How can you tell if sashimi is bad?

[spinbaby]

I mean before you eat it. I thought the salmon was too mushy and now I'm worrying about it.

[Karenina]

1. FIRST RULE: Know your chef.

2nd rule: Sit at the bar and watch him prepare it.

[spinbaby]

2. Uh oh

This was a to-go order from a restaurant I don't know.

[Karenina]

3. Don't do dat no mo.

But don't worry, you're fine. I'm sending the Rapid Response Good Stomach Spirits to check you out. :hug:

[Taverner]

4. Smell. Texture. Flavor

Salmon smells really ripe when it has turned. The mushiness could mean nothing - there are some very fatty parts of salmon and if it were cheaper sushi, they would use the fattier salmon, hence the mushiness...

Tuna usually turns brown when it has turned. With whitefish its a little harder to tell...