# Sushi Is Now Officially Mainstream in the US Midwest

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 27, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-is-now-officially-mainstream-in-the-us-midwest/830285 "2019-02-27T10:11:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-is-now-officially-mainstream-in-the-us-midwest/830285/41 "2019-03-03T18:55:27Z")

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I’ve tried the Aldi frozen sushi rolls before, and found them edible, but a cut below a typical grocery deli department selection of refrigerated sushi lunches.

The Aldi sushi is much cheaper, of course.

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**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-is-now-officially-mainstream-in-the-us-midwest/830285/42 "2019-03-03T19:08:28Z")

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> [@snowthx](#):
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> It wont be truly mainstream until it appears at Golden Corral.

And probably well-done; with ketchup.

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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-is-now-officially-mainstream-in-the-us-midwest/830285/43 "2019-03-03T21:12:26Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> That is actually a _legal_ requirement in some areas to prevent the spread of parasites in raw fish. Federal regulations, in fact, stipulate that raw fish served in the United States _must_ undergo freezing.

On top of that, done properly (i.e., very, very quickly) there’s no perceivable degradation in quality to most people. And face it, most of us are most people. IQF (Google it) is a **great** set of technologies.

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