A gathering at a friends’ house, making fruit sushi, February 2007

The main sushi maker, S, shaves cucumber, which she will use as sushi wrapper.

Cucumber being shaved for sushi wrappers
CIMG4839 SB shaves cucumber

Avocado/crab sushi, strawberry sushi. In addition to fruit sushi (like strawberry, right), there was also real sushi made with a crab-like thingy and avocado (left)

Avocado/crab sushi, strawberry sushi
CIMG4849 Avocado/crab sushi, strawberry sushi

Sushi made with various combinations of crab, avocado, and strawberry

Sushi made with various combinations of crab, avocado, and strawberry
CIMG4850 Avocado/crab sushi, strawberry sushi

Making sushi with ginger and Asian pear: pieces of ginger and Asian pear are arranged on a rice-filled sushi wrapper

Making sushi with ginger and Asian pear
CIMG4863 Making sushi with ginger and Asian pear

Sushi with ginger and Asian pear, finished

Sushi with ginger and Asian pear, finished
CIMG4864 Sushi with ginger and Asian pear, finished

A thinly-shaved slice of cucumber is filled with rice and used as a sushi wrapper. Later it will be filled with blueberries.

Cucumber sushi wrapper filled with rice
CIMG4868 Cucumber sushi wrapper filled with rice

The cucumber/rice “nests” from the previous picture are filled with blueberries.

Cucumber sushi wrapper filled with rice and blueberries
CIMG4878 Cucumber sushi wrapper filled with rice and blueberries