fattening?

GoldLanda

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Jul 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/20/96

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In moderate amounts, no it shouldn't be fattening. Richer items like uni
or unago would be more so, but in general, fish that has not been cooked
with any added fat, and rice which also has no added fat are VERY healthy.
Of course some sake with the meal (the rice wine, not the salmon) and
finishing up with some nice green tea icecream would not be ideal!

KJBlake

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Jul 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/21/96

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In article <4ss63d$k...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, gold...@aol.com
(GoldLanda) writes:

>In moderate amounts, no it shouldn't be fattening. Richer items like uni
>or unago would be more so, but in general, fish that has not been cooked
>with any added fat, and rice which also has no added fat are VERY
healthy.
> Of course some sake with the meal (the rice wine, not the salmon)

Two points about sake: One, although it's often called rice wine, it
isn't. Being made from a grain, not a fruit, it's actually a beer, even
though a non-sparkling one.

Two, Japanese apparently think drinking sake with sushi untraditional and
inappropriate. The preferred drinks are beer and tea.

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Jul 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/21/96

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In <31F07A...@loop.com> lisa r <rue...@loop.com> writes:
>
>could someone pls tell me if sushi is fattening or not? i'm trying to
lose weight and i thought i could live
>solely on my favorite food, but i think i'm gaining instead!

Raw fish is definitely not fattening! However, the rice has more
calories, some sugar, but no fat that I know of. If you have spider
rolls, tomago, tempura, etc., they are fattening. You might try a
combination of sushi and sashimi and cut down on the rice somewhat. I
had sushi for dinner tonight and had two orders hamachi sushi, one
order bonito sushi, edamame (for my carbs and a veg.) and hamachi kama
(broiled fish cheeks). I wanted to have a salmon skin temaki, but was
too full.

So eat away. Sushi is healthy, easy to digest and very low fat. (Some
of the fish have more fat than others, but you have to eat an awful lot
of it to get more fat than you need).

KJBlake

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Jul 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/21/96

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In article <31F07A...@loop.com>, lisa r <rue...@loop.com> writes:

>could someone pls tell me if sushi is fattening or not? i'm trying to
lose
>weight and i thought i could live
>solely on my favorite food, but i think i'm gaining instead!

As with all other foods, it depends on how much you eat. If you have too
much sushi, it's fattening. If you don't have enough, you'll lose weight.
;-)

Hans C. Masing

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Jul 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/22/96

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In article <4ste2p$1...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, kjb...@aol.com says...

>
>Two, Japanese apparently think drinking sake with sushi untraditional and
>inappropriate. The preferred drinks are beer and tea.
>

Well, then call me Japanese! If I don't drink at least one 22oz Asahi Super
Dry with my nigiri, and one more with my maki, then, well, it's just a bad day!

Some pleasures in life are better with beer.

- Hans

David J Chin

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Jul 23, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/23/96

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I'm surprised no one mentioned avacado, which is very fattening, that is found in a majority of non raw fish
rolls.

--
David Chin "I was looking for a job, then I found a job,
dave...@chelsea.ios.com and heaven knows I'm miserable know" The Smiths

KJBlake

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Jul 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/24/96

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In article <31F5C7...@chelsea.ios.com>, David J Chin
<dave...@chelsea.ios.com> writes:

>I'm surprised no one mentioned avacado, which is very fattening, that is
>found in a majority of non raw fish
>rolls.

A majority? I wouldn't say that at all.

It's in a California roll, of course, and many knockoffs of the California
roll, but it's not in the more traditional non-raw fish rolls: salmon
skin roll, eel roll, kappamaki, oshinkomaki, and many others.