Sumimasen

It appears an apology is in order.  So, Avocado san, sumimasen, I ask your pardon.  I did not mean to suggest  that you are not a worthy sushi ingredient, no, not at all.  You are a tasty morsel, despite what I consider to be an unfortunate f/c, and you belong in salad, you belong in guacamole, and you belong in all sorts of luscious cuisine.  You belong in American sushi for those who like avocado in their sushi, and may I say that two of my dear readers, one a relative and one a non-relative friend, told me that they like avocado in their sushi.  And so they have every right to do.  Sushi with avocado . . .  mmmmmmmm.

Avocado  gooood; fire baaaaaad

No, what I meant to say but didn't, very clearly, is that I think the majestic and honorable avocado is a worthy and delicious, despite its unfortunate f/c, fruit, and has every reason to be a valued member of the sushi team.  Whole chapters, nay, volumes could be written on the culinary value of the mighty avocado and its delicate yet sublime addition to the sushi line of cuisine.

All I should have said was that what avocado in sushi is not is Japanese.  It is Californian. Southern, if I might hazard a guess.  So, I was just pointing out that Japanese Tea Gardens in California are not any more Japanese than California rolls are.  Very lovely, very beautiful, just not Japanese.  That's all.  Californian.

So, on to Port Royal, and more about Japan, and perhaps a little less about California, beautiful and charming as it is, next week.