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★★★★★
Super duper easy and awesome
I'm a 33 year old male. I am buy no means a chef (I delivered pizzas once as a teenager) nor have I ever fooled around with trying to roll my own sushi, even once. This product makes it AMAZINGLY simple to produce rolls that my cousins and family say "Wow!" to in person and on Facebook. The directions are clear to follow and IF you follow them exactly, you will have perfect rolls. Couple of things:
1) Make sure to buy quality Niri "paper" for rolling. I haven't had one break on me yet because I paid $2 more than the next cheapest brand.
2) When we first did this with my mother, both of us ignored the "sushi rice" recipe and just boiled rice. While still good, this time around (I have photos in the customer images area) I followed the directions and its MUCH MUCH better.
3) Don't overpack it. Loosely fill it on each side with rice, use the "plunger" stick to create a channel down the middle and load that up with whatever insides you want. Dont pack it tight and then attempt to put in your fillings
4) Dont forget to use olive oil to grease the sides of the cylinder. Without it your creation will be completely ruined.
May 2013 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase