OK, what I'm about to tell you will no doubt cause you to judge me, and probably ruin my reputation as someone who knows a little about quality foods. But I'm only human!
Enough drama.
Yesterday I was at Wal-Mart, my new favorite store in Stockton, and I was drawn to the sushi counter. Last time I'd seen this new addition I'd gagged a little and walked right by. I mean, sushi at Wal-Mart? It's raw fish, something you don't discount. But this time I looked closely, and my curiosity got the best of me. I figured I'd buy it and save it for dinner, so that if I got sick at least I wouldn't be in the middle of a newsroom. And I'd only eat a few pieces.
The package had 16 small roll pieces in four varieties: tuna, salmon, shrimp and eel. The shrimp and eel were cooked but the eel had a weird sauce, so I started with the shrimp. The pieces all looked good, without that squishy texture old sushi sometimes gets. It smelled fine, not super fishy, and actually tasted ... pretty good. I'm a sucker for salmon rolls, and while these were hardly the best I'd ever had, for $5, I'm totally going back. Eek. I know, I'm sorry. I should hate Wal-Mart for reasons that have nothing to do with food, but I just can't help but be drawn back time and again. I justify it by reasoning that if I have to work in Stockton, I might as well get some cheap crap to offset the gas prices.
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