A few days later, I tried it out.  I followed the recipe showed. I wasn't too sure about the amount of water though so added a bit more to mine. Wow, the rice came out really well, not mashed up.  I didn't cut up the imitation crab, just microwaved them for a bit. I used two seaweed wraps cut into 2 and had four rolls. I learned a really good thing from this video "How to Make a California Roll" with Sushi Chef Lin. He had wrapped up his bamboo mat with cling wrap so no messy bamboo mats to clean now

So here are the California Rolls!