Perth succeeds or fails on the effort put in to make things work and last night it succeeded. Just a quick post to say thanks to the organisers speakers and the attendant and attentive crowd that came along.
Check em out here at Perth Blognite – Speakers (check out their sites and link (there's rivers of gold)) or David's done a write up with pics.
Few technical details… The nigirisushi toppings were unagi (eel), salmon, maguro (tuna), and rolled egg with a nori filling. The knife was a yanagibocho long sashimi knife and is sharpened with a #1000 and #3000 (to finish) sharpening stone that I soak in water. The rice should be at room temperature, cooked in a rice cooker with an equal amount of water that's been brought up to a simmer only with a piece of konbu . Keep the hands from getting sticky with a bowl of vinegared water.
Cheers for the questions all and thanks for letting me in and putting up with me. You all R O C K.
Rashomon on Freaky Chick ; Robert Corr ; Ponderance: BlogNite Redux ; decaffeinated :: overpunctuated. underinformed. ; Richard Giles blog ; Craftapalooza: Perth Bloggers …
and in a special portraiture usually reserved for people of such estemity as Dolly Downer – Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lord Sedgwick of Strathmore makes beer spout from my nose .