Philadelphia roll

{{Short description|Type of sushi}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2022}}

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A Philadelphia roll is a makizushi (also classified as a kawarizushi){{cite web|url=http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/Main/fish/seafood/history-of-sushi.asp|title=History Of Sushi|work=thenibble.com}} type of sushi generally made with smoked (or sometimes raw) salmon, cream cheese, and cucumber, with the rice on the outside (uramaki).{{cite web | title=Philly's 'Queen of Sushi' shares sushi-making expertise with students | website=NJ.com | date=April 14, 2014 | url=http://www.nj.com/food/index.ssf/2014/04/phillys_queen_of_sushi_shares_sushi-making_expertise_with_students.html | access-date=March 27, 2018}} It is sometimes made with imitation crab instead of salmon, but can be found to include other ingredients, such as other types of fish,{{cite book | last=McKevitt | first=A.C. | title=Consuming Japan: Popular Culture and the Globalizing of 1980s America | publisher=University of North Carolina Press | series=Studies in United States Culture | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-4696-3448-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PXgzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA159 | access-date=March 27, 2018 | page=159}} cucumber,{{cite book | title=Indianapolis Monthly | date=June 2005 | publisher=Emmis Communications | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RusCAAAAMBAJ | access-date=March 27, 2018 | page=183}} scallions,{{cite book | last=Woodworth | first=N. | last2=Woodworth | first2=R. | title=Inn Spots and Special Places in New England | publisher=Wood Pond Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-934260-95-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNizT8B3Mh4C | access-date=March 27, 2018 | page=546}} and sesame seed. Like many Western-inspired sushi rolls, its design and name are modified to target an American market, which includes putting the rice on the outside, and the nori in the inside (inside-out sushi) to appeal to western aesthetics.{{cite journal |last1=Laemmerhirt |first1=Iris-Aya |title=Imagining the Taste: Transnational Food Exchanges between Japan and the United States |journal=The Japanese Journal of American Studies |date=2010 |volume=21 |page=12 }}{{Cite web |date=2015-07-16 |title=The Truth About American Sushi No One Wants to Hear |url=https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/american-sushi-truth |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Spoon University |language=en-US}} It is the most popular sushi roll in many countries such as Russia.{{cite web |first=Yekaterina |last =Sinelschikova |url=https://www.rbth.com/russian-kitchen/332981-why-sushi-popular-russia |date=November 10, 2020 |work=Beyond Russia |title=Why is sushi so popular in Russia?}}

In the Pacific Northwest, the Philadelphia roll is often called a Seattle roll.{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw09092007/2003869895_pacificptaste09.html |title=Beyond PB&J |last=Atkinson |first=Greg |date=September 9, 2007 |work=The Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Sunday Magazine |accessdate=February 3, 2010}}