Ew I just read that sushi originates in a Southeast Asian dish called narezushi, which is when they store salted fish in a fermented rice for MONTHS at a time!!!
that is pretty disgusting I really don't like sushi but that procedure of keeping the fish reminds me of the prosciutto 
Is that just because Prosciutto is uncooked too? 
well it is cooked but just curating it by leaving it on salt, that is why  it have a very strong taste
Sausage
A sausage is a cylindrical meat product usually made from ground meat, often pork, beef, or veal, along with salt, spices and other flavourings, and breadcrumbs, encased by a skin. Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing traditionally made from intestine, but sometimes from synthetic materials. Sausages that are sold raw are cooked in many ways, including pan-frying, broiling and barbecuing. Some sausages are cooked during processing and the casing may then be removed.
Sausage making is a traditional
confused with "sashimi", a related dish in Japanese cuisine that consists of thinly sliced raw fish, or occasionally meat, and an optional serving of rice.
History.
Sushi originates in a Southeast Asian dish, known today as "narezushi" ( – "salted fish"), stored in fermented rice for possibly months at a time. The lacto-fermentation of the rice prevented the fish from spoiling; the rice would be discarded before consumption of the fish. This early type of sushi became an important