For your edification...

Trust me, this lesson in international cuisine is necessary. I am about to make you more cultured. You're welcome.

Sushi is not raw fish. It's not even necessarily fish! Get that out of your head. While in America, most places generally, and incorrectly, tell you that a Japanese dish of fresh raw fish is sushi, that is not what they call it in Japan. In Japan, a dish of fresh, raw fish is actually sashimi. Sushi is a term used to describe any dish prepared using vinegared rice. This rice can then be served with any types of other things -- steamed vegetables, cooked beef, raw fish, cooked fish, you name it. Therefore, sushi is not always a raw dish by any means.

Thus endeth the culinary lesson for today.