The Master of Banking and Financial Econometrics has
an objective to provide a training deepened in applied financial economy,
thanks to time in a specialization in the field of financial econometric
techniques for the three fields: banks, financial markets, and foreign exchange
market, and in a training specialized in the use of the complex financial
instruments, in the extraction of information which they conceal, and in
the valuation of risks which are linked to them.
During the Edo
period, "sushi" refered to pickled fish conserved in vinegar. Nowadays
sushi can be defined as a dish containing rice
which has been prepared with sushi vinegar. There are many different types
of sushi. Some popular ones are:
Nigiri
Small rice balls with fish, etc. on top. There are countless varieties of nigirizushi, some of the most common ones being tuna, shrimp, eel, squid, octopus and fried egg.
Gunkan
Small cups made of sushi rice and dried
seaweed filled with
seafood, etc. There are countless varieties of gunkanzushi, some of
the most common ones being sea urchin and various kinds of fish eggs.
Norimaki
Sushi rice and seafood, etc. rolled in dried
seaweed sheets. There are countless varieties of sushi
rolls differing in ingredients and thickness. Sushi rolls prepared
"inside out" are very popular outside of Japan, but rarely found in
Japan.
Temaki
Temakizushi (literally: hand rolls) are cones made of nori
seaweed and filled with sushi rice, seafood and vegetables.
Oshizushi
Oshizushi is pressed sushi, in which the fish is pressed onto the sushi rice in a wooden box. The picture shows trout oshizushi in form of a popular ekiben (train station lunch box).
Inari
Inarizushi is a simple and inexpensive type of sushi, in which sushi
rice is filled into aburaage (deep
fried tofu) bags.
Chirashi
Chirashizushi is a dish in which seafood, mushroom and vegetables are spread over sushi rice.
Note that "sushi" becomes "zushi" in word combinations in which "sushi" is the second word, e.g. nigirizushi.
