I MADE SUSHI!

[Beiruty]

Where's the Uni?

Yuck! Perhaps you forgot, TAM, but my family keeps kosher. No sea urchin, shrimp, etc. Ew!

I eat Halal and Kosher food. I cannot skip seafood.
Fish, Shrimp, and Sea Scallop are all Okay with me. And, I love sushi and "Halal" Japanese and Thai food.

[RottenApple]

Where's the Uni?

Yuck! Perhaps you forgot, TAM, but my family keeps kosher. No sea urchin, shrimp, etc. Ew!

I eat Halal and Kosher food. I cannot skip seafood.
Fish, Shrimp, and Sea Scallop are all Okay with me. And, I love sushi and "Halal" Japanese and Thai food.

I thought shellfish wasn't halal, just as its not kosher.

[PUCKER]

RA: looks very nice, well done!

I love me some sushi...raw, cooked, whatever...ginger, wasabi, soy and fish...it's all good...not a fan of uni though, something about the texture brought back memories of baby food. I go to Japan once or twice a year...and yes, there's more than sushi on the menu...but I always try to get my fill of it! As an aside, would you believe that Hooters of Tokyo was actually quite good? Better than the US Hooters restaurants I've been too.

[Dave2]

Where's the Uni?

Yuck! Perhaps you forgot, TAM, but my family keeps kosher. No sea urchin, shrimp, etc. Ew!

That's not what Uni is. "Yuck" doesn't even begin to describe it... (I mean it tastes pretty good, I'm just glad I'd already finished lunch and used the restroom when I found out what it was.)

Ummmmm. Uni is sea urchin.

Sorta... Saying Uni is merely "sea urchin" is like saying Rocky Mountain Oysters are just made from male calves... It's technically true, but skirts around the main issue.

[RottenApple]

Where's the Uni?

Yuck! Perhaps you forgot, TAM, but my family keeps kosher. No sea urchin, shrimp, etc. Ew!

That's not what Uni is. "Yuck" doesn't even begin to describe it... (I mean it tastes pretty good, I'm just glad I'd already finished lunch and used the restroom when I found out what it was.)

Ummmmm. Uni is sea urchin.

Sorta... Saying Uni is merely "sea urchin" is like saying Rocky Mountain Oysters are just made from male calves... It's technically true, but skirts around the main issue.

Ok. So it's the gonads of a sea urchin. Regardless, it is from a non-kosher animal and is not considered fit to eat.

[Dave2]

Ok. So it's the gonads of a sea urchin. Regardless, it is from a non-kosher animal and is not considered fit to eat.

Correct.

(And I finally disagree with TAM on something... I knew it would happen eventually.)

[mojo84]

I'm not going to eat those parts from any animal, at least knowingly.

[G26ster]

I'm not going to eat those parts from any animal, at least knowingly.

But you do eat things that come out of a chicken's butt?

[mojo84]

I'm not going to eat those parts from any animal, at least knowingly.

But you do eat things that come out of a chicken's butt?

Come on now, I may not be able to eat a chicken egg again.

[TheCytochromeC]

Where's the Uni?

Yuck! Perhaps you forgot, TAM, but my family keeps kosher. No sea urchin, shrimp, etc. Ew!

I eat Halal and Kosher food. I cannot skip seafood.
Fish, Shrimp, and Sea Scallop are all Okay with me. And, I love sushi and "Halal" Japanese and Thai food.

I thought shellfish wasn't halal, just as its not kosher.

If I'm not mistaken shellfish actually falls into a class of food items called "makru". These are questionable to consume and the individual should be in "dire straights" to consume the item.

[mojo84]

Glad I don't keep kosher. If I did, I'd find myself in "dire straits" pretty often.

[Beiruty]

Where's the Uni?

Yuck! Perhaps you forgot, TAM, but my family keeps kosher. No sea urchin, shrimp, etc. Ew!

I eat Halal and Kosher food. I cannot skip seafood.
Fish, Shrimp, and Sea Scallop are all Okay with me. And, I love sushi and "Halal" Japanese and Thai food.

I thought shellfish wasn't halal, just as its not kosher.

If it only lives in the sea, it is halal. If it's Amphibious like frogs, some of the crabs, then it is not.

[RoyGBiv]

I'm not going to eat those parts from any animal, at least knowingly.

But you do eat things that come out of a chicken's butt?

I always find it amusing when "conventionally ok" things are given further thought.
Think about beef or pork or poultry... why are these sources of protein any less "yucky"?
Answer: Just because they're accepted. They've been sanitized for us before they reach our kitchen.

I've only ever opened a fertilized egg once. It put me off eating eggs for a while. Was quite the shock. But by the first time I butchered a deer, the realities of where my food comes from had already sunk in. The fresh, smoked, never-even-refrigerated venison shoulder we ate that night was excellent.

Nowadays, pretty much any part of a pig is fair game for eating. The Chinese can even make the ears and stomach linings tender and tasty. I generally avoid organ meat, mostly for texture reasons. Something about involuntary musculature I find grainy and unappetizing.

If you're put off by Uni, then definitely DON'T try Shirako. Taste was interesting (in a culinary sort of way), but the texture was wretched. . "No, I don't want that second piece, you can have it, thanks."

ETA: Adult innuendo warning about that Shirako link. Language is not bad, but innuendo is very adult. Mods: Feel free to delete if inappropriate.

[Beiruty]

I'm not going to eat those parts from any animal, at least knowingly.

But you do eat things that come out of a chicken's butt?

And all other red meat comes from the other "end".

[mojo84]

Speaking of that, why do we eat cow but not horse?