Thread: sushi and sake

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:25:10 -0400, Viktor Kashen
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Sake is an integral part of the sushi experience, so come read
> all about sake in our 'sushi profiles' section, you may be surprised at
> the variety in this wonderful rice wine.


Two points:

1. Although I personally like sake with sushi, most Japanese consider
it be very inappropriate. It's having rice with rice. So have it with
sushi if you like to, but realize that it's certainly *not* "an
integral part of the sushi experience." The standard drinks with sushi
are beer (carbonated beer) and tea.

2. Sake is not a "rice wine." Wine is made from grapes, and by
extension, from other fruits. Because Sake is made from a grain,
rather than a fruit, it's a *beer* (albeit an uncarbonated one),
rather than a wine.

--
Ken Blake

On 10/17/2011 8:47 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:25:10 -0400, Viktor Kashen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sake is an integral part of the sushi experience, so come read
>> all about sake in our 'sushi profiles' section, you may be surprised at
>> the variety in this wonderful rice wine.
>
>
> Two points:
>
> 1. Although I personally like sake with sushi, most Japanese consider
> it be very inappropriate. It's having rice with rice. So have it with
> sushi if you like to, but realize that it's certainly *not* "an
> integral part of the sushi experience." The standard drinks with sushi
> are beer (carbonated beer) and tea.
>
> 2. Sake is not a "rice wine." Wine is made from grapes, and by
> extension, from other fruits. Because Sake is made from a grain,
> rather than a fruit, it's a *beer* (albeit an uncarbonated one),
> rather than a wine.
>
I quite like cold sake as a pre-meal drink for sushi but I *do not* like
drinking it with the meal. I only drink green tea or dry Japanese beers
(excluding sake) with it and I refuse to be told that sake is part of
the experience.

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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not* [email protected]

James Silverton <[email protected]> writes:

> On 10/17/2011 8:47 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:25:10 -0400, Viktor Kashen
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Sake is an integral part of the sushi experience, so come read
> >> all about sake in our 'sushi profiles' section, you may be surprised at
> >> the variety in this wonderful rice wine.
> >
> >
> > Two points:
> >
> > 1. Although I personally like sake with sushi, most Japanese consider
> > it be very inappropriate. It's having rice with rice. So have it with
> > sushi if you like to, but realize that it's certainly *not* "an
> > integral part of the sushi experience." The standard drinks with sushi
> > are beer (carbonated beer) and tea.
> >
> > 2. Sake is not a "rice wine." Wine is made from grapes, and by
> > extension, from other fruits. Because Sake is made from a grain,
> > rather than a fruit, it's a *beer* (albeit an uncarbonated one),
> > rather than a wine.
> >
> I quite like cold sake as a pre-meal drink for sushi but I *do not*
> like drinking it with the meal. I only drink green tea or dry Japanese
> beers (excluding sake) with it and I refuse to be told that sake is
> part of the experience.

Isn't a nice Spaetlese an integral part of the traditional sushi
experience?