is to kill such germs/animals/whatever. This doesn't sound true. I recently read the following as well: tons of people in Japan suffer from this parasitical infection (well said, Will). It doesn't seem to go away. One should therefore not frequent sushi restaurants with questionable habits of cleanliness, etc., since, according to the afore- mentioned article, people who select fish for these restaurants usually check them carefully to make sure that they haven't got, er, parasites. (I took this to mean that sushi makers have some amount of training in detecting fish problems.) The article seemed to imply that one's chances of catching this tenacious parasitical problem are in exact proportion to the amount of sushi he/she eats. HOWEVER: the article was written in the SF Chronicle, last bastion of semi-hysterical reporting (said article was sandwiched in between at least 14 articles detailing mass murders, bizarre acts with animals and IBM PCs, etc. SO, as we say in the area, take it with a grain of salt. DAMN. And I have a combination sushi restaurant/hot tub place just down the street!! Can't someone quote a medical journal?? Catherine Mikkelsen decwrl!greipa!tommif!cat