Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi (2015)

Re:Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi (2015) by lvl102 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @06:44PM (#31148975)

Salmon is not loved in Japan. It’s mostly American sushi restaurants due to more fatty taste and familiarity. It is also largely due to Moonies and the fact that salmon was easy to source in the US.

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Re:Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi (2015) by presentation on Sunday April 24, 2022 @06:46PM (#31148983)

As someone who lives in Japan happy to say that you’re wrong and sushi places both cheap and expensive serve salmon all the time, and Japanese people order them all the time.

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Re:Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi (2015) by lvl102 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @07:58PM (#31149411)

As a Japanese, I can say it was not loved. It’s there now and perhaps it’s enjoyed.

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Re:Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi (2015) by 3np on Sunday April 24, 2022 @09:40PM (#31149996)

Some people love it, some don't. It is loved, just not universally.

Aside, but like most other foods old or new it will have its fair share of TV airtime with celebrities making loud faces about how delicious it is ;)

Or what distinction do you make between "it is enjoyed" and "it is loved"?

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Re:Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi (2015) by prokopton on Sunday April 24, 2022 @10:33PM (#31150264)

And if you go to 回転寿司 it's always topped with something else because nobody wants plain salmon.

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Re:Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi (2015) by jeemusu on Sunday April 24, 2022 @08:43PM (#31149660)

As someone who lives in Japan, it may well be available but it is not LOVED by Japanese people. I'm always amazed how many of my Japanese friends don't eat Salmon sushi.

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Re:Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi (2015) by JetAlone on Monday April 25, 2022 @01:42AM (#31151041)

I'm genuinely curious, what do the Moonies have to do with the history of salmon sushi? I presume you're talking about this group that was founded in Korea, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church

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Re:Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi (2015) by lvl102 on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:23AM (#31152600)

Moonies dominated sushi supply operation in the US for a very long time.

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/05/magazine/sush...

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