Sushi - did you immediately conjure up

images of raw fish? In America, there is

a popular misconception that sushi - equals raw fish. Although some sushi combinations use raw fish, there are many others that use an array of other ingredients ranging from cooked fish to vegetables. In fact, the word "sushi" is really the marriage of vinegar and rice used in all sushi , where "su" refers to vinegar and rice to "shi" an abbreviated from of the colloquial term used for cookie rice.