Making your own Sushi at home....

[The1BigWillie]

Gentlemen... I am a sushi fiend. I can't get enough. I want to make it at home... I know it wont' be cheap but I know I wont have to drop $100 a meal either.  Are there any in home sushi chefs here that can offer any assistance, guidance, and tips?  I've been assembling my tools and goodies today but am stuck on where to get my salmon and tuna.  I'm looking online and possibly at Asian markets here in OP.  Anyone? 

[Branson Bound]

Sorry, I stick with crappy and catfish. You don't want to eat a raw catfish, let me tell you.

[CNS]

I actually took a sushi class at the Johnson County Culinary Arts Thingy.  Still not great at it.  It is still hard to get the rice quantity right(I always have too much) and then it's hard to slice it without tearing it apart.  The ingredients don't seem too hard to get a hold of.  In fact, the JCCA guys said I could order awesome fish through them as often as weekly at their rate. 

The tips the JCCA guys gave us weren't anything special.  I mean, wrap your bamboo mat in seran wrap, keep a bowl of warm tap water aside at all times and rinse your fingers super often(keeps you from sticking to everything when dealing with rice), wipe knife with wet towel between each slice of the roll, etc.  It all helped, but I am still not awesome at it. 

Also, if you find really good Masago, please let me know where.


Also(shame thread?) I bought this last year and plan to try it in the near future: http://www.sushezi.com/

[CHONGS]

I've made sushi (nori rolls) a few times. Do you want to recreate the taste or is it super important to have a roll?

[CNS]

Good question.  I resorted to basically just making lumps of the stuff I wanted without the neat order of a roll.  Also, store bought nori is tougher and harder to bite/chew through than what you get at a restaurant. 

[puniraptor]

i would not try to eat any raw fish from any grocery store.

[CNS]

You can order specific sushi grade fish from a few places around KC.  Most of which, you don't just  into the store and buy it, though.  You have to order a head of time usually.  Also, that fish you see in the seafood counter is not sushi grade.

[CHONGS]

Good question.  I resorted to basically just making lumps of the stuff I wanted without the neat order of a roll.  Also, store bought nori is tougher and harder to bite/chew through than what you get at a restaurant. 

http://www.livestrong.com/article/433894-how-to-toast-seaweed/

[The1BigWillie]

I've made sushi (nori rolls) a few times. Do you want to recreate the taste or is it super important to have a roll?

The roll thing isn't super important to me but my girlfriend will want something somewhat visually pleasing.  I could eat it in a wad with my bare hands out of the inside of the sink.  I appreciate all the input so far.  I'm looking at some online options for Tuna and Salmon. I'll keep an eye out for Masago

[CNS]

Good question.  I resorted to basically just making lumps of the stuff I wanted without the neat order of a roll.  Also, store bought nori is tougher and harder to bite/chew through than what you get at a restaurant. 

http://www.livestrong.com/article/433894-how-to-toast-seaweed/

 

[CHONGS]

I like making scattered sushi (chirashizushi), it's a lot less effort, but still has that "sushi" taste.

[Dugout DickStone]

Huge waste of time/effort.  Just get takeout

[CNS]

Are you in KC?  If so, I have heard that Hen House will order it in and I bet Trader Joe's would too.

[The1BigWillie]

Are you in KC?  If so, I have heard that Hen House will order it in and I bet Trader Joe's would too.

Yeah I'm in Overland Park.  I'll look into that. 

[_33]

Add to things not worth the effort thread.

[Spracne]

This is why I make my own Sashimi.

[Dugout DickStone]

I am serious, it is not worth the effort.  It is one of those things that are just much better from the restaurant

[Gooch]

Huge waste of time/effort.  Just get takeout

No truer words have ever been spoken.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

i just go to a like $25 all you can eat place and stuff my face for an hour. then i dont eat sushi for a month... rinse and repeat.

if im hungry for a quick sushi snack, i go to hen house and ask for them to make me a few rolls fresh. they usually do it if you get there before 6:30 or so.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

i also buy the drunken fish groupon a few times a year. $35 for $60 worth of sushi.

[The1BigWillie]

I probably spend about $400 a month eating sushi.  I think it's worth it for me to try. I really enjoy it.

[pissclams]

those plastic bags that you get from the grocery store to take your groceries home in make rolling your sushi rolls infinitely easier

[The Big Train]

i would put like $20(or more) a month into a sushi sickness account so when you run across the wrong fish or a bad roll you dont have any expenses out of pocket 

[AbeFroman]

Just make crab rangoons, better and easier.

[bones129]

Sorry, I stick with crappy and catfish. You don't want to eat a raw catfish, let me tell you.

crappie, fwiw.