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, also known as , (roughly translated as "prepared alive") is the preparing of
, also known as , (roughly translated as "prepared alive") is the preparing of sashimi
is a Japanese delicacy consisting of fresh raw fish or meat sliced into thin pieces and often eaten with soy sauce.
Origin
The word ''sashimi'' means "pierced body", i.e. "刺身" = ''sashimi'', where 刺 し = ''sashi'' (pierced, stuck) ...
(raw fish) from live seafood
Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g. bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters and mussels, and cephalopods such as octopus an ...
. In this Japanese culinary technique, the most popular sea animal used is fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
, but octopus
An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttle ...
, shrimp
Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...
, and lobster
Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs ...
may also be used. The practice is controversial owing to concerns about the animal's suffering, as it is still alive when served.
Preparation and serving
The restaurant may have one or several tanks of live sea animals for a customer to choose from. There are different styles in which a chef may serve the dish but the most common way is to serve it on a plate with the filleted meat assembled on top of the body. Ikizukiri fish may be prepared with only three knife cuts by the chef. They are usually presented with the head still whole so that customers are able to see the continuing gill movements.Legality
Ikizukuri is outlawed inAustralia
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and Germany
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.
See also
*Eating live seafood
The practice of eating live seafood, such as fish, crab, oysters, baby shrimp, or baby octopus, is widespread.
Oysters are typically eaten live. The view that oysters are acceptable to eat, even by strict ethical criteria, has notably been propo ...
* Pain in fish
Whether fish feel pain similar to humans or differently is a contentious issue. Pain is a complex mental state, with a distinct perceptual quality but also associated with suffering, which is an emotional state. Because of this complexity, t ...
* Pain in crustaceans
Pain in crustaceans is a scientific debate which questions whether they experience pain or not. Pain is a complex mental state, with a distinct perceptual quality but also associated with suffering, which is an emotional state. Because of this ...
* Odorigui, the consumption of live seafood while it is still moving
* Yin Yang fish
Yin Yang fish (; also called ''dead-and-alive fish'') is a dish which consists of an oil-fried whole fish (usually carp) whose head remains alive even after its body has been cooked. During preparation, the fish is scaled and gutted before its bod ...
References
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* * Japanese cuisine Animal-based seafood Dishes involving the consumption of live animals Uncooked fish dishes {{japan-cuisine-stub