Can Christians eat sushi? A serious question in light of the Noahic and Apostolic prohibition of blood.
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“Can Christians eat sushi?” is a narrow minded question and fails to look at the larger picture.
The right question is: Why would anyone want to eat sushi?
http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/st_sushidna_20091204.html
See “What’s Really on the Menu”:
In a new DNA test, researchers at the American Museum of Natural History discovered that fish you ordered from the menu may not always be the species served.
Using an experimental genetic identification technique called DNA barcoding on fish identified as tuna on the menu at 31 restaurants in New York and Denver, the researchers found that customers were sometimes served a cheaper substitute, an endangered species or a fish banned in several countries as a health hazard.
It’s worth noting that the mere process of filleting a fish tends to drain the blood. Perhaps you’d get closer to it if you ate sushi in Japan, where the fish might have been alive just minutes before, but if the restaurant is getting the fish in anything less than swimming form, the blood is going to be drained, I’d think. All in all, there’s no more blood in sushi than in any other kind of fish.
I would guess as well that the process of hanging to drain blood doesn’t get all the blood out of a cow or pig, either….somehow it seems that in context of science, God just might not hold us accountable for what we cannot avoid.
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
The location of one of my first dates with my wife
- You know where the fish came from: the Gulf
- You know it’s fresh
- You know how it’s prepared
Still a great place
[mmartin]“Can Christians eat sushi?” is a narrow minded question and fails to look at the larger picture.
The right question is: Why would anyone want to eat sushi?
It’s delicious if properly prepared. Plus, if your fellow diners just think you’re a kid from the Midwest who’s never tried anything adventurous, dining-wise, in your life, it is really fun to watch their eyes get big when you put some wasabi (Japanese horseradish) on your sushi. (real story)
Sushi is also a dining experience—right up there with dim sum. (go for the chicken and duck feet, they’re great) To the point of the Gospel, there are a lot of people who will listen to you about Christ after you eat their food the way they eat it.
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
Reminds me of the guy who said, “We had sushi in the south. We called it bait.”
I gave sushi up for Lent!
"Some things are of that nature as to make one's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache." John Bunyan
There are probably about 10,000 things a Christian should be more concerned about than eating sushi!
Gravlax:
“Gravlax (gravad lax) or gravlaks is a Nordic dish consisting of raw salmon, cured in salt, sugar, and dill.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravlax
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Pickled Herring:
“Most cured herring uses a two-step curing process. Initially, herring is cured with salt to extract water. The second stage involves removing the salt and adding flavorings, typically a vinegar, salt, sugar solution to which ingredients such as peppercorn, bay leaves and raw onions are added.”
[Note: there is no “cooking” involved.]
lutefisk and surstromming!
(OK, the former is boiled, but the latter is not….I just had pickled herring for lunch yesterday. Yum!)
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
A learn-ed someone who treats Acts 15 as authoritative and not as “a law bone thrown to appease the feelings of a bunch of whiny Jews” is, indeed, refreshing. I mean, just because Luke wrote under inspiration “…it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you…these necessary things…” never seemed to bother most I’ve heard to date that this may have application beyond a few months in the 1st century. And that he is trying to discern a legit application really excites me. Kudos, my friend, kudos.
Now, about the op—I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen a tuna delivered to market with its head and/or guts intact. A fish with its head cut off is about as de-blooded as is a cow with its head cut off. How you prepare it after that is between you and your chef (I don’t think I know of any scripture that addresses eating raw meat).
Now, whether you ought to eat the live octopus, swallow the live goldfish, or any other such things where life is involved definitely is a Gen. 9/Acts 15 issue and deserves some scrutiny.
Lee
[Ron Bean]I gave sushi up for Lent!
Not a particularly huge fan of the sushi, but the sashimi (esp. tuna) on the rice with the seaweed strip with a little soy sauce is spot on!
Lee
I can do without seaweed, but please pass the sushi.
Ron Bean wrote:
I gave sushi up for Lent!
Not a particularly huge fan of the sushi, but the sashimi (esp. tuna) on the rice with the seaweed strip with a little soy sauce is spot on!
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