....just wondering as, boy do I miss sushi...then i read in 'what to expect' that it's ok, if you have it say at a restaurant (rather than rolls that have been sitting around) and if its just vegetarian rolls, or cooked fish.... so i am about ready to go there! just wondered if others have had similar advice?
I don't know if I would trust sushi from a restaurant, because the main problem is the rice, and while they make them fresh, the rice may have been cooked the day before ITMS?
Safer to make your own sushi at home and eat it straight away.
Yes, i had it in Japan when i was 22 weeks preg and also at Japanese restaurants. I did not eat it from food courts etc. I had sashimi etc.
Cooked fish is fine as long as it hasn't been sitting around, same with Sushi and Vege rolls. It's the rice that you need to be careful of the most though - make sure it hasn't been sitting around for ages.
Before being diagnosed with Gestational Diabete's I ate Sushi ALL THE TIME! It was one of my major cravings, especially the California Rolls lol but now the rice puts my blood glucose levels through the roof so I can't eat it anymore :(
Enjoy it while you're able to :) And homemade is definately best too :)
Hi,
I was careful but not overly careful in my first pregnancy. I ate sushi but stayed away from the cooked chicken sushi and raw fish varieties. I usually ate the tuna salad variety which has tinned tuna in it. I also made sure I bought it from a reputable shop that was busy. In saying this, a friend of mine got sick from eating vegetable sushi (she was not pregnant) so vegetable sushi isn't exactly guaranteed to be safe.
It is very easy to go overboard. At one point I found myself thinking that I could not even eat a salad sandwich from a sandwich shop because they use the same tongs to put ham etc on sandwiches and then use them for the salad.
I think it's a personal choice. It is a balancing act.
Good luck!
thanks...it is such a balancing act! I worry about salad sandwiches too!
DH and I are going to our local Japanese tonight...mmmmm, will choose carefully
I would only avoid it from things like those shops in food courts in large shopping centres.
If you know the shop I wouldn't worry. I eat sushi but only buy it from one place at my work that I know is flat out, and I've never been sick before.
I dont personally take chances with unknown places. I would rather be safe than sorry.
Speaking of which do you think Subway is ok? I've had some serious cravings for it but have been concerned as a friend told me to avoid it.
i only ever eat tuna sushi (fussy eater lol) and i reckon its fine.. i tend to only go to really busy sushi places, my way of thinking - the busier they are the fresher the food, but thats me :)
and lolpigs - i still eat subway, if it tastes bad when u bite into it, dont eat it, its no different than buying eg. ham & salad ingredients from the supermarket & making a sanga at home, you know? thats the way i see it anyway :)
Yay!!! * Runs out the door to Subway *
I still eat subway .... as for the sushi, I've heard so many different things and not being a fan of it myself I'm not going to be much help but as other posters have said if you know and trust the restaurant then it "should" be ok as long as the rice is fresh too:
Just for future notice, DH read an article yesterday cautioning people against sushi as all the ingredients come from Japan and with the radiation contamination it may be very unsafe. Just something to think about!
I didn't eat sushi last pregnancy nor will I this one. Not worth the risk to me.
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Sushi rice is NOT cooked in advance - it cannot be.
I ate sushi throughout both pregnancies without incident.
The cause of concern in sushi is the rice, but if it is prepared in a clean environment and eaten that day, then your risk is low. Buy from trusted stores, with a high turnover and as early in the day as possible.
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That is a load of rubbish.
Sorry, but sushi rice you buy at the store NOW, even if it did come from Japan (which is doesn't all do), is nowhere near the contamination - it was grown packed and shipped months ago and holds no contamination risk at all.
The same goes for Nori.
ageed LS :clap:
I ate sushi early in my pregnancy with DD but I was in Japan at the time & my Japanese friends made it in their home for me fresh... mmmmmmmmm No problems with my pregnancy due to the sushi ;)
I totally agree with the others, home made would be best then you KNOW its fresh otherwise a well known sushi place that has a good turn over ;)
I would be suprised if the sushi stores used Japanese product for their sushi. I have sushi rice in the cupboard which is Australian, and the nori is made in China, so I really don't think the contamination is a risk (even if the Nori needs supplies from Japan, there is still a quality control that is required, so radiation and contaminated prodcuts would not be used)..:
I ate sushi throughout both my pregnancies. We made it at home whenever I had a craving though, or asked for it to be made to order in a store.
I ate sushi the whole way through. If you read any of the warnings againt sushi it is because of the raw fish! Otherwise you wouldn't be allowed to eat rice etc either!
I just made sure it was made that day and was fresh, tuna avocado was my FAV and I ate heaps of it. In saying that, just like any other food, don't get it from somewhere that looks dodgy!
And as for everything being made in Japan, I am sure they make the rice other places and the fillings like tuna, chicken etc aren't made in Japan either!
Limeslice...I love you! Everything you said!
Mmm I feel like some sushi now!
Just go to a busy, clean, reputable place and you'll be fine.
thanks for all the replies...I did end up eating sushi at our local Japanese restaurant which is always very busy and where we have often eaten. I just stuck to the vegetable types or cooked fish..and it was delicious
Yay!!! So glad it was yummy!:
Can I reopen this for some more recent replies/knowledge/opinions?
I am 18 weeks and desperately craving cooked tuna and avo sushi lol I have always eaten at this local place, its always busy I've and never gotten sick. Does anyone else eat sushi from restaurants during pregnancy or is it still just bad? I would think most sushi places would be aware of the rice risk and be extra careful these days. I cant imagine how homemade sushi would be as good. I cant really be bothered with it either... :lol:
As said before, it's the rice that's the main problem. But the reality is, if you lived in Japan what would you do???
I have eaten it early on, but I tend to get turned off by the smell.
I think if you haven't had any problems before and you trust the shop, go for it. If all else fails, ask your midwife :D
Grrr, double post!
PS, now you've got me craving tuna and avocado sushi ;)
Haha sorry! I guess what confuses me is that the rice is bad because its been cooled... Because I would have to cool it at home too?
I asked midwife and doctor about this as im a sushi addict lol. If you have a trusted sushi restaurant, go for it :D I was told that the main risk is actually the raw meat and risk of cross contamination. The rice is not such an issue anymore, as restaurants are well aware of that risk. I was just told no raw meat sushi and none from those hole in the walls that sell the rolls that could have been made anytime in the past week lol
i woudnt eat it from a place (but im picky little sob when it comes to my food)
but i make my own, very easy and you can put what ever you want in it, you should give it a crack? i dont us raw fish obviously but wouldnt use it if i werent pregnant..
preggo.. home made sushi is definetly as good!!
(i make it all the time for myself, friends and family and everyone raves...)
Preggoeggo: I hear you I have been craving tuna and avocado sushi from sushi train ever since I found out I was preg. I ate some on the weekend at a party where the host made it the night before and put it directly into the fridge, and only the tuna ones. However I used to work at a shopping centre and used to see in the morning the sushi rice in giant white tubs and that was what they used all day to make the sushi. I don't think that would be ok because you don't know what temp it is or how long it's been sitting there. Because of that I won't eat sushi anywhere unless someone or I make it. I don't think it's worth it. I think it like this, if something happened, and id just eaten sushi id forever think, what if me eating sushi did this. It's prob alright to eat, but for me, I couldn't risk it. But no judgement if you want to or others want to ;) at the End of the day people do what they like and thats the way it should be.
Ps I happily eat subway still but last preg when I was diagnosed with GD the dietician at the hospital said that it was ok for me to eat subway ybecause it was the perfect size to give me a good reading :)
LOL Kitty.. bit off topic, funny you mention subway.. i manage one and cannot STAND it.. working there every day is a challenge in itself lol.
the only stuff i would eat from a subway anyway, is anything heated up, (chicken, steak) but i dont do deli meats ect anyway..
Caz that was the kind of way I was thinking about it... I wouldnt go to a little "hole in the wall" place. Perfectly described btw lol
Ive never been a fan of subway. Something about the smell...
DP wants to give it a go, making sushi from home.
Gah! I'm undecided lol