Term 2- week 2 - What is sushi rice?

Nearly 90 students gathered in the hall and 60 sushi rolls quickly disappeared into their tummies! I wonder how many of them know why sushi is so popular for the children. The student helpers learnt why.

Making sushi rice seasoning- mixture of rice vinegar, sugar and salt
The mixture would be added to the cooked rice

Vinegar preserves fillings (such as fish) from going bad. Vinegar and sugar keep the sushi rice soft. The recipe is the wisdom of Japanese ancestors when the refrigerator wasn't existed. You don't need to put sushi in the fridge(in fact the texture will be destroyed if you did! ). That's why sushi rice is sweet and many children like it :-).  Our sushi has plenty of fresh vegetables, smoke fish or lean ham, so it is quite healthy meal after all!

No sugar is added to these ice blocks!