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Sushi Called "Chirashi-zushi"
Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #39

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@Kanch J posted:

OMG! Such an amazing creation dear Ryoko! @Ryoko ~Cookie Ave. So many beautiful techniques. Looks so delicious. ❤❤❤ Thanks for the tutorial too.

And sorry I missed your Birthday.

Belated Happy birthday wishes to you! 🍰🎈❤

Thank you Kanchana.  I am always happy to hear "happy birthday", thank you @Kanch J   I wish you have a chance to taste real Chirashi-zushi

This is fantastic! I almost picked up sushi for dinner tonight and now I so wish I had. I'm ready to pick up my sticks and dig in. Well done!

Thank you @Sweet Doughsigns   I am glad that lots of people know about our food.  😍

OMG! Such an amazing creation dear Ryoko! @Ryoko ~Cookie Ave. So many beautiful techniques. Looks so delicious. ❤❤❤ Thanks for the tutorial too.

And sorry I missed your Birthday.

Belated Happy birthday wishes to you! 🍰🎈❤

Wow, Ryoko! You keep outdoing yourself! Where will you take us?! This is just phenomenal! So many techniques... brilliant! Thanks for all the explanations and pics ❤️❤️❤️!!!

Oh, well, to Japan?  LOL  (well, usual "Ryoko" came back)  
After unbelievably-long-hour watching TV for days, doing nothing except eating and shutting down myself from real human beings, this set happened 🤣😱🤪

I had been stuck with this challenge, what I was going to make and how....

But suddenly the idea came out, Sonja @iSugarfy (aka swissophie) I really should make some food that is very familiar to us Japanese and the food most of us have some sweet memory with.  

THANK YOU❣️

 

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🤣🤣🤣Pastrami sandwiches every lunch, you know why?  That's what a man in front of me had ordered, I learned how to order and I repeated what he said.    16-years old does a lot of giggling funny things and that's not always funny to the parents, I know. 

Great story!  You are right about kids!  I’m impressed that you did that by yourself.  When I was 17 I went to Ireland for 10 weeks and stayed with my brother and his family.  I can’t believe what I did back then!

@Econlady posted:

What was it that you ate?  

🤣🤣🤣Pastrami sandwiches every lunch, you know why?  That's what a man in front of me had ordered, I learned how to order and I repeated what he said.    16-years old does a lot of giggling funny things and that's not always funny to the parents, I know. 

Oh, how lovely to know that Carol @Cookies Fantastique went to Italy to pursue her dream and met her hubby over there!  

And @Econlady  I went to LA by myself when I was 16 and stayed there for about a month.  It was a quite adventure.  Something funny, strange and new happened to me everyday that summer.   Since I could order only one item because of my poor English, I had the same thing for lunch for a month, now it is really funny to think about that. 

What was it that you ate?  

Oh how fun @Econlady!! I wanted to jump in with your conversation because I went to Italy when I was 20. I didn't know the language, culture or anyone there. I had gotten a job in Naples and was pretty "fearless" at the time as well. LOL. My parents often said that they didn't know how they were able to let me pursue my dream to go. The difference from your daughter was that that I MOVED to Italy for at a year at the minimum. I met my hubby there ❤️❤️. It was a magical time and I ended up living there for 3 years...loved it!

Oh, how lovely to know that Carol @Cookies Fantastique went to Italy to pursue her dream and met her hubby over there!  

And @Econlady  I went to LA by myself when I was 16 and stayed there for about a month.  It was a quite adventure.  Something funny, strange and new happened to me everyday that summer.   Since I could order only one item because of my poor English, I had the same thing for lunch for a month, now it is really funny to think about that. 

Hi Christine, @Sweet Prodigy   

As you say, this set is really different from what I make usually, this is another "Challenge" 💕I really wanted to try, thank you, Christine.  I could try and did some more experiments, that were fun and I learned more through this challenge.  

One of my Japanese friends said that she would cook Chirashi-zushi for dinner after she saw my cookies.  That made me really happy.   Well, she is a friend who is nice to me.  She really did make Chirashi for her family. 

The other one said....  "I enlarged the photo to see"  "oh, what did you see?"  "Soy sauce!"   This made me laugh.   why, soy sauce 🤣🤣🤣   

* Please don't enlarge the photo to see soy sauce, it is just colored hard texture jelly.  

It took a lot of time to make this sushi part but to tell you the truth, it was really hard for me to make this 3D tea-cup, I used zester again to dried icing to adjust the shape.   The sakura flower in jelly.... I could put real salted flower as media but I decided to make one by myself.   I almost gave up this tea-cup and soy sauce dish but realized if I gave them up where my liquid things....  

Good thing you didn't give up. I think a lot of people look at the finished work, and don't realize all of the effort that goes into it. The 3D teacup turned out really well, and is a nice compliment to the whole set.

I had to laugh when you said your friend made Chirashi-zushi after seeing your cookie. She must have look at it and thought, "That looks amazing....and delicious! "

Your soy sauce does look really good, but I can also see all of the work that went into the sushi because I zoomed in 500%. : )

 

Wow! This is certainly a change from the style we are used to seeing from you, but it is also a very impressive one. And, after reading the comments, it seems that many people would agree.

Where do I even begin? First, thank you for writing such a wonderful description of how you created everything (and including some wonderful stories as well). The photos you included illustrate your techniques beautifully.

And then there's the "food." All of those techniques and media, skillfully combined, to create a very realistic masterpiece. I can't believe you spent days piping those grains of rice - that box definitely deserves to be posted as it's own cookie. Very nice work. You captured the spirit of the challenge perfectly.

Hi Christine, @Sweet Prodigy   

As you say, this set is really different from what I make usually, this is another "Challenge" 💕I really wanted to try, thank you, Christine.  I could try and did some more experiments, that were fun and I learned more through this challenge.  

One of my Japanese friends said that she would cook Chirashi-zushi for dinner after she saw my cookies.  That made me really happy.   Well, she is a friend who is nice to me.  She really did make Chirashi for her family. 

The other one said....  "I enlarged the photo to see"  "oh, what did you see?"  "Soy sauce!"   This made me laugh.   why, soy sauce 🤣🤣🤣   

* Please don't enlarge the photo to see soy sauce, it is just colored hard texture jelly.  

It took a lot of time to make this sushi part but to tell you the truth, it was really hard for me to make this 3D tea-cup, I used zester again to dried icing to adjust the shape.   The sakura flower in jelly.... I could put real salted flower as media but I decided to make one by myself.   I almost gave up this tea-cup and soy sauce dish but realized if I gave them up where my liquid things....  

Wow! This is certainly a change from the style we are used to seeing from you, but it is also a very impressive one. And, after reading the comments, it seems that many people would agree.

Where do I even begin? First, thank you for writing such a wonderful description of how you created everything (and including some wonderful stories as well). The photos you included illustrate your techniques beautifully.

And then there's the "food." All of those techniques and media, skillfully combined, to create a very realistic masterpiece. I can't believe you spent days piping those grains of rice - that box definitely deserves to be posted as it's own cookie. Very nice work. You captured the spirit of the challenge perfectly.

Oh how fun @Econlady!! I wanted to jump in with your conversation because I went to Italy when I was 20. I didn't know the language, culture or anyone there. I had gotten a job in Naples and was pretty "fearless" at the time as well. LOL. My parents often said that they didn't know how they were able to let me pursue my dream to go. The difference from your daughter was that that I MOVED to Italy for at a year at the minimum. I met my hubby there ❤️❤️. It was a magical time and I ended up living there for 3 years...loved it!

Wow!  You are very impressive!

@Econlady posted:

Your profile says Fukuoka and that’s where my hubby says she was.  I think she liked japan and her host family was very good to her.  It was weird sending her half way across the world because she was so young.  She was fearless.

Oh how fun @Econlady!! I wanted to jump in with your conversation because I went to Italy when I was 20. I didn't know the language, culture or anyone there. I had gotten a job in Naples and was pretty "fearless" at the time as well. LOL. My parents often said that they didn't know how they were able to let me pursue my dream to go. The difference from your daughter was that that I MOVED to Italy for at a year at the minimum. I met my hubby there ❤️❤️. It was a magical time and I ended up living there for 3 years...loved it!

Oh, really?  Was she in Fukuoka?  my city Kitakyusyu?   I hope she had a good time in Japan.  

Your profile says Fukuoka and that’s where my hubby says she was.  I think she liked japan and her host family was very good to her.  It was weird sending her half way across the world because she was so young.  She was fearless.

@Econlady posted:

I understand my husband rarely likes my cookies.  We have never been to Japan, but our daughter did 10 days as an exchange student in Japan.  She was only 16 years old.  According to hubby your hometown is where she went!  My mother-in-law was raised in Hiroshima Japan and came to the US by an arranged marriage to hubby’s father. 

Oh, really?  Was she in Fukuoka?  my city Kitakyusyu?   I hope she had a good time in Japan.  

🤣🤣😄have you ever been to Japan?  Have you ever seen plastic-fake food at the entrance of restaurants in Japan by any chance?   When my husband looked at this cookies, he said, "wow! this just looks like that fake food, so real"  He knows that I don't cook real Chirashi-zushi   @Econlady   Well, what am I supposed to tell him?  They look so real like fake food?? or real like real?  

I understand my husband rarely likes my cookies.  We have never been to Japan, but our daughter did 10 days as an exchange student in Japan.  She was only 16 years old.  According to hubby your hometown is where she went!  My mother-in-law was raised in Hiroshima Japan and came to the US by an arranged marriage to hubby’s father. 

@Econlady posted:

My husband was disappointed when he realized I was talking about a cookie and nit the real thing.

🤣🤣😄have you ever been to Japan?  Have you ever seen plastic-fake food at the entrance of restaurants in Japan by any chance?   When my husband looked at this cookies, he said, "wow! this just looks like that fake food, so real"  He knows that I don't cook real Chirashi-zushi   @Econlady   Well, what am I supposed to tell him?  They look so real like fake food?? or real like real?  

Absolutely amazing  @Ryoko ~Cookie Ave.!!! Thank you so much for the detailed explanation about the cultural aspect of what you designed out of cookies and other edible elements . I love your creativity in using gelatin, isomalt, flower paste, colored sugar and gummy candies.

All your planning and hard work really shows! I always get excited to read about your projects and understand the thinking behind what you've made. Fabulous work my dear cookie friend ❤️❤️. Stay safe and well

Hi Carol.  Thank you💕  Chirashi-zushi reminds me grandmother who used to make one for us in special occasions, or gatherings....  we were all excited to see many ingredients on rice....  we put some sugar and vinegar on hot-steamed rice and we fan rice with paper-fan, that makes rice shiny.  

Stay home and stay safe, Carol, @Cookies Fantastique

Absolutely amazing  @Ryoko ~Cookie Ave.!!! Thank you so much for the detailed explanation about the cultural aspect of what you designed out of cookies and other edible elements . I love your creativity in using gelatin, isomalt, flower paste, colored sugar and gummy candies.

All your planning and hard work really shows! I always get excited to read about your projects and understand the thinking behind what you've made. Fabulous work my dear cookie friend ❤️❤️. Stay safe and well

Amazing details and tutorial! It looks so real! 

Oh, thank you, Manu.  I thought I was going to make something totally different from this sushi and actually I bought all real ingredients to study, but somehow I didn't feel like starting making cookies.  While I was writing you, suddenly I thought.... I'm a Japanese, I should make something Japanese and introduce a little about our culture.   The idea dragged me out from watching TV endlessly.  Thanks to you, @Manu biscotti decorati  

After I saw your non-entry cookies, I thought I should have made sushi and put them in a sushi box..... that might be really fun.

By the way, it was a lot of fun to do many experiments while making this set and it was interesting to color sugar.  

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Wow, Ryoko this is incredible, amazing 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍. It looks so real. I don't know how this dish looks like, because I never had one myself, but I know the ingredients and they look fantastic. How much effort you put in this bit was 100% worthy. 💖❤️💗

And happy birthday again what a wonderful way to celebrate, with Chirashi-zushi 😀🎂🎁🎊🥂🍾

Hi Zara @carouselselsel    As you say, my grandmother used to make Chirashi-zushi for special occasions such as B-day or any special days when many people gather.  It was really fun to help her when she made and we were very happy.   

Oh wow, Ryoko!!! You excelled in this presentation! It is amazing to see all the different techniques you used and so ingeniously too. Amazing work👏👏👏🥰

Hi Heather!  Thank you 🌸

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