TIL wasabi was originally eaten with sushi to kill bacteria and parasites in the fish. Now with better sanitary conditions it's not needed and eaten just out of habit

http://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Wasabi



Submitted January 21, 2015 at 02:23AM by organic_guilt http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2t3a0c/til_wasabi_was_originally_eaten_with_sushi_to/