Yes, I realize that most of the sushi is seaweed but I favor the raw fish, which is a hot item at our only Japanese restaurant - Tatsu - in southern New Mexico. Sashimi is a new term for me. They don't categorize on their menu...everything is just "Sushi." They recently added chile sushi to their menu, which is fantastic! California Technologies wrote: > > And think of Japanese who eat raw fish such as sushi. > > Actually, sushi is rice wrapped in > seaweed. While raw fish or seafood is often > an ingredient, this is not always the case. > Sushimi is thinly sliced raw fish. > Here are various types of sushi, from the > menu at a local Japanese restaurant: > > aji -- horse mackerel > akagai -- ark shell > ama-ebi -- raw shrimp > anago -- conger eel > aoyagi -- round clam > awabi -- abalone > ayu -- sweetfish > buri -- adult yellowtail > chUtoro -- marbled tuna belly > ebi -- boiled shrimp > hamachi -- young yellowtail > hamaguri -- clam > hamo -- pike conger; sea eel > hatahata -- sandfish > hikari-mono -- various kinds of "shiny" fish, such as mackerel > himo -- "fringe" around an ark shell > hirame -- flounder > hokkigai -- surf clam > hotategai -- scallop > ika -- squid > ikura -- salmon roe > inada -- very young yellowtail > kaibashira -- eye of scallop or shellfish valve muscles > kaiware -- daikon-radish sprouts > kajiki -- swordfish > kani -- crab > kanpachi -- very young yellowtail > karei -- flatfish > katsuo -- bonito > kazunoko -- herring roe > kohada -- gizzard shad > kuruma-ebi -- prawn > maguro -- tuna > makajiki -- blue marlin > masu -- trout > meji (maguro) -- young tuna > mekajiki -- swordfish > mirugai -- surf clam > negi-toro -- tuna belly and chopped green onion > ni-ika -- squid simmered in a soy-flavored stock > nori-tama -- sweetened egg wrapped in dried seaweed > Otoro -- fatty portion of tuna belly > saba -- mackerel > sake -- salmon > sawara -- Spanish mackerel > sayori -- (springtime) halfbeak > seigo -- young sea bass > shako -- mantis shrimp > shima-aji -- another variety of aji > shime-saba -- mackerel (marinated) > shiromi -- seasonal "white meat" fish > suzuki -- sea bass > tai -- sea bream > tairagai -- razor-shell clam > tako -- octopus > tamago -- sweet egg custard wrapped in dried seaweed > torigai -- cockle > toro -- choice tuna belly > tsubugai -- Japanese "tsubugai" shellfish > uni -- sea urchin roe > > David > > ____________________________________________ > California Technologies - David Louis Harter > http://www.catechnologies.com > mailto:webmaster@catechnologies.com > Computers - Internet Services - Firearms > Photography - Graphic Services - Model Agency