OP, what region are you from? I remember sushi being really cheap in Sydney and it was considered a go-to for students. But here in the States it's more expensive and (at least in Dallas and Denver) you don't really want to go to anything less than a sit-down restaurant for it.
Are these dollarydoos? I mean it's cheap even if USD, damn, here we can really just get it delivered, and then it's like 20/25€ per person kind of thing for run of the mill sushi. I think some of the more expensive supermarkets sometimes have small boxes but these are gross and not that much cheaper.
Still, I'll always remember checking out the sushi stand at Mexico airport and figuring out after checking my conversions that they were 7/8$ PER SUSHI! I stopped complaining about my local prices after that.
There was a sushiya or something like that in my cafeteria in Texas University so I'd get a spicy tuna roll every now and then for lunch. This was a decade ago.
"Man, I'm hungry. What do I have left? Let's see... cold rice, soy sauce, a few small chunks of fish from yesterday and there's some seaweed growing in the fish tank? There has to be a way to turn this into something!"
In Japan, sushi is definitely one of the more expensive foods. You can't really use yesterday's fish as authentic sushi uses fresh fish which you can't eat the next day for obvious reasons.
People started putting all kinds of fillings into sushi like chicken, beef, sausages, vegetables and whatnot. So... fresh fish ain't a requisite for sushi anymore.
oddly yeah. it's not as good as the real deal shops but if I get a random urge or if I am strapped for time for lunch/dinner, i'll go pick up one of the 15$ multi packs the place around me does
does enough for me to fulfill the craving for another few days when it pops back up again 😂
The supermarket near me has a few people preparing fresh sushi right there every day. That one's great, I honestly like it better than the actual sushi place a few streets over
Funnily enough, my country cuisine is very rich and varied.
Did you know fishs have the most parasites of all animals. So much in fact that i heard some people that study parasitology stop eating fishes at all, let alone raw. Enjoy.
I know shushi contain raw fish. Not all shushi but some does. Basically, am against uncooked meat of any kind. Just look what parasites people get by eating not cooked enough /raw pork and tell me if it's worth the risk.
No No No ! I am definitely a shark. I uh... Am on diet, yeah ! I definitely like raw fish, mmmm, raw fish... Being vegetarian would be a disgrace to any shark.
See it's funny to me that people complain about raw fish in sushi, but have no issues with Jerky, prosciutto etc.
So long as it is prepared correctly, it is fine. In the case of fish in sushi, it has to be soaked in vinegar to kill any bacteria. Similar to how prosciutto is salted in its production.