Why sushi grade fish?

Sushi (or sashimi) grade fish must be treated thoroughly in order to assure a fresh, pest free and nutritious meal of sushi. That is why sushi grade fish is not easy to come across.

Where can I get sushi grade fish?

USA -

  1. Catalina Offshore products has an amazing variety of fish, shell fish, and fish roe suitable for sushi making (sashimi grade). They deliver all across the U.S.  and seem to maintain a fair price.
  2. Vital choise offers high quality sushi grade fish, sush as wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon below, which is suggested raw since it is fresh frozen so it's sushi safe.



UK -

THE FISH SOCIETY, features sushi grade products such as: salmon fillets,
smoked salmon, smoked eel fillets, smoked rainbow trout, Arbroath smokies,
and kippers and more.Delivery is by overnight parcel service. Orders leave us at 4pm and are
delivered within 24 hours. We use thermoproofed packaging and dry ice to
ensure the fish stays in top shape and can simply be dropped into your
freezer upon arrival. All packs are neatly labelled and marked with a use-by
date.

If you know of a sushi grade fish vendor in your location you would like to suggest, please inform us at the comment section below.

 

Comments  

 
-12 #55 Amandaaa 2010-05-26 23:09
ewwwwww so nasy
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+2 #54 2008-05-19 22:55
can you use nova/lox from a deli for sushi??
:D
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-7 #53 2008-04-28 22:38
Pork, as in cute little pigs, are highly intelligent & make great pets. Chickens make great pets & give you free eggs..but they are dumb, dumb, dumb. Eat farm-raised chicken, not fosters! Buy local & make local sushi!!! ;-)
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-11 #52 2008-04-21 22:44
FRUMMUNDA cheese is good too.
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+2 #51 2008-04-21 22:43
Sushi is actually just the name for the japanese rice. And they cook eel for it, so yes.
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-4 #50 2008-04-21 22:43
MY FAVORITE IS RAW TROUT FRESH OUTTA THE HUDSON RIVER.
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-11 #49 2008-04-21 00:44
this is the best: raw pork (period) .
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+3 #48 2008-03-21 00:36
A couple quick comments - first, you should always buy wild fish. farmed fish has additives & dyes added to it. beware though, fish can be marked as ''wild'' even if farm raised due to technicalities, use the price as a double-check to ensure wild.
Salmon is not always pink meat. There are different types of salmon, & the best (in my opinion) of these is a white king salmon, not as common as your pink salmon, but extremely delicious!
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-10 #47 2008-03-15 23:11
ok,well rwaw pork or chicken = death and hello not all of us can afored salmon and worms gross anyway is tuna safe to put in or is cod and if so wich is recamended
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-4 #46 2008-02-10 21:55
cheese is quite tasteful
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-4 #45 2008-02-09 19:38
LMFAO!!! Nice one Justin.
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-4 #44 2008-02-09 19:37
LMFAO!!!
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0 #43 2008-01-28 20:56
The fish on the right looks merely okay... it's farmed salmon after all. I recommend only wild salmon to anyone and everyone. The flavor is so so much better, better texture, better for you (read about why the FDA recommends pregnant women eat little to no farmed salmon, yet wild more often). Farmed salmon is the pasteurized egg of the fish world... uninspiring and a far 2nd to the real deal.
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-3 #42 2008-01-18 18:39
I just made some sushi :) its gona rock my sox haha get it
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+1 #41 2008-01-09 02:15
I recommend every one to make sushi at home... you do end up saving alot of money and it soooo much fun!!! PS.... you can be any size,shape,or colour to make it.. GO 4 IT...
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0 #40 2007-12-21 15:16
the left sushi is ugly. i wouldn't eat it, but the right one looks delicious! ^_^ (i love sushi)
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0 #39 2007-12-12 06:30
Ilove sushy it is so delicious and satisfying
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-4 #38 2007-11-30 02:47
no u will neva try it u no soo yea umm.. lyk u hav a fishy tast in ur mouth
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-6 #37 2007-11-30 02:46
your a freak loser and you have no taste disgrace me you loser asshole
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-5 #36 2007-11-30 02:45
your a freak loser vasnd you have no taste disgrace me
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+1 #35 2007-11-30 02:41
yum
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0 #34 2007-11-30 02:38
i like your sushi because you know how to cook well.well done.













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0 #33 2007-10-25 21:50
I have a question about the fish used for sushi. Is salmon from the great lakes ok? The meat in the great lakes salmon is not pink, it is more of a cream color such as trout because the salmon introduced to the great lakes are no longer anadromous (migratory from salt water to fresh) but stay continuously in fresh water. Is it still able to be used or eaten raw? The same question applies with brown trout and Steelhead.

Thanks
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0 #32 2007-10-08 10:26
I'm having problems replying to specific posts, so here are my thoughts lumped together in one post:

I am told by many (over a dozen) fish sellers and sushi chefs that, if a fish has been frozen recently, it is safe.

Trout, being a freshwater fish, may have parasites not visible to the eye (as are most sea-fish parasites). Therefore, visual inspection is inadequate. Freezing is necessary before eating raw.

White lines in salmon do not indicate freshness. Some varieties of salmon have marked white lines, some do not. Some -parts- of salmon have more visible lines, some do not. In some varieties, white lines are the stringy parts which stick in your teeth (and are therefore not considered "sushi quality").

In the USA, pork is actually the safest meat available, because it is the most rigorously inspected. It is far safer than chicken. I eat all my pork as barely done as possible (the meat is cooked white, but the juice inside is still pink and runs freely).
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0 #31 2007-10-01 23:37
yep and the worms eat holes through you. you will eventually get eaten alive. that is if you have a pig infested with the worms. hopefully you guys were lucky.
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