sushi!

[dwivian]

So....

I decided to make Inari, and got some fried tofu, planned to make sushi rice, and had a goal.

While I was at Harry's, I talked to the fishmonger about sushi-grade tuna, and they told me that they got in fresh fish daily and only a few were ever sushi grade. But, the end cuts of the main muscle mass were perfect. Alas, they didn't have any. And, at $30 a pound....

While we were talking, a cutter got out a large slab of tuna to replentish their tuna steak section. He miscut the last steak, leaving trailing bits. Those good sushi bits. They weren't cut well, but weren't cut into a steak.

The fishmonger offered to sell them to me, and since that was what I needed to make tuna nigiri (maguro), I agreed.

Half a pound of soft nice tuna. Oh, sure, I'd have to work to cut it into pretty pieces, but it was still a half pound of premium tuna!

Marked as "Fish Chunks". For $2 a pound.

Yeah, I made 16 pieces of tuna nigiri, plus 5 pieces of sashimi, for $1. For $4 worth of inarizushi no mono, I made another 12 pieces of inari.

So, for $8 total, I had 28 pieces of sushi. Da elf and I ate a bit, and the left over bits are packed in a bento for later.

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[lady-autumnstar.livejournal.com]

The things I loved best I really haven't found another source for: apple bread and spanakopita. I learned how to make the chocolate pastries so we can have those occasionally. I'm working on the cinnamon-cream cheese breakfast pizza.

The fun part of shopping at Harry's was that there were shadowy corners where you could find strange veggies and Chinese patterned dishes. Whole Foods is too bright and polished. I do miss the international canned goods section, though. Supermarkets have some things, but not that extensive a selection.