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[Anonymous No.16597175]

UNAGI SUSHI thread

Literally the best piece of sushi in the world.

How do you make this thing? No, every cooking method is either gross as heck (life eel killing videos) or badly made (reheat the premade BBQ eel on aluminum foil).

How do I grill this thing? Do you need a smoker? Eel is supposed to be 80% fat, wont it smoke like hell?

[Anonymous No.16597183]

Unagi stands up to being frozen and thawed better than most other sushi because of the BBQ sauce. When people say their favorite sushi is unagi what they are announcing is that they can't afford a good sushi place, live nowhere near a good sushi place, or more likely a combo of the two since landlocked shit holes tend to be lower earning per capita.

[Anonymous No.16597185]

>>16597175
idk but Im done eating eel for the time being. It doesnt seem sustainable as you cant breed eels in captivity and people still dont fully understand how eels work.

I will eat everything else though, including dogs.

[Anonymous No.16597190]

>>16597175
You can buy marinate or precooked eel at an asian grocery store

[Anonymous No.16597256]

>>16597175
eel is my favorite meat in the entire world

[Anonymous No.16597260]

>>16597183
It's also the most common sushi that isn't raw or fried, which makes it a very relatable option for most people. I don't think it's fair to say that the only reason people enjoy it is because they can't afford better.

[Anonymous No.16597261]

>>16597175

i wanna grill this on my 3 dollar grill. do i smoke this? i refuse to eat smoked fish.

[Anonymous No.16597263]

>>16597175
Be careful with eel blood. Learned the other day that it's toxic as shit and can kill you. I have gutted hundreds of eels when they were still around here more (sorry guys) and I have never noticed anything, though.

[Anonymous No.16597271]

I don't mind bones in deenz but the bones in unagi are shitty

[Anonymous No.16597272]

>>16597183
I thought people liked it because it fucking tastes good, but I guess I've been corrected, lol.

[Anonymous No.16597301]

>>16597175

i heard that eel on rice is superior. any difference in making it?

[Anonymous No.16598717]

>>16597175
Unagi is kinda an affront to sushi. The focus on sushi is freshness and appreciating the fish. Which is why the best rolls are minimalist with fish like mackerel and not some abomination like the California Roll for tasteletes. Unagi is almost always premade and already drenched in a sweet sauce. The sauce is basically all you can taste. So it isn't fresh and you can't taste the fish (which is pretty mild). You might as well eat it as a unadon with the cooked eel over rice.

[Anonymous No.16598810]

>>16597185
Do what? People farm raise eels all over the place. It's a billion dollar industry already, and provides about 60% of all eel meat worldwide.

[Anonymous No.16598829]

>>16597183
retard
liking umami bomb soy sauce on top of a nicely textured fish doesnt mean they have some sort of plebian taste.

[Anonymous No.16598848]

>>16597272
People can be tricked into thinking something tastes good. Happens all the time.

[Anonymous No.16599038]

>>16598810
Farmed eels are wild caught in the "glass eel" stage and then raised to adulthood, it's only very recently that they've successfully bred glass eels in captivity.

[Anonymous No.16599215]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogfyJICT9aI

eelbros
is this gross or not?

[Anonymous No.16599239]

>>16597175
I'm honestly considering driving a 4 hr round trip to a literal chink wet market so I can buy a live eel to kill and charcoal grill.
Somebody stop me

[Anonymous No.16599252]

>>16599239
sounds fun honestly

[Anonymous No.16599268]

>>16599215
It's quite based

[Anonymous No.16600231]

>>16597175
don't forget this

[Anonymous No.16600351]

>>16597183
>Unagi stands up to being frozen and thawed better
All fish in the United States is required to be flash frozen for 3 days prior to any legal sale.
All sushi in the United States comes from frozen fish you jackass