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Before Sushi went Global

I'll admit it, I still have not tried Sushi. My daughter loves it, and I intend to give it a try one day soon. I feel rather behind the times. I guess it's because I didn't grow up with even the word Sushi, much less the eating of the raw blue fin tuna. The globalization of food and technology is a wonderful thing, even though some of us are a little slow to incorporate new things into our daily lives. That's okay though. I'm sure I won't have it every day, or even every week, but I certainly will learn to enjoy it. Here's some interesting info on the blue fin tuna before the American demand for it existed... you fishermen/women may enjoy this one. " Commercial fishers, if they caught bluefin at all, sold them for cat food when they could and trucked them to town dumps when they couldn't." Now, a couple hundred top quality blue fin tuna will sell for over a million dollars!!! How Sushi Went Global - By Theodore C. Bestor | Foreign ...

Dark Shadows Star Jonathan Frid Dead

How sad that he would pass just before the release of the movie in which he has a cameo in. I hope he got to see it. Dark Shadows Star Jonathan Frid Dead at 87 - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com : "Before his death, Frid, who also starred in the TV movie The Devil's Daughter and the horror film, Seizure, filmed a cameo appearance for Tim Burton's forthcoming big-screen remake of Dark Shadows, in which Johnny Depp will play Barnabas. The film is set to be released May 11." 'via Blog this'