[MotleyGirl70]

But the trick is that it's served with a green condiment called ''wasabi,'' which is the Japanese word for ''nuclear horseradish.''

LOL!

I eat sushi a few times a year, but I only get the California rolls to be safe. There's something about eating raw fish that grosses me out. It's the texture of it when it's raw.

You know you put too much wasabi on your sushi when your eyes start to water and your nose starts to burn.

[raybbr]

You know you put too much wasabi on your sushi ...

There is no such thing as "too much wasabi". My wife and I dump it on so that you can feel your scalp shrink as it hits.

[Noumenon]

Many years ago, I went o na first date with a woman who had never bee nt oa sushi bar. She was willing to try it, though - give her that.

So we sit down at the bar, and the chef puts in front of us the customary wodden platter with a blob of gari (pickled ginger) and a healthy serving of wasabi. Before I could stop her, my date picks up the little mound of wasabi and pops it into her mouth, thinking that it was some kind of appetizer.

Serious wrong move.

Needless to say, that was our first and last date together.