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New generation sushi, or gen sushi, is a western twist on an eastern delicacy. By appealing to the tastes of western cultures and catering to those who have fears of raw fish, gen sushi offers a variety of vegetarian and cooked dishes that allow the more timid people to experience sushi without needing to fear the stereotypical raw fish normally associated with sushi. However, there are a few things that you should keep in mind before you experience gen sushi.

While gen sushi does open the doors to the world of sushi for those who are timid of traditional Japanese dishes, most new generation sushi is only a spin off of traditional sushi. With Americanized dishes, such as the California maki rolls or the Boston maki rolls, this style of sushi is acceptable to those who are not ready to try fish dishes such as sashimi or nigiri.

Whether or not you are interested in gen sushi or traditional sushi, there is a certain way that sushi should be eaten. In Japanese culture, there are methods of eating sushi that is polite to observe, even in western restaurants. For example, when you are sharing a platter of sushi with your friends or family, you should never pass sushi from one set of chopsticks to another. This is a ritual only used in funerals in Japan, and is considered extremely rude to do at dinner. In addition to this, you should never place the tips of your chopsticks on the edge of your plate with the base of the chopsticks on the table. Chopsticks should rest entirely on the edge of your plate or be placed on the provided chopstick holders. While a more subtle error, you should never take more soy sauce than is needed for your dish. Japanese culture is very much against the wasting of food. Because of this, when you eat sushi, you should never leave any bits of sushi on your plate. This can be considered an insult to the sushi chef.

Typically, if you want gen sushi, you need to go to a specialty sushi store for it,although grocery stores and Asian markets are quickly catching onto the demand for sushi. If you are interested in trying gen sushi, there are chains of sushi restaurants dedicated to this style of sushi. As well, many traditional style sushi restaurants do keep some Americanized sushi options to cater to the desires of the population, although the variety is less than at a gen sushi restaurant.

If you plan on making your own sushi rolls at home, you will need to invest in a high quality bamboo sushi mat. There are a lot of things that you need to remember when you are making your own sushi rolls. The rice must have the right blend of stickiness versus vinegar taste, while the nori must be of high quality. The ingredients that go into the sushi roll, regardless of whether it is fish or vegetables, must be of the highest quality so that the flavor of the sushi can be as good as possible. High quality ingredients are essential for good sushi.

Rolling sushi can be difficult for those who have never done it before. Because the roll must be firm without being crushed, the bamboo sushi mat is used to make the form of the roll. As the flexible bamboo mat can easily wrap around the food you are rolling, it is possible to get the shape you desire without crushing the ingredients or the rice. However, it takes a certain amount of skill in order to be able to make the sushi roll into the proper cylinder shape best suited for sushi.

Before you practice rolling sushi with a bamboo sushi mat, you need to master the art of making sushi rice. Sushi rice typically takes about an hour to make, if you include the time that the rice must absorb water and the time it takes to clean the rice. One of the mistakes that people make when cooking sushi rice is that they either do not clean the rice properly or they do not allow it to soak as long as it needs to soak for. Both of these errors can lead to inferior sushi rice. No matter how good you are with a bamboo sushi mat, your sushi rolls will not be good if you do not make high quality sushi rice. Another common error of those new to making sushi is the use of flavored nori. While it may seem like an interesting idea to experiment with how flavored nori can alter the taste of sushi, sushi should be made with high quality, unflavored nori. Any other type of nori is considered unsuitable for use with sushi.

However, using premium ingredients can be very expensive, especially if you are practicing with your bamboo sushi mat. In cases like this, it is typically acceptable to use less than premium ingredients. However, even when practicing, you should try to avoid waste. This is culturally important, as it is considered extremely rude in Japanese culture to waste food or soy sauce.