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Same here. My parents have always said I'm a picky eater, but they won't even try sushi.
They're urban people, but they're baby boomer generation. It's not like they've even said it's disgusting or anything, it literally doesn't appeal to them to the point where they haven't even thought about trying it.
Seriously, sushi is not a particularly tasty food, not even among Japanese foods--which categorically are not as tasty as the foods of surrounding countries.
This old country bumpkin has never tried it and have no desire to. We do have a rather large sushi bar/restaurant in town, but I'm not a fan of eating any meats or fish raw. I'll have some pickled herring if it's served as an appetizer, but that's as close as I'll come to raw fish.
I'm also not a fan of Japanese food. I love Chinese but never could enjoy Japanese, even when I visited there years ago.
There has been a boom of sushi places in the last few years, especially in Northern Italy, it wouldn't surprise if it ende up becoming mainstream soon, older people still prefer to eat traditional food b ut that's because it is what they are used to
In Italy I saw little non-Italian food...aside from McDonald's mostly a few Chinese restaurants, I saw one Indian, and a few Japanese/sushi places. One place was even serving wasabi gelato!
My husband and I are in our fifties. We've both been sushi/sashimi fans for at least fifteen years, maybe longer. We live in a mid size town in northeast Texas.
In our town, we have locally owned Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Greek, and Indian restaurants (owned by people of those ethnicities). We also have several locally owned Asian Fusion style restaurants that serve a mix of Asian foods.
I have yet to meet an Asian cuisine I don't like, but my favorites are Thai, Vietnamese, and Korean. That being said, sometimes I really am in the mood for the more subtle flavors of Japanese food, including their sashimi and sushi rolls. What I do NOT care for is the "Americanized" version of sushi, with all the heavy fried additives and sauces. Blech.
People of all ages around here seem to really enjoy sushi and other Asian cuisines. However, my parents, who are in their late 70s, won't touch sushi or sashimi. Neither will my inlaws. But they won't eat raw oysters either, so clearly they are deranged.
We have a Japanese restaurant in town but I have not seen any white trash there yet(we don't call them rednecks over here). I think those would prefer fast food and it suits there budget better too probably.
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I lived in big metropolitan areas all my life, so sushi is one of daily selections that we have (we meaning me and my friends and co workers, who are both asians and non-asians) aside of korean, morrocoan, greek, peruvian etc etc cuisines.
But I learned that in smaller cities (I was in Des Moines and Webster City in Iowa for an interview), it is very hip to eat sushi. And when I was there for an interview in Webster City, old people actually ate sushi!
So I guess in the era of global information sharing thru internet, even people in smaller cities including seniors and them red-necks are more receptive to different cultures including their cuisines.
Ive never seen a "red neck" eating in a Sushi restaurant? and you will never see a red neck or hillbilly in a Vietnamese restaurant, they are still angry about losing the war in Vietnam and wont touch the stuff, especially the older ones over 60.
The reason is disliking Japan due to World War Two.
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