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If you've got a son or daughter, you know that there's a hot new trend gripping schools around the world, and it's not likely to go the way of the Popples anytime soon. What is it? Japanese erasers. They're hip, they're cute, and they're poised to knock Pokemon off the top of the mountain as the next big grab for schoolyard cash. At any given lunchtime, in playgrounds from California to Massachusetts, you can find kids busily trading miniature bowling pins for tiny cups of rubber Ramen, or arguing about the trade value of a miniature rubber hot dog. So what's the big deal...and what makes this next fad from Japan any different from those Beanie Babies in the closet or the pet rocks in your garage?
Well, more than anything else, there's a huge fun factor involved. Iwako, one of the largest manufacturers of Japanese erasers, is constantly coming out with cooler, cuter styles to get fans to open their wallets...though another Japanese company, Zensinsyoji, is also big and gaining market share every day. Japanese sushi sets, bowling balls, food erasers, cakes and pastries - the there are HUNDREDS of different kinds, and more on their way every day. The erasers can be taken apart, put back together, swapped and traded. Oh...and yes, you can actually erase pencil lines with them (though after you collect a few of them, you probably won't want to).
Second, there's price. Unlike that sinking feeling you get in your stomach every time you plunk down $50 for the latest Pokemon game, a couple of erasers are unlikely to put much of a dent in your pocketbook. Not only that, but if you decide that you're getting tired of one style, there's always someone out there ready and willing to trade with you.
Japanese Erasers make excellent gifts for a back-to-school son or daughter. Why? Here's one final sneaky little secret - they're the one school supply that's also a toy. This works as a kind of camouflage - after all, teachers can't get angry about kids bringing school supplies to school, can they? Some teachers actually go through great lengths to restrict Iwako and other kinds of Japanese erasers, because kids spend more time playing with them and trading them than actually paying attention to their schoolwork or the teachers themselves. When the order goes out for the kids to stop playing with their helicopter or penguin, the kids can always claim - truthfully - that it's an eraser and not a toy at all. The solution? Well, every kid hates having to actually use the eraser, so sometimes a crafty teacher will ask the kid actually - gasp - erase something with one of the erasers. Most kids would rather put their Iwako away than actually risk rubbing an ugly black pencil mark all over it.
Kids spend an incredible amount of pocket money to buy all of their favorites...fortunately, these cuties cost as little as a dollar each, so they're exactly the kind of thing that everyone can collect and enjoy. If someone starts to feel left out, they're the perfect thing or a teacher to use (bribe?) his or her class with in order to make everyone feel a part of things. One teacher I know uses them as rewards for memorizing multiplication tables - he keeps a big jar of erasers on his desk, and anyone getting 100% correct can pull one out at random (and yes, there's more than a little complaining when someone needed only one particular piece of sushi to have a complete set, and ended up with a frog).
To sum up: the next time you see a bunch of kids lining up in front of a kiosk at a mall, they're probably not waiting there for Pikachu - they're waiting for more treasures from those crazy Japanese eraser wizards at Iwako. And hey, I'll probably be among them.
Linda Leslie is the mother of the two best daughters ever! She's also an Iwako nut - follow her adventures at Japanese Eraser Club!
Sushi anyone
Dont be shy to eat sushi, let alone make it. It's very healthy, and over time if you are willing, you will develop a taste for it. So much you might even be addicted.
Cocoro Japanese restaurant in Jamaica tell us how to make sushi and share dining dos and don'ts.
To begin the process of making sushi, spread the dried seaweed on the table and, using the fingers, compress Japanese rice on to it, making sure to cover the seaweed entirely. The rice should measure approximately one centimetre in height. Afterwards, turn it over on to the bamboo mat already covered with plastic wrap. Add the filling vertically from only one side.
For the rainbow roll, the chefs add crab sticks, avocado and cucumber. Using the bamboo mat, roll this combination into a compressed roll, while squeezing the sides inwards to maintain neatness. The roll should now measure the length of the seaweed.
Open the mat to allow yourself access to add other items outside. For the rainbow roll, the chef adds thin slices of fish, salmon, shrimp, yellowtail and snapper. Plastic wrap should then be used to cover the roll without disturbing it. Gently pat the plastic wrap, then, using the bamboo mat, gently pat on all sides.
Remove the bamboo mat and further cut and divide the sushi into bite-size pieces. If you do it correctly, each piece will be about three-quarters of an inch to an inch long. Of course, you may decorate or garnish with herbs and sauces.
For all rolls, the process is the same. The difference lies in the ingredients for the filling. For the Caribbean roll, sesame seeds are first sprinkled on the seaweed before the rice is added. A streak of mayonnaise and fillings (tomato slice, scallion, white fish slice) are placed in a line and the sushi first rolled.
Afterwards, other ingredients can be inserted and the plastic wrap follows with a pat as above. The sushi is now ready to be cut and put on the sushi board for serving.
EATING
Unrolled sushi is very basic and easy to make. A ball of Japanese rice is placed in the palm, and gently compressed. The index and middle fingers of the other hand can be used to further compress the rice while it is spun in a circular motion in the palm.
Place your choice of fish kind such as a thin slice of salmon or pieces or parboiled shrimp on top and repeat the compression process. When you are satisfied that it won't fall apart, it's ready for serving. For some unrolled sushi, a band of seaweed is usually put around the middle before serving.
Japanese ginger and, sometimes, soy sauce are served with all kinds of sushi.
As concentrated sauce is already sprinkled all over the Caribbean sushi, no other sauce is necessary. However, chefs warn Jamaicans not to overindulge, as too much sauce ruins the taste and flavour of the sushi.
Assistant chef Mihoko Sinclair suggests that only the corner of the sushi needs to be dipped in the soy sauce bowl. Although some persons prefer to dip the rice side, she usually dips the fish end.
When dining, knives and forks are a last option. While the Japanese enjoy using their fingers to eat, the adventurous can use their chopsticks.
And, what advice does Takahiro Sawada, manager at Cocoro, have for sushi lovers? "Just enjoy (sushi) in your own style."
Read full article at http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090124/life/life3.html
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How many pieces of sushi can you eat in one sitting?
Lunch for me= 14
Dinner=about the same maybe more
It's the nigiri sushi, though(2 pieces per plate).
I try to stay away from the rolls and all...I get full after 3 plates.
Depends on 2 important factors. 1) State of ny stomach....full or empty. If I very hungry at least 10. More if primed with sake or related compounds. 2) Type of sushi and its quality. I'm allergic to all seafood but fish.Some are not as fresh as purpported to be.
Gold Digging Is Alive and Well
What happened to all the gold diggers when Wall Street guys and their stock was steadily down?
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