You probably remember our shopping horror story the first time set out to make California Rolls. We ended up spending over $40! Ouch! Well we learned our lesson and we decided to give it another shot.
The main reason it cost so much the first time was because we got ripped off when buying the crab meat from the sketchy sushi guy at Shaw’s; he sold us 5 sticks of crab meat for $2 each. We had no idea how much crab meat we needed so we ended up throwing out 4 of the 5 sticks! We took a big hit on that one. The rice wine vinegar only came in a big $6 bottle, then we needed the nori, wasabi, avocado, a lemon (well, we thought we needed it, should have read the recipe better…), and of course the sushi rice and bamboo roller.
Since we had most of the essentials this time around, and decided we didn’t want to use avocado, the bill was bearable. We also found a deal on packaged crab meat sticks for only $3 plus it came with a free pack of lobster meat, which we plan to use for something tasty. I am writing this post several days later, and since we made these California rolls, we have also made crab rangoons, or won tons, so the crab meat hasn’t gone to waste!
We knew how the process worked this time so it didn’t take the long tedious three hours like our first attempt. Actually, it only took 45 minutes! Not bad at all, even if they turned out a little sloppy 
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Dani made the Cali Rolls
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Andy cut the vegies and crab
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Sloppy but yummy
California Rolls – Take 2
You probably remember our shopping horror story the first time set out to make California Rolls. We ended up spending over $40! Ouch! Well we learned our lesson and we decided to give it another shot.
The main reason it cost so much the first time was because we got ripped off when buying the crab meat from the sketchy sushi guy at Shaw’s; he sold us 5 sticks of crab meat for $2 each. We had no idea how much crab meat we needed so we ended up throwing out 4 of the 5 sticks! We took a big hit on that one. The rice wine vinegar only came in a big $6 bottle, then we needed the nori, wasabi, avocado, a lemon (well, we thought we needed it, should have read the recipe better…), and of course the sushi rice and bamboo roller.
Since we had most of the essentials this time around, and decided we didn’t want to use avocado, the bill was bearable. We also found a deal on packaged crab meat sticks for only $3 plus it came with a free pack of lobster meat, which we plan to use for something tasty. I am writing this post several days later, and since we made these California rolls, we have also made crab rangoons, or won tons, so the crab meat hasn’t gone to waste!
We knew how the process worked this time so it didn’t take the long tedious three hours like our first attempt. Actually, it only took 45 minutes! Not bad at all, even if they turned out a little sloppy