Here are some lovely rolls from Sushi Pac down the street. We've got salmon and avocado on the left, and tuna with sweet corn on the right.
The boys LOVE sushi. It stems from an Event at school in which Amiri's class made sushi. They rinsed the rice, boiled it in a rice cooker that one of the teachers brought from home, and then stirred it. They watched the teachers cut up the cucumber, carrot, and egg. They soaked the seaweed. Then they all got to assemble the ingredients just so and roll them up. Amiri loved it so much... I saw the candid photos that the teachers snapped of the class and he had a big silly grin on his face in every one. At home, he told us the story of Making Sushi over and over, enthusiastically and proudly.
So what is there for parents to do at that point but to go and buy some sushi? At first we got them the 'easy' vegetarian rolls, but it soon became apparent that their tastes take after their Daddy's and we introduced the more challenging options featuring raw fish into their menu. They love them all. They also (passionately, intensely) love the soy sauce fishies. They sometimes nibble but mostly leave the ginger. The wasabi packet is completely unacceptable.
The boys LOVE sushi. It stems from an Event at school in which Amiri's class made sushi. They rinsed the rice, boiled it in a rice cooker that one of the teachers brought from home, and then stirred it. They watched the teachers cut up the cucumber, carrot, and egg. They soaked the seaweed. Then they all got to assemble the ingredients just so and roll them up. Amiri loved it so much... I saw the candid photos that the teachers snapped of the class and he had a big silly grin on his face in every one. At home, he told us the story of Making Sushi over and over, enthusiastically and proudly.
So what is there for parents to do at that point but to go and buy some sushi? At first we got them the 'easy' vegetarian rolls, but it soon became apparent that their tastes take after their Daddy's and we introduced the more challenging options featuring raw fish into their menu. They love them all. They also (passionately, intensely) love the soy sauce fishies. They sometimes nibble but mostly leave the ginger. The wasabi packet is completely unacceptable.
4 comments:
I can't believe that Amiri is 4! Happy birthday! Happy birthday to you, big guy!
Love the t-shirts! A very howdy Happy Birthday to Amiri from his Texas family.
Happy Birthday to Amiri from Uncle Fred and Aunt McKenzie. We just love sushi also and love it all mostly at least. Aunt McKenzie loves that they make it with brown rice now too. Fred will not touch any brown rice but we both love it. We like seaweed salad too. Love to the whole family and both boys are adorable eating their sushi.
Mrs. K is teaching the elementary classes about Japanese culture, so I printed out the photo of the sushi and also the part about Amiri's class learning how to make sushi. The children here in Carney were very interested. And Mrs. K doesn't even like sushi!
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