Starbucks 'Trenta': How The New Size Compares To Your Stomach
Famous Death Row Last Meals
Tired of tuna yet? I'm not. I could eat maguro and toro every day for a month. Okay, then I might need a little break because that's a lot of raw tuna, but I'd get back right on it, especially if you throw seared ahi into the mix and...shiro maguro.
"Shiro" translates into "white" in English. It's also called bincho maguro, but let's just focus on one thing at a time here. Shiro maguro is tuna, just like those ruby red tunas you see in the case, but the flesh is much much lighter, ranging from a pale peach to almost ivory white, thus the name "shiro."
Shiro maguro is one of my sister's favorite fish for sushi and she and I both get a little crazy when we see it on the menu or in the glass case. In sushi bars, it is often served as a specialty. Sometimes it is seared (like ahi), placed in its own special little dish, garnished with own special little sauce, and garnished with its own special chives. Now here's the thing. Shiro maguro is...albacore tuna. That's albacore tuna, as in the same stuff that Starkist slings in pull top cans at the supermarket!
An order of shiro maguro is $8. Eight dollars of albacore tuna could make tuna salad sandwiches for Mrs. Stanton's entire third grade class. For a week.
Eh. But you can't dip a tuna salad sandwich in soy sauce.
PHOTOS: President Obama's Kissing Technique
Broke Stars: 11 Celebrities Who Went Bankrupt
Jane Seymour's Modest And Modern Style
Adele Five-Year Break? Singer Plans to Focus on Relationship, Write 'Happy Record'
Social Security Is Failing Even Faster Than We Thought
LOOK: Amazing Underwater Photos Of Dogs
Chris Brown, Grammys 2012: Embattled Singer Slams Critics
Man Says Starbucks Discriminated Against Him Because He Has Half An Arm
Janice Dickinson's Outrageous Style
3 Economic Misconceptions That Need to Die
Ford's clever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit ad features phantom model
PHOTOS: How You Can Get The 'Miracle' Dress
Trace Adkins Reunites With College Crush, 30 Years Later
Van Gogh's Starry Night modded into beautiful interactive light and sound show (video)
Photos Of Dead Lacrosse Player's Injured Body Shown To Jury
'Hooker Teacher' Forced To Resign, Now Can't Find Work
PHOTOS: Model Falls At Dennis Basso Show
Lauren Scruggs Goes On Ski Vacation
WATCH AND LAUGH: Cops In 2-Hour Standoff With Empty Car
New Clues, Details Emerge In Powell Case
Stephen Wiltshire Draws Cities From Memory
PHOTOS: Remembering The People's Ballerina
20 Of Elizabeth Olsen's Versatile Looks
We Meant There WERE Nukes In The Fire
LOOK: The Last Of The Cave People
Style Icon Dies After Collapsing At Fashion Show
Best In Show Winner Declared
WATCH: Saint VaLINtine Hits Game-Winning Shot
Most Eligible Post 50 Celebs
PHOTOS: Kate Spends Valentine's Day Solo!
10 Celebs Who Refuse To 'Fix' Their Teeth
Prosecutors Appeal Overturned Murder Convictions
11-18-2005 @5:58PM drazin said... "Eh. But you can't dip a tuna salad sandwich in soy sauce. "
you can, but it would be gross.
Reply
11-18-2005 @6:00PM Tony said... I don't see why not? Spicy tuna rolls are made with mayo & get dipped into soy. I think it may work.
Reply
11-21-2005 @12:34AM Tony said... I don't see why not? Spicy tuna rolls are made with mayo & get dipped into soy. I think it may work.
Reply
11-18-2005 @10:27PM U said... I think that the bread would absorb too much of the soy sauce. Better would be to eat the sandwich, with a shot glass of a soy & wasabi mix to sip from between bites. That would result in a more consistent tuna to soy ratio.
Reply
11-23-2005 @10:11PM Jeshii said... Funny you should say that, there was a Japanese TV program where this pair of guys had to eat an entire tuna, like one of those giant ones you see at the Tokyo fish market. Took them almost a month I think. So many ways to prepare it. They had this fried oo-toro that was just dripping with oil... Looked soooo good. Of course, lots of it, they just ate as sashimi.
Reply