Doco - Glutton For Punishment "Fugu"

[Big Shaun]

Hi,

For members who are in interested there is a documentary on Foxtel tonight on the "Fugu" fish. It is on the Travel & Living channel at 8.30pm Qld time or 9.30pm AEDST. Are there any Ausfish members out there that have been game to eat the poisonous Fugu fish?




Pictures from AFP/SMH

Cheers.
Shaun

[jtpython]

Was talking to John Lever on sunday he owns the local Crocodile Farm here and is the brother in laws Father and we were on the subject of this fish he has eaten it and was saying gives you a numbness feeling to your mouth and was saying some more people just died recently from eating it
Cheers JT

[Janelle]

Hi Shaun,

I ate it for the first time on Friday night of last week while in Japan, The presentation of the fish was amazing and the hype surrounding eating it made the meal very exciting. It was sliced so finely that you could see the full pattern of the plate through the fish. In reality it is not an outstanding tasting fish but that isn't really the reason you eat it.

Six of us ate it and we all lived to tell the tale. Mind you in Japan you have to be specially licensed to cook it so I actually felt pretty safe eating it. No tingling of the lips etc. Wouldn't be eating it in any old place though.

The food we had while we were there was just incredible.

Cheers,

Janelle

[Dirtysanchez]

Apparently when you are an apprentice Fugu chef you complete your 1st year by preparing and eating your own meal, so if you are a 2nd year apprentice you are by all accounts doing well :-)