# A sushi roll for every state **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892 "2012-07-20T21:43:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/1 "2012-07-20T21:43:53Z")
California rolls are crab (or imitation crab), cucumber, and avocado … California in food names being a pretty strong indication that avocado is in the mix. The other day, I tried an Alaska roll, which seemed about the same, but with salmon on top. It’s not fair for just two states to be represented at the sushi bar! There should be a Hawaii roll (ahi, pineapple, and poi), a Minnesota roll (tuna salad and Spam), and a Colorado roll (Rocky Mountain oysters and Coors). That leaves us, what? 45 to go. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/2 "2012-07-20T21:51:50Z")
Massachusetts Roll: Clam strips, roasted turkey, cranberry chutney. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/3 "2012-07-20T21:54:20Z")
Louisiana would be cooked crawfish tail in a mild sauce rolled in rice. It sounds pretty good. Maine would be a lobster sushi roll of course. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/4 "2012-07-20T22:05:46Z")
Kansas: The kind that gives you the runs for a week, because the fish is so very far from home. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/5 "2012-07-20T22:09:42Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Kansas: The kind that gives you the runs for a week, because the fish is so very far from home. 😉 Cute, but I assure you there is pretty much no sushi restaurant in the US that gets fresh-caught-in-their-waters tuna and eel and mackerel and so on. Everyone ships in at least a fair amount of their fish from somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/6 "2012-07-20T22:12:18Z")
Some of these have already been invented (or named). I’m not a big sushi guy, but… Maryland Roll is just (real) crab. Virginia Roll is crab, eel, taegu and mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/7 "2012-07-20T22:16:29Z")
Indiana roll: Fried lake perch and sweet corn. Not too bad, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/8 "2012-07-20T22:20:07Z")
Michigan: Lake trout sprinkled with paprika (to look like rust) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/9 "2012-07-20T22:21:54Z")
Is no one from Minnesota going to protest the tuna salad and spam? Or list the ingredients for the tuna salad? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/10 "2012-07-20T22:22:50Z")
New York: Geflite fish obviously Idaho: put some potatoes and trout in./ ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/11 "2012-07-20T22:22:55Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Cute, but I assure you there is pretty much no sushi restaurant in the US that gets fresh-caught-in-their-waters tuna and eel and mackerel and so on. Everyone ships in at least a fair amount of their fish from somewhere else. Not only that, [Food and Drug Administration regulations stipulate that fish to be eaten raw – whether as sushi, sashimi, seviche, or tartare – must be frozen first, to kill parasites.](http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/nyregion/sushi-fresh-from-the-deep-the-deep-freeze.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/12 "2012-07-20T22:27:42Z")
Rhode Island Roll - Quahog and fried potato ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/13 "2012-07-20T22:43:09Z")
Texas roll - Beef. No, you don’t wrap it in anything! What’s wrong with you, boy? You some kinda commie? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/14 "2012-07-20T23:00:10Z")
Oregon Roll: Fresh salmon and snap peas with a ginger-blackberry sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/15 "2012-07-20T23:12:06Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Oregon Roll: Fresh salmon and snap peas with a ginger-blackberry sauce. If they adopt that, they can release their claim on the [Philadelphia roll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_roll). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/16 "2012-07-20T23:13:32Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > taegu Sorry, what is this? Wouldn’t Hawaii roll be SPAM Musubi? Wikipedia says: “contains shoyu tuna (canned), tamago, kanpyō, kamaboko, and the distinctive red and green hana ebi (shrimp powder).” I’ve had filet mignon nigiri. On top of rice with horseradish. It’s delicious. Although maybe “cute filet” rolls might insult the Texas sensibilities. There is a Philadelphia roll, can Pennsylvania as a whole take it? Although it’s really only named because of the cream cheese brand. I’ve had gravlax nigiri. That could fit one of the very Scandinavian states. Or lutefisk if you must. The main rule in Nevada is that all-you-can-eat is the rule, not the exception. So whatever it is, you get more of it. I don’t think there’s an official roll, but I see: “Spicy crab, avocado, topped with salmon & tuna” which doesn’t mean much to me. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/17 "2012-07-20T23:20:05Z")
Also, London Roll: Batter-fried fish wrapped in rice. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/18 "2012-07-20T23:25:47Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > Michigan: Lake trout sprinkled with paprika (to look like rust) I’d go with Muskie rather that trout. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/19 "2012-07-20T23:34:51Z")
Florida: pompano nigiri topped with mango salsa. Sounds good! ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892/20 "2012-07-20T23:39:55Z")
There’s already a [Seattle roll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_roll). Not sure if that should cover all of Washington state, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sushi-roll-for-every-state/628892.md?page=2)