>  CS> Yes, it's an art form.  I can do it a bit but not even rolls.  They
 >  CS> taste the same though.
 > 
 > Yeah, but as the judges say Japanese food has to appeal to all the senses,
 > hence it must also look good and his rolls were ugly! :)

Grin, that's a big part of it in Japan.  They generally make'em where you can
watch.
 > 
 >  > Not big on sushi here, yet almost all of the asian buffets have it.
 > 
 >  CS> It grows on ya ;-)  Sasebo (where I was) isnt as much into sushi as the
 >  CS> Northern parts but we do a mighty fine hand sushi and alot of rice
 >  CS> balls made with sushi rice and sweet beans.

 > Being in CA almost all the places have a veggie roll of some type - then the
 > various fish things too.
 > 
 > Oh, I found out sushi means vinegered rice.  :)  (You probably knew that?)  

Yup, it's both a type of rice (a sweet short grain) and the prep method as
well as the right vinegar and sweetner mixes.  As you can guess, it can't be
done with minute rice or any long grain non-stuicky sort.

 > Seems that preparing the rice is a key factor in good sushi, even more so th
 > the inserted food you use.
 > 
 > Bobby was a bit short on his rice prep too - in other words the guy was shot
 > down right out of the chute.  :)  But ya got to give him credit for trying -
 > has no fear on some of these throw downs.

Killer bad when it's sushi!

They had one last night with blue berry pancakes and he won, but I think that
time the other fellows were better.
             xxcarol
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