Penelope helped me make lunch today and it was yummy. We made sushi! Here she is making sushi for the first time (it was only my third). I prepared the sushi rice in my rice cooker and then put it on a bamboo cutting board. Traditionally you would use a sushi-oke which is a special bin used for mixing sushi rice. They are made of wood since wood helps to absorb any excess moisture in the rice, any wooden bowl will do though. I didn't have either so I made do with my bamboo cutting board. I let the rice sit for a bit to cool off and then I made the rice vinegar concoction to add into the rice. I used 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of salt for one cup of rice. You can double the amounts depending on how much rice you are making. Typically it's 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar per cup of rice. You put this in a sauce pan and bring to a boil and then lower heat until sugar is dissolved. I slowly poured this onto the rice and gently mixed it in with a rice paddle while Penelope cooled it down with a makeshift cloth fan.

Then she put our filling in the center of the rice.