Though plastic sushi grass is a modern development, the idea behind it has been around for centuries. Flowers, leaves, fruits and branches have been used to line vessels in Japanese cuisine for over a millennium, according to Nancy Singleton Hachisu, a James Beard Award–winning food journalist and an expert in authentic Japanese cuisine.
The use of leaves to separate food, however, became common during the Edo period (1603–1864). “Originally, the Kanto region (around Tokyo) used sasanoha [leaves from the bamboo plant], while the Kansai region (around Kyoto) used haran.”
You ever eat shark or alligator?
I’ve had both, even if they’re not technically considered as fish. But if it’ll just as soon eat you, I’ll just as soon eat it, preferably first.
I was commenting on the frightening amount of plastic in our oceans, but I suppose sharks and alligators would get even more platic from kayaks and surf boards or whatever.
Sea creatures not only consume microplastics, they also literally ‘breathe’ in the feces of other sea life.
Imagine if our air was filled with gaseous shit.
Oh, wait…
Dude, just come hang out with me after an A&W binge