Vakkotaur

Last night jmaynard and I went to the grocery store for the usual items. We saw, and heard on the sound system, that Hy-Vee had a new item: sushi. I stopped and boggled when I saw it. Sushi is not something I expected to see in Fairmont, let alone in a Fairmont grocery store. I had some reservations about prepackaged sushi, but more curiosity. We bought one package of spicy salmon rolls to try them.

This noon we tried them. Jay thought they were okkay but they really didn't do anything for him. My impression is that the rolls were tolerable sushi but nothing great. Sort of like how a microwave cheeseburger bought at a grocery store compares to a proper, freshly made cheeseburger: It'll do in a pinch, but something is lacking. And it wasn't just that the wasabi seemed to be a bit on the weak side. Also, it was a bit strange to eat sushi with a fork.

So now, at least for a while, there is a local source of sushi that can at least quench the worst of any cravings I might have. It might also be a way for me to try a few specific things from time to time. However, it is not an adequate replacement for going someplace that really does sushi right.

Last year as I was working to get my weight down I had a specific craving for a while. It was for fried chicken from KFC. I could have gone to KFC right away as there is a KFC in town. Instead I held off for a couple weeks to see if the craving would go away. It didn't, but I found I could ignore it most of the time and go on. When I finally did go to KFC the result was rather disappointing. I've had no great urge to go to KFC again.

In December cuttercoon introduced me to proper sushi when I visited Florida. For a couple months I hadn't really thought about it. However in the last few weeks I've had a bit of a craving for sushi. This time the delay isn't about proving to myself that I can make it wait until things are more on my terms, or not fully so. This time it's lack of availability. Sushi means a two hour drive to the Twin Cities, or (and this surprises me some) Sioux Falls. There might be a place in Mankato, only an hour away, but that's in a mall and I'm leery of mall food to start with. I suspect mall sushi is a Really Bad Idea.

I get to Sioux Falls about once a month, and the Twin Cities a few times a year. Another factor is jmaynard. Often we make the trip together and thus dine together. He does not care for sushi. I figured maybe I could visit sistaur and we'd go to a good sushi place, but she's just back from Florida and wasn't feeling the best after her last sushi experience, which whether related or not has put her off sushi for a while.

I expect I'll have opportunity sometime, I just don't know when. I just hope I don't have the same experience I did with KFC: being pretty much done with it. I don't expect so. I don't think I have too much to worry about as I think it was deep frying that didn't do anything for me.

It's not at all the same, but jmaynard and I will be going out for Chinese for lunch. At least it's Oriental.