my favorite food is sushi.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Sushi can be prepared with either brown or white rice. It is often prepared with raw seafood, but some varieties of sushi use cooked ingredients, and many others are vegetarian. Sushi is often served with pickled ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce. Daikon radish is popular as a garnish. Sushi is often confused with sashimi, a related Japanese dish consisting of thinly sliced raw fish or occasionally meat, and an optional serving of rice. Sushi originates in a Southeast Asian dish, known today as \"narezushi\" ( \u2013 \"salted fish\"), stored in fermented rice for possibly months at a time. The lacto-fermentation of the rice prevented the fish from spoiling; the rice would be discarded before consumption of the fish. This early type of sushi became an important source of protein for its Japanese consumers. The term \"sushi\" comes from an antiquated grammatical form no longer used in other contexts, and literally means \"sour-tasting\"; the overall dish has a sour and umami or savoury taste. Narezushi still exists as a regional specialty, notably as \"funa-zushi\" from Shiga Prefecture. Vinegar began to be added to the preparation of narezushi in the Muromachi period (1336\u20131573) for the sake of enhancing both taste and preservation.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sushi is often confused with sashimi, sashimi is another japanese dish consisting of thinly sliced raw fish or sometimes meat and an optional serving of rice. Have you ever had either of these?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have heard of sushi, but not the other. I never liked sushi though, I always thought it tasted bad"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well the good thing about sushi is that it is versatile. It can be prepared with other rown or white rice, and is often served with pickled ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce. Maybe you just need to experiment!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have had it with rice, I just do not think it is for me, I am more of a classic hamburgers, pizza, chicken kind of person"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well if you are vegetrian you can also cook it with vegetarian ingredients, but its typically prepared with raw seafood and other cooked ingredients. How have you had your sushi?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Just normal from a store, I could not be a vegetarian though, that seems way too tough"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I understand. i agree i love my meat. Speaking of protein, sushi is actually an important source of protein for japanese consumers, so it does do some good in the world!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is good, I wonder what American stores are like in Japan, like how we have chinese food here!"}]