Sometimes people want something that a restaurant doesn’t have on the menu. I’m not sure what the issue is that she didn’t eat the cheapest part of her meal that she clearly didn’t want. It’s akin to not finishing your fries at McDonalds.
Some people do that. A lot of people are trying to cut empty calories and not all burger places offer lettuce wraps. Again, I don't see why anyone would be even slightly annoyed that somebody doesn't want to eat the cheapest part of their meal...
Not that hard to ask them not to bring the part you don't want (I.e. order a bunless burger, don't just order a burger and throw away the bun. That is 100% on the customer and not the establishment)
Don't ever work in food service, then, or you will discover a lot more things that are not hard to do and yet are done. The food waste by restaurants is REAL.
That's like saying that we shouldn't recycle, because companies are are just going to keep making plastic items.
Just cuz a restaurant wastes food, doesn't mean you should as well by ordering more than you want? That's silly. Order what you want. If you know you don't want a bun, order without a bun. That way when they drop your food, they don't use 2 patties AND 2 buns. Just 2 patties.
Saved 2 buns instead of just 1 by ordering bunless that time.
Imagine if 1% of US citizens like to eat bunless burgers a day. That's 3.3millon buns wasted every day.
Idk what the real number is, but even if it's 0.01%, which I would guess is extraordinarily low, that's 33,000 buns thrown out every day for no reason.
Good rice is absolutely key to good sushi, not even referring to the definition it’s a huge component. It’s not like the fish is everything and then you just get some rice, the flavor has to be right, the texture. It’s a whole thing, and it really impacts the overall quality.
For sure. I’m just saying that you don’t see people ordering just the rice.
To get really technical, sushi rice is also about how it’s seasoned. I have three brands of short grain rice in my pantry. We’ll eat it regularly steamed plain. I’ll season it with mirin, sugar, and rice vinegar if we want “sushi” rice - but never without raw fish or shellfish accompanying it. When I make sushi at home, the star isn’t the rice.
I’m not great at assembling sushi, but I make nice flavors 😁 This is uni and scallop with a ponzu soy reduction and plum vinegar in the rice
If you want perfect sushi it takes years of dedicated practice towards souring the right fish, cooking the rice, preparing the filets, and plating properly consistently.
But at-home sushi is really easy if you lower expectations. So long as you can source good quality frozen fish you're set. Sushi rice can be bought in most stores alongside soy sauce and dried seaweed. I've done nigiri, rolls, and poke bowls at home and it's tasty and cheaper than buying out.
Which is fine imho. Cooking is fun and getting close to restaurant quality is something to strive for, but ignoring home cooking entirely or beating yourself up over imperfection should not stop anyone.
I would heavily recommend Adam Ragusea to people who wish to cook more at home but are apprehensive due to issues like imperfections ot complexities. He really broke down how easy home cooking can be and how you can achieve restaurant-esque flavors at home without too much struggle. Because cooking at home is an entirely different ballpark with different expectations. And that's okay.
The good thing about her rice-less preference is that most cities with reputable sushi restaurants also have at least one quality fish supplier/store. There is one a few miles from my house which virtually all the sushi restaurants in my area purchase their fish from. So she could actually save a ton of money by buying quality fish and other seafood that is safe to consume raw, directly from the supplier. If she finds a store like this, they probably also carry everything else needed to make sushi and other japanese food (like avocado, seaweed salads, etc.)
Finding my local store changed my life. It's about 25 - 30% cheaper than eating sashimi at a restaurant, excluding gratuity, and no one can judge me for the obscene amount I will eat in one sitting.
Anyone eating at restaurants is not concerned about food waste. And whether or bot you force yourself to eat the extra calories the food has been produced. I’m not sure why some people think it’s environmentally friendly to overeat. If you don’t need it, don’t eat it. And don’t let anyone guilt you with false ethics.
I’m not from the USA but when I visit there restaurants (including McDonalds) often give ridiculous sizes for fries and drinks in their standard meals so not finishing them seems reasonable, even if you want some.
I think you are misunderstanding the analogy. She has ordered a meal with predetermined ingredients but only likes some of those and only eats what she likes without the empty calories of the rice.
It’s almost identical to people finishing their burger but not their fries (or eating the middle of their burger but not all the bread).
Your analogy ignores the fact that the moddle of the sushi is literally different ingredients.
Your analogy rests on them being separate food items, which certain portions of sushi is not. She's ordering one thing and only eating a portion of it. Based on that, my analogy is better. Yours was never good even if you don't agree with mine, which is why all the top comment replies to yours are saying your analogy is bunk
Analogies aren’t supposed to be perfect. They are supposed to illustrate a point. My analogy does that. You can oretend it doesn’t all you want but now that’s on you. I can’t make you understand a simple concept.
No your analogy makes no sense in this regard. I'm not pretending anything, it just simply doesn't work. I can't make you understand a simple concept. Apparently no one can. Notice you got zero comments agreeing your analogy works and several saying it doesn't.
Also notice that it has way more upvotes than downvotes. People replying are largely the ones who are upset that they are getting called out for judging other people's food preferences.
The analogy not only works to explain what I'm talking about, but it's incredibly easy to understand. Your analogy is so bad that it has to be a troll-job.
With sushi, there are literally difference kinds of foods all wrapped into one. It's perfectly reasonable for somebody to like part of it and not other parts. If you want to make a useful analogy, you need to pick a food or meal with different components. I picked a burger and fries, somebody who replied to me used a burger (dividing the bread from the meat), and you could use anything almost anything else like eating a pizza but leaving the crusts.
What you can't do is take a food with a single component and compare it to eating bits of each, like your french-fry example. If you do that, it's because you completely missed the point. You failed to understand a ridiculously simple concept and doubled down in order to highlight just how badly the point flew over your head.
If we wanna break out the upvotes argument the top reply to your comment also agrees your analogy is whack and has more upvotes than you by a significant margin. So....guess that flew over your head
If you want to make a useful analogy, you need to pick a food or meal with different components.
No, it would be a food with different ingredients. Not completely separate food items. Does sushi come served with the fish as the main and the rice and all the other stuff on the side as separate items? No, so your analogy of having a side is automatically rendered null and void. Sorry you're having so much trouble understanding a ridiculously simple concept and have chosen to double down instead.
People replying are largely the ones who are upset that they are getting called out for judging other people's food preferences.
lmfao you keep telling yourself that sweetie. You clearly live in a different reality than the rest of us
I think you can add “does not understand how analogies work” to your resume.
You are easily the dumbest person I have seen on the Internet in a long time. That’s impressive. Anyway, for obvious reasons I don’t think it’s worthwhile for me to continue this… conversation. Have a great life!
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u/t_hab 5d ago
Without the rice.
Sometimes people want something that a restaurant doesn’t have on the menu. I’m not sure what the issue is that she didn’t eat the cheapest part of her meal that she clearly didn’t want. It’s akin to not finishing your fries at McDonalds.