Learned Today

That sushi was invented by the French: In 1865, Tokyo, a Frenchman opened his french bakery in downtown Tokyo. But 100 years ago, Japanese did not understand western food, and therefore his business was slow. But as the French baker observed: Japanese people like raw fish. How about trying topping my French bread with raw fish for a change? After the French baker topped his french bread with raw fish, Japanese citizens flooded his store. Then later, the Japanese replaced the bottom portion of sushi, which was the bread, with vinegar rice. Sushi’s original name is actually “sumeshi”. “Su” means vinegar. “Meshi” means rice. But when people start to say it fast “Sumeshi, sumeshi, sushi!” It became just “Sushi”!

(Seems pretty far-fetched to me, actually — but who am I to doubt the Internet as the font of all wisdom?)