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": "I love eating sushi, especially when it is served with pickled ginger and wasabi, as it often is."}, {"role": "user", "content": "sushi is my favorite food!! i could eat it for breakfast"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Wow you too! Do you like to prepare it with either brown or white rice? I think both are acceptable."}, {"role": "user", "content": "i like mine with white rice, do you know since when has sushi been aroud?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I believe it's been around since the Yayoi period of Japan."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What exactly is the Yayoi period?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well it's basically the time period in Japan from 300 BC to 300 AD, though there is controversy over the exact dates."}, {"role": "user", "content": "wow, so sushi has been aroud for a long time, i would never had imagine"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes well, it was very important as it was a good source of protein for the early Japanese consumers."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah i specially like to put shrimp on my sushi , and eat it with a little siracha"}]