Making the ikura was more difficult than expected. I used coho salmon caviar. It’s also hard to find any good fish other than salmon in New Mexico. Would love to add tuna and maybe one other fish or seafood to my Tuesday night menu. What’s a safe(ish) fish or seafood I could get at Whole Foods? Scallop? Mackerel? Snapper? Eel?
Also – where can I get good crab sticks for California rolls?
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Scallops would be good, but I would blanch them just for the sake of keeping them safe.
Mackerel is good if you can get it fresh. I would suggest looking up how the Japanese pickle their mackerel for sushi. It’s not easy but not hard either. Just takes some time and love.
Snapper is a good choice as long as it’s fresh.
Eel would be awesome cause all you would have to do is grill it with almost any eel sauce you can find in an Asian store
And while we’re on the topic, most Asian stores should have imitation crab. It goes by the name of kanikama in Japanese, so I would look for that type specifically.
Where did you get the roe?
Did you cure it?