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From the lens Japanese Fugu.

  • totorotube Jan 11, 2012 @ 6:20 am | delete
    very interesting! i'd like to try some.
  • fish_problems Oct 12, 2011 @ 4:44 am | delete
    I think you laid this lens out very well! Although, I can't say that I can imagine eating my own puffers :) I prefer them as pets. I didn't know that the fish was skinned alive...what a horrible way to die. I don't think could eat one in good conscience if that's the method used, regardless of how curious I was.
  • TravelingRae Jul 3, 2011 @ 3:21 pm | delete
    Fugu is one of those things that I think I'd just have to try, even if it would end up being disappointing. Great lens about it; I didn't know that there were other common ways of preparing it besides sashimi
  • Kylyssa Sep 28, 2010 @ 11:52 pm | delete
    Is it true that the fish are skinned while alive to make this dish?
  • Meloramus Sep 29, 2010 @ 1:43 am | delete
    Sadly, I think it is true in many cases. This technique is supposed to reduce the toxins.
  • Umeshu Jul 25, 2009 @ 10:20 pm | delete
    I tried Fugu. I had very high expectation (if people are ready to die for it I assumed the taste must be extraordinarily good) and was disappointed. As Sashimi it does not have so much taste on its own and the ponzu taste dominates. However, I like it very much as Fugu no Karaage, when it is deep fried.

    Anyhow I understand that the Fugu only develops the poison when eating certain food. I heard that most Fugu served in restaurants are grown in fish farms where they don't get this food and therefore don't include poison. May be this is an interesting topic for further research for this lens (although it takes away the thrill - lol).
  • fish_problems Oct 12, 2011 @ 4:47 am | delete
    That would be a very interesting thing to look into. I know that freshwater puffers get their toxin from their environment (I believe I read it was bacterial in nature), and that they are supposed to lessen in toxicity they longer they are kept in captivity. At least farming would make it so they don't have to be skinned alive! What does deep fried puffer taste like?
  • Matt_Jackson Jan 7, 2009 @ 10:55 pm | delete
    Must be hard to relax and enjoy a nice meal of Fugu!!

    Thanks for info.
  • Jamflips Jun 22, 2008 @ 8:11 pm | delete
    Haven't tried fugu, but frequently eat Jamaican ackee which if not properly prepared can be just as lethal as fugu!
    Ackees contain the alkaloid toxins hypoglycin A and B which produce profound hypoglycemia, vomiting seizures and death. I know that many Japanese have visited Jamaica and love reggae nusic and dance hall music, I'm sure they must have tried ackees in the Jamaican national dish "ackee and saltfish" (ackees sauteed with salted codfish, tomatoes and onions).
  • Clairwil Nov 8, 2007 @ 12:17 pm | delete
    What a brilliant idea for a lens and really well done.
    5*

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