Sushi on a stick

Sushi Poppers are, well, sushi on a stick. Made fresh daily, wrapped in paper, and intended to be shoved free of their papery cocoons and eaten on the go. By people who are willing to eat sushi on a stick.

The Sushi Popper (Thanks, Chris!)

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Anonymous

This may be the dumbest idea I ever saw in my life.
hobomike

Poop Poop Poop that sushi in your mouth…

Okay, on a serious front, sushi did start at a street food (actually sashimi, hakozushi, etc) but makizushi like thos should be eaten fresh so the nori is still crunchy, IMO.
ian71

This is what astronauts will be eating.

Because the astronauts will not be American.

Because now you have no space program.
Maneki Nico

Everything tastes better on a stick.

Except pizza, which should only be eaten in a cup.
- grimc
  
  And cheeseburgers, which should only be eaten out of a can.
Anonymous

ian71 that was hilarious
- g0d5m15t4k3
  
  IAWTC
johnfoster

I miss pizza in a cup.
Anonymous

Sushi on a stick with free delivery to Alaska! Sweet, just ordered mine =)
g0d5m15t4k3

I work for Chase & you’d think a big ‘ol corporation like mine could afford nicer quality sushi. In short, I already emailed this company asking them to propose being carried in our cafeteria. They look tastey!
knoxblox

Mmmmmm…Unagi on a stick. If only it were sustainable.
seyo

woah. Before scrolling down to read beyond the headline, i thought the “popper” part of the sushi popper was amyl nitrate… good to know it’s not! that would have been REALLY weird.
AdrenalineSleep

No.
hassenpfeffer

Can I get a Fruity Oaty Bar with that?
grimc

I wonder if this will complicate my plans for Sandwich on a Stick.
rosco

Pocket Flan
MrsBug

I dunno…doesn’t seem like a bad idea to me. Some of my friends are really bad with chopsticks. This’d make life easier for them. :D
- skeletoncityrepeater
  
  This is nit-picky, but I’m pretty sure it’s socially acceptable to eat sushi rolls or nigiri with your fingers if you don’t want to use chopsticks..
  - Gloria
    
    That is also as far as I know.
    
    But yeah, if you’re in a North American joint, it’s possible people who don’t know might think you’re being wildly uncouth.
Anonymous

This reminds me an episode of Top Gear:

Jeremy Clarkson/Cory Doctorow: What kind of moron would think that was brilliant?

James May/Me: That’s brilliant!
kaosmonkey

sushi push-up!
Anonymous

The original press release (04-01-2009) had the Japanese katakana on the packaging closer to “sushi pooper” than “sushi popper”– See original “pooper” packaging: http://i47.tinypic.com/10icdat.jpg

We my friends and I first saw it we figured that the “Sushi POOPER” was a subtle April Fool’s joke. It turned out to definitely no joke according to a incensed reply from the company’s CEO (and immediate changes to the packaging).
dole

Because eating uncut sushi rolls without a wasteful push-up stick just isn’t as fun!

Come on, just wrap it in paper or plastic and give me my gas station kappamaki roll fix, goddammit.
Anonymous

You’re not *supposed* to eat sushi with chopsticks. So you’re not really saving trees here, so much as wasting plastic. (Even assuming that most people bother to recycle the plastic, it still takes up resources to do so.)
ambiguous

Not nearly as innovative as push’n'eat mac’n'cheese on a stick.

http://www.foodonline.com/article.mvc/Breakaway-Foods-Introduces-New-Push-n-Eat-Mea-0002
- g0d5m15t4k3
  
  Holy crap mac n cheese on a stick is way more innovative. I mean really sushi is already ready to be eaten on the go. You could just chomp down on the whole roll as opposed to cutting it into sections! Clever stick has soy sauce in it though, I’ll give it that.
Ari B.

I’ll try pretty much anything once…
Bill Albertson

Nothing says sexy like spicy uni on a stick! Well, maybe not…
CastanhasDoPara

In Rio de Janeiro I found these places called Koni where they make fresh sushi in the form of a cone that you eat much like an ice cream cone. Neat concept and all but the soy sauce tends to drip out of the bottom and get all over your hands. I figure this concept is pretty similar but I would certainly try it at least once.
Lt DirtyFreq

I sooo want to try this…. I’ve never had food shipped to my house… & in dry ice…. I live in Wisconsin & I don’t have too many sushi places to go to that are good so maybe this will just surprise me a little. It is a weird idea but it’s not a bad one. The sushi is already cut up & all you have to do is push the little stick (Oh god that does sound lazy). … I’m willing to try almost anything once.

As for chopsticks… I’m a dork & did try to eat ice cream with chopsticks just to see if I could. & yes, I could. :)
MadMolecule

That is freaking GENIUS.
hobomike

Swear I first read that as Sushi POOPer. Now I can’t let it go.
hijukal

Everything tastes better on a stick. Except for that probably-rancid-meat I had in Beijing. I was sick for days.
bwcbwc

Sushi. Onna stick.

CMOT Dibbler’s eyes have that gleam in them again. (Do Dwarves eat rat sushi?)
Phoenix Klein

This is the coolest damn thing I have seen in quite some time! Did you even see the dessert flavors. Must locate/purchase some soon. I am always open to new delivery methods of sushi!