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| San Pedro High students practice the art of making California Rolls. |
California
Rolls Become A Hot Commodity At San Pedro High School Swabbed With A Bit
of Hawaiian Culture
By Diana L.
Chapman
Students
poured in from all parts of the San Pedro High campus -- an
"eclectic mix" one
administrator said -- to try their hand at making an apparently a popular item
on the cooking club's after school menu -- California Rolls.
Taught with
Hawaiian flair, Kimberly Gray, the principal's assistant, explained influences of her culture are quite different
from the state California rolls are named after.
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| Kimberly Gray, the Principal's assistant, shows students how to wrap the sushi. |
"I grew
up on the island of Oahu," Gray said while showing students how to mix the
foods with seaweed, avocado and imitation crab. "We ate rice for
breakfast, for lunch and for dinner. Most people here think sushi is raw food.
"But sushi
is rice rolled. You can make it anything you want it to be."
About 45
students listened without a whisper and packed the room. The lesson came
complete with sushi etiquette -- Hawaiian style -- and with "use of the
lingo."
Etiquette rules include: "Never whittle your
chopsticks, it implies that the chef is cheap" and "eat sushi in one
bite, do not break or bite into multiple pieces," according to Gray's brochure.
That's why
students should say: "Domo Arigato," which means thank you very
much!"
San Pedro's
Coastal Neighborhood Council supplied a $1,000 to fund the cooking club for the
year.
RECIPE
RECIPE
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| Kimberly Gray shows off the rolls |
Sushi Rice Ingredients: 3 cups of medium or short grain rice 3 oz. Seasoned Rice Vinegar:can be
bought pre-made or mix
1/3 c, rice vinegar, 5 Tbsp. sugar,
1 Tbsp. salt
Directions:
Rinse the rice with water til water
is clear or as close to it as
possi-ble (about 5 rinses) place rice in rice cooker
and set to cook. After cooked, let the rice sit for
10-20 minutes.
Place rice in a shallow pan or bowl and pour in the
seasoned rice vinegar. Stir together quickly and mix
well while the rice is still hot.
Allow the rice to sit for 10 minutes to cool.
Rice is now ready to make sushi Ingredients: Seasoned Sushi rice (prepare according to directions) Nori-Rosted seaweed sheets Imitation crab Avocado, pour a little lemon on avocado to prevent
browning
Cucumber, sliced remove the seed sections
Spread rice over nori starting in the center and work
your way up first then down. It should be spread
thinly, make sure you get all the way to the corners.
Place cucumber, avocado and imitation crab just a
little below the center of roll, use bamboo sheet to
form roll. Pressing sides in as you go, the roll will be more of a square as you roll.
Slice and enjoy!
