Sushi class

On April 7, Heidi and I took a Sushi making class. We got a great 1/2 off deal through Google Offers (which really made a big difference since the class was far from cheap). Also, a shout out to Addison and Kelli for watching Evette - it wouldn't have worked without them!

We learned how to make basic sushi rolls, hand-rolls, and nigiri. It was a blast - we felt awesome making sushi and our teacher was hilarious. For each of the three he'd demonstrate and we would follow to make one roll, then we were on our own to make a second. Our solo attempts were judged and the first was given a surprise - a personalized pair of chopsticks in a box.

My sushi rolls before being cut (these weren't the best in the class - nor as good as Heidi's - they weren't rolled tight enough)

 Heidi's rolls turned out really well. Prizes were given for the best of each of the three types of sushi (rolls, hand-rolls, and nigiri), and Heidi barely got beat by one of the biker-types seen in the photo below.

 These biker people were hilarious.

 That's our teacher. "Oh my gooosh" "Janglish works!" etc. Oh man he was funny.

Heidi won first place with this hand roll. We didn't take a picture of mine because it looked so bad. :-\

And we didn't get a picture of the nigiri rolls because those didn't last too long... Whoops. 

A couple interesting things: Heidi used to hate sushi. Her dad tried really hard to help her like it, but it took her a long time. Now she could eat sushi all day without getting full. Serious. We've tried it.

Second story: It was really weird making something with raw meat like this - whenever I handled the raw meat I felt like I needed to wash my hands, or at least I couldn't touch anything sensitive/important (like my mouth) without washing, but I had no gripes about popping the raw meat in my mouth once it was placed on rice. 

Unfortunately, we didn't get the personalized chop sticks because we were moving and he didn't have any on hand... But she won, we promise. :-)