My Father had a birthday the other week, and he had this request-one he’s made before.  He wanted as a whole family, to make our own sushi.  I’m sure it was more of an adventure for him, to figure out just what goes into the whole process.  Let me say, it was an adventure at that.

My sister, father and I went shopping, first to Costco, then we got some tasty Pho for lunch, and then we went to the Asian market.  Let me just say, that we over bought.  By the end of the process we had enough food for 10 people, and there were five of us eating.  All told, there was delicious made from scratch Miso soup (is was really tasty, if I say so myself), 8 rolls (8-10 pcs per roll), and 34+ pieces of Nigiri and Sashimi.  Aside from the fact that I couldn’t find the rice cooker instructions and over cooked the rice it went off without a hitch.  I even got my brother in on making stuff. ” Logan, find a recipe for the spicy sauce in a spicy tuna roll. Hey, why don’t you make the sauce too?  Hey, help me roll some of these.”  If you’ve ever met my brother all 3 of those things being done without major begging is a serious feat.

We certainly didn’t go hungry that night, because to top it all off I made mini lemon meringue pies-we decided they could be called either 3 or 5 Bite Pies (depends on how big your bite is).  I like the sound of Five Bite Pies, but that’s just me.  Maybe we’ll never make sushi for ourselves again and maybe we’ve started a new tradition, either way it was a fantastic day, and now we’ve got a much better idea as to what the heck is involved.  And now, here are the many pictures of the many items we put together.