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Jun 2023
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242. The History of Sushi: Japan’s Most ...

Thomas Wilkinson
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If you think about Japanese food, probably the first dish that comes to mind is sushi. But would it surprise you to know that sushi today is vastly different from just a few hundred years ago? Today, let’s talk about how a fermented fish dish from China evolved into the national food of Japan!




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Vocabulary



  • Cuisine (n) - a style of cooking
  • Raw (adj) - (of food) not cooked.
  • Refrigerate (v) - to make or keep something, especially food or drink, cold so that it stays fresh, usually in a fridge.
  • Preserve (v) - to treat food in a particular way so that it can be kept for a long time without going bad.
  • Ferment (v) - If food or drink ferments or if you ferment it, it goes through a chemical change because of the action of yeast or bacteria, which may cause it to produce bubbles or heat, or turn sugars in it into alcohol.
  • Predecessor (n) - something that comes before another thing in time or in a series.
  • Parasite (n) - an animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it.
  • Authentic (adj) - If something is authentic, it is real, true, or what people say it is.
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