I've managed never to have eaten it before, for which I am rather thankful.
Uh, didn't you once mention that you've eaten bear? And you think eating raw fish is weird?
bear, elk, buffalo, deer, ostrich, squirrel, duck, goose, pheasant, grouse, "alligator".... Yum, yum! But those are all cooked.
Oh, and I eat fish, too. Just not
raw.
Definitely give sushi a try then.
You probably don't cook the fresh caught fish ALL the way, that'd be like cooking a really nice steak to well done. Raw sushi is not much different than eating the inside part of a seared fish steak.
Besides, just the seaweed and rice is pretty tasty on its own - you can always get veggie ones if you're feeling squeamish.
Well, since most of the fish I've eaten have been caught locally, the fillets usually aren't thick enough to be considered steaks and can be cooked thoroughly without ruining them. Oh, and my dad knows how to grill halibut thoroughly without ruining the steak, too.
Oh, yum! Now, I wish we had some!
If I go somewhere where they serve sushi, I think I'd give it a try, at least the veggie and maybe crab or something similar. But I haven't been anywhere where it's on the menu, and I wouldn't choose something raw.
