| The history of Jewish home cooking is as long as | | | | If we take out sea food, we'll be surprised to |
| Mel Brook's History of the World. Still, warm | | | | discover that the Japanese kitchen is pretty |
| feeling arise in me every time I think about Friday | | | | kosher like. The Japanese never mix meat and |
| mornings with my Polish grandma. Together, we | | | | dairy products in their cuisine. So kosher sushi is all |
| used to cook her famous chicken soup. Until this | | | | about ingredients. Find yourselves a good kosher |
| very day, I see my self as a young boy, standing | | | | nori (sea weed paper) and you'll also need some |
| beside her in the kitchen. The secret recipe of tap | | | | soy sauce and wasabi. If you go for a vegetarian |
| water and frozen chicken was circling around the | | | | sushi, you're pretty much covered. You can come |
| family for generations. I remember one day, I | | | | up with wonderful, colorful sushi, using only |
| was reaching out for a stinky old potato out of | | | | vegetables. Cucumbers, avocados, sweet |
| the bag and throwing it into the garbage. My | | | | potatoes – just roll'em'up and you got yourself |
| grandmother, a Holocaust survivor who never | | | | a healthy Japanese meal. The sky is the limit and |
| threw food away, slapped me on the hand, took | | | | any combination can work out. |
| the potato out of the trash and dunked it straight | | | | When making kosher sushi you should remember |
| into her famous soup. That's Jewish cooking for | | | | that eels, shrimps, octopus, squids, scallops, crabs |
| you. But the Jewish kitchen has evolved since. In | | | | or sea urchin are not so kosher. We'll just have to |
| our days, keeping kosher is even considered a | | | | let them swim in the ocean or do whatever their |
| healthy trend among many people. Keeping | | | | do best, and concentrate on fish that are blessed |
| kosher doesn't only mean gefilte fish – it also | | | | with fins and scales. If we decide to put fish in the |
| means Sushi. The people of couldn't wait for the | | | | dish, let's go for a mix of two worlds. Let's make |
| bread when they were escaping - think of how | | | | a traditional Japanese sushi deluxe into a modern |
| much time they would've saved if they prepared | | | | Jewish sushi de-lox. All you need to do is roll up a |
| sushi – you don't even have to cook the fish! | | | | nice smoked salmon, spread some cream cheese, |
| Passover could have been a lot more interesting if | | | | and you can even add in chives for color and get |
| we were fleeing | | | | yourself a real Japanese-Jewish fusion dish. |