A fun way to throw a sushi party is to get everyone involved in the preparation.
Instructions
1. Use a table that is low to the ground.
2. Provide pillows as chairs.
3. For each person, set out a large plate, a small plate such as a saucer, a steamed facecloth and chopsticks.
4. Set out two to three plates of prepared wasabi and vinegared ginger.
5. Provide one or two bottles of soy sauce.
6. Cut fish into sashimi slices and arrange them on large platters.
7. Provide other fillings, such as cucumber slices, avocado slices, squash and pickled radish.
8. Provide side dishes such as sunomono (pickled octopus), edamame (fresh green soybeans boiled in salted water) and miso soup.
9. Cut nori (seaweed) into 4-by-4-inch squares and stack onto two plates.
10. Provide shari (sushi rice) in a large wooden bowl.
11. Provide sake (rice wine) or Japanese beer.
12. Pass around the nori, rice and fish and have each person assemble his or her own sushi rolls.
Tags: each person
