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When I was a kid, my grandmother had a basket full of fake sushi. My aunt is Japanese, and she brought back the plastic reproductions with her from a trip to Japan as a gag gift for Christmas one year. I loved playing with that fake sushi, setting it all up on a black lacquer tray and then pretending to serve it to my relatives. They were good to me and always played along.
This is the memory I immediately thought of when I saw the picture above. However, those rolls you see there aren't plastic and they aren't real sushi. They are cookies! If you look closely you can see that they rely on rice crispy treats as the base instead of sushi rice. I am always amazed at how clever people can be with food. I would have loved to have served these treats to my relatives back when I was a kid, for the surprise they would have shown when they realized they were sweets.
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1-02-2008 @4:18PM Nicki said... How neat! I saw the picture first and jumped directly to the story, I thought it was real for a second or two! :)
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1-02-2008 @5:09PM Michelle Solomon said... Those look so cool! Did you make them, and if so, how? Or is there a place where you ordered or found them?
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1-02-2008 @5:31PM Jenny said... if you want to buy some, there are a lot of companies that do this. Here's one:
http://kookisushi.com/
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1-02-2008 @8:02PM geeky said... For a good friend's birthday last year, I bought her a gift pack from Kooki Sushi. She's an art school graduate and self-employed designer. She's always been into baking and was getting into creative chocolates. I figure this was the perfect gift.
It was. She was amazed at the quality (including the shipping packaging). She said they looked real and apparently taste pretty good, too!
Its a tad pricy but if you know anybody that may appreciate such a gift, I highly recommend it.
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1-06-2008 @8:26AM LJ said... Any guesses as to what is used to make the ones in teh photo? Besides the obvious Rice Krispies, I'm thinking small pieces of papaya or dried apricot, marshmallow or marshamallow creme, and maybe marzipan for the dark stuff wrapped around it? How about the red caviar-looking stuff? What do you suppose that is?
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1-20-2008 @7:58PM janevieve said... Someone was asking how what some of the ingredients used for this project were. I posted some notes and comments on the Flickr photo describing this a little: http://www.flickr.com/photos/janevieve/2120982931/. Specifically, yes, dried fruit (mango), marshmallow (homemade so I could dye it), and marzipan (for the avocado and ginger). The "nori" is actually chocolate "plastic". The "caviar" is gummi syrup (just made from orange gelatin) squeezed out of a squeeze bottle. Kooki Sushi and this blog http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/04/09/how-to-make-sweet-sushi/ were definite inspirations for this project.
1-06-2008 @11:01AM Rebecca said... Where can I buy these or get the recipes?
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1-06-2008 @8:50AM Christi said... Interesting, I too would like to know the products they used to make these cookies.
LJ, I recently saw a piece on the $1000.00 ice cream sundae served at Serendipity, and it contains caviar that looks just like the pic above, and they stated it has a very sweet taste unlike most caviar which is very salty. Just a thought...
I will be checking these out for someone I know will love them. Happy eating all!
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1-06-2008 @8:51AM TL said... I've actually made these with my kids. I'm not sure what ingredients were used in the pictures above, but I used watermelon flavored (dark green) fruit leathers for the outside, and gummy worms for the centers (you can also use the sticks of flavored licorice). And yes, the "rice" is Rice Krispie treats. We took them to a church function for the children, and they were a HUGE hit - especially among the adults! ha!
A Google search for Rice Krispie sushi will get you many different recipes. :)
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1-06-2008 @8:55AM Denise said... Here's a page explaining the various items:
http://www.chocolateatlas.com/Sushi/Sushi.htm
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1-06-2008 @9:57AM jamie said... I love this. I always feel so elegant for some reason when I eat Japanese food. I tend to eat less as well. I usually order in from a Japanese place near where I live and they always pay so much attention to how it is packaged. Far more so than most restaurants. I have recently upgraded my dining utentsils and have bought everything at Target...so funky and cheap.
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1-06-2008 @10:00AM Lynne Allison said... These are terrific! My college daughter loves sushi and all things Japanese; I want to make some to send her. Thanks for all the helpful links!
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1-06-2008 @10:10AM Joney said... I think they used red hot candies in little bowls to look like caviar. How fun!!
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1-06-2008 @11:33AM Susumu said... lol, I made something like those sometime! They're a lot of fun to eat~
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1-09-2008 @7:22PM Ana said... Those Look good!
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1-06-2008 @1:53PM angab said... I made rice crispy sushi for my son's preschool class(he is now 11 yrs old). Back then, the treat went over well with the adults, but the kids didn't know what to do with them. Southernliving.com has 3 variations on the recipe. Unfortunately, the website doesn't have the picture that went with the magazine article. Some of the ingredients have obvious uses: fruit roll ups for the rolls, swedish fish or gummy fish for the nagiri, etc... I even have trays shaped like fish that I use for serving. Here is the link to the recipe that I used:
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=257532
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1-06-2008 @3:08PM sweet sue said... http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/kids/feature/famf0400mocksushi
Easy to make
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1-12-2008 @6:47PM Karen said... That is a great idea. We love sushi; even my children enjoy it. It would really be fun to make these cookies for my next sushi party! My guest would be thrilled.
I love creativity!
http://thecajunchef.blogspot.com/
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