Sushi lovers, start saving

Prices rise every day. People talk about food crisis and fuel crisis and about the need to save money. Some of course don’t care about the food crises and pour milk on the ground, thinking it will make their life better. I don’t know if I agree with this kind of problem-solving technique…but I guess people more or less agree that you need to save money for the future. Especially, if you like sushi.

Yesterday’s Financial Times announces that in the near future the price of a good quality tuna fish will rise oh-so-high and for that reason sushi (sashimi especially) might end up being something that only very rich and powerful people can afford. So why do its prices rise? It is not about the global warming. Not directly, anyway. It is about the very same fuel crises we are having. You see, fisherman in Japan are doing an excellent job in catching the most delicate tuna fish (using hooks instead of nets to minimise damage to the fish and leave it suitable for serving raw) and somehow this tasty fish needs to be transported to other countries (which might be far far away). Transport needs fuel and fuel costs money. Much money. And therefore the price of the fish goes all the way up.

Well, that is not just fair, is it? Because of some stupid fuel crises I, as a simple ordinary tax paying citizen, can not enjoy good quality sushi, as it will have a price tag of a Porsche (ok, maybe I am exaggerating, but still, you get the picture).

Fishermen held a strike yesterday in Brussels as well – not because of sushi though – but because of the very same super-high fuel prices. According to the footage that was one hell of a strike. Flags were burnt and all…Serious stuff, I say.

So, to be ready for the sushi-crisis, I stored up with some cheap nori sheets and sushi rice which I got from the local Chinese supermarket (rice price is also threatening to go up by the way). I can’t stock fish though…or can I? Any suggestions?