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Hey kids, it's food Friday.
嘿，小孩，今天是美食星期五。
So today's lesson is on the history of sushi.
今天的课是关于寿司的历史。
Sushi first came into existence in Japan around the 8th century.
寿司最初于8世纪左右在日本出现。
It consisted of gutted salted fish stored in fermented rice.
把去了内脏的咸鱼储存在发酵了的米饭中就是寿司。
You know this half-rotting rice is good and all.
其实这个变质了一半的米饭还是能吃的。
But I can still smell things.
但是我还是能闻到臭味。
Yeah, and I'm not having nearly as much diarrhea as I would like to be.
是的，而且吃了之后我没像想象的那样拉肚子那么严重。
What should we do?
那我们该怎么办？
Raw fish.
放生鱼片。
Raw fish. I was thinking exactly the same thing. God, we are so in sync.
放生鱼片，我也这么想。天啊，我俩脑回路太一致了。
Now but actually the rice wasn't meant to be eaten.
实际上寿司里的米饭并不是用来吃的。
It was only used as a means of preservation.
只是一种保存鱼肉的手段。
You see the fermented juices of the rice would soak into the fish and prevent it from spoiling.
米饭发酵产生的汁液会浸入鱼肉，防止鱼肉变质。
However, as semi-rancid food often does, it would also impart a sour taste on the fish.
然而，正如半腐臭的食物经常遇到的情况，这个汁液也会给鱼肉带来酸味。
That's where the name sushi comes from, an antiquated Japanese term for "sour tasting."
这就是“寿司”这个名字的由来，寿司是一个古老的日语词汇，意思是“酸味的”。
Also it smelled like death.
而且这真是一种死亡臭味。
The odor is described as an extremely pungent cross between blue cheese, fish, and vinegar.
这种气味被描述为介于蓝纹奶酪、鱼、醋之间的一种极其刺鼻的气味。
Man, I'm mad.
兄弟，我气死了。
Why is that?
怎么了？
I smelled something down the road, thought a new sushi vendor was in town.
我在路上闻到了什么味道，以为镇上有了新的寿司摊。
Turns out it was just a hobo taking a piss on a tuna sandwich.
原来只是一个流浪汉在金枪鱼三明治上撒尿。
Later on during the late Edo period, people started pickling the rice, which drastically shortened the required fermentation time.
后来在江户时代后期，人们开始腌米饭，这大大缩短了米饭的发酵时间。
So now rather than smelling like blue cheese, fish, and vinegar, it just smells like fish and vinegar. Go figure.
所以现在寿司闻起来不再像蓝纹奶酪、鱼和醋，而只是鱼和醋。真搞不懂。
People found this rice to be much more palatable, so it began to be eaten alongside the fish.
人们发现这种腌米饭更好吃，于是开始把米饭和鱼一起吃掉。
Sheet seaweed was also invented around 1750, which allowed the contemporary sushi world to take form around this time.
海苔皮也是在1750年左右发明的，这使得当代寿司世界差不多在这个时候形成了。
Toss in a couple vegetables and you've got something much more resemblant to today's sushi.
再加入一些蔬菜，就变得更像如今的寿司了。
During the late 19th century, many Japanese immigrated to America to escape the imperial takeover of Japan, which was known as the Meiji Restoration.
在19世纪后期，许多日本人移民到美国，以逃避日本的帝国主义政权更换，这被称为明治维新。
It just so happened that they brought the concept of sushi with them,
这些日本移民碰巧带来了寿司的概念，
which enjoyed brief popularity among the upper class during the turn of the 20th century.
于是寿司在19和20世纪之交在上层阶级中短暂地流行。
However, coinciding with the imperial takeover was the fact that Japan started being kind of a dick.
然而，与帝国主义政权更换同时发生的是，日本开始变得有点混蛋。
Hey, freedom is gay.
嘿，自由是娘娘腔的说法。
What did you just say?
你说再说一遍？
Yeah, your way of life is for pussies.
你的生活方式太娘了。
Oh yeah, guess we'll just stop eating your dumb f* fish roll things then.
好啊，我想我们不会再吃你那愚蠢的鱼肉卷了。
Hey, ff* you, you cheeseburger slut.
嘿，滚你的，你这个芝士汉堡娘娘腔。
I'll nuke your bitch ass.
我要用核弹炸你。
Wait, what is nuke?
等等，核弹是什么？
40 years you'll see.
40年后你就知道了。
And the thus sushi lost its place in the west.
于是寿司在西方失去了它的地位。
Cut to the early 1960s.
来到20世纪60年代初。
World War II tensions are mostly gone and refrigeration is everywhere.
二战的紧张局势已经基本消失，冷藏技术也随处可见。
This allowed sushi to again rise in America. This time for Good.
这使得寿司在美国再次兴起，这一次是永久地流行。
By the 1980s sushi restaurants were everywhere, especially along the west coast.
到了20世纪80年代，寿司店随处可见，尤其是在美国西海岸。
But as you can imagine, American sushi saw significant alteration in order to appeal more to the Western pallet.
但是正如你可以想象的，为了更吸引西方人的口味，美国的寿司有了重大的改变。
For example, if you went to Japan and asked for cream cheese in your roll, they'd probably just put you on a raft and gently push you out to sea.
例如，如果你去日本，要求在寿司里加奶油芝士，日本人可能会把你放在一个木筏上，然后轻轻地把你推向大海。
But to each their own. And Today sushi is more popular than ever.
但是人各有所爱。而且如今寿司比以往任何时候都更受欢迎。
So kids, remember to be careful of who you make fun of,
所以小孩，记住要小心你嘲笑的人，
because the weird smelly kid of today might just be the next big thing tomorrow.
因为今天这个臭烘烘的怪小孩可能就会成为明天的大人物。
