 Roses are red and violets are blue. Hady Clotter shows us how Valentine's Day can be about sushi too. If you associate Valentine's Day with chocolates and teddy bears, you'll now be able to add sushi to that list. Harmony Co-op and Concordia Language Village is partnered together for the love of sushi. You think people have been making sushi for hundreds, if not thousands of years? Why can't we? The menu featured Valentine Day inspired items such as nori sushi rolls with heart-shaped centers, omelets and crepes. The bamboo mats can help shape the sushi to your liking. It's something, well, everyone needs to eat, and it's nice to learn. It's something that you put a lot of heart and soul into, so to show you care about someone, cooking them a nice meal, like sushi, because sushi has the association in America of being expensive sort of fancy food. So being able to make your own sushi for someone you love is a nice thing. Sous Chef Lisa Homestead of Concordia Language Village was in charge of the menu. If, say, someone doesn't like seaweed, there's the egg roll. If someone isn't a fan of vinegar rice, we have the soba noodles. And alternatively, if you're gluten-free or something, you would have the sushi instead of the noodle roll. 15 people came to the class and some were looking to do something outside of the box with their loved ones. A few couples made it a date night. My wife likes sushi, so I brought it up to her and figured we'd probably take a class and learn a little bit about it and see what we can come up with. I wanted to learn something new, something different that we haven't done before. After hearing from the instructor, they started to start rolling their own sushi in the kitchen. They prepared everything themselves. There were no raw fish required. The sushi rolls consisted of seaweed, vinegar rice, and vegetables, and only took a few minutes to make. The Sea Verts don't usually celebrate Valentine's Day due to a busy work schedule, but tonight was an exception. Well, you saw a flyer, and then we were in here shopping one day and he just mentioned it to me, so we didn't have other plans, so we thought we would come and try it out. In Bemidji, Haiti-Claude, Lakeland News. Now according to Chef Homestead, proper sushi etiquette involves using your hands or chopsticks to eat sushi. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.