"fake sushi" news and stories

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.

[via Yumsugar]

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