Also known as: Puffer fish, Puffers, Balloonfish
Where you find it on the menu: Top sushi places (dish is called Fugu).
How it’s prepared: Licensed chefs (with 7 yrs. of intense training) carve out the poisonous parts – very carefully.
How it kills: Fish contains a powerful poison known as Tetrodotoxin.
How you die: Victim is paralyzed and eventually dies from asphyxiation.
Possible cure: Nothing. Zippo. All docs can do is keep you stable ‘til the poison is out of your system.
I consider sushi dangerous for more reasons than that.
ReplyDeleteBadass way to die, though.
ReplyDeleteI'd be terrified to eat this at a sushi restaurant, I'd definitely stay well clear of the blowfish.
ReplyDeleteFugu roulette....a chef with 3.5 years experience!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a painful death, I hear you heart just becomes paralyzed and you slowly die.
ReplyDeleteNo fish is THAT tasty.
ReplyDeleteHey and thanks for the BOTD shout out!
ReplyDeleteOh god, that would be way too risky to eat. lol.
ReplyDeletesuch risk. it better be good on the palate at least.
ReplyDeleteFugu is one of my favorite parts of the simpsons where Homer didn't know for sure if he ate the poison part or not
ReplyDeleteI don't care how many years of training is required, I'm not chancing it!
ReplyDeleteWell, that just blows...
ReplyDeleteWell Homer Simpson survived it. So there must be a cure.
ReplyDeletePeople are incredibly stupid to eat this fish. I've heard of people who have died from it. A famous Sumo wrestler did.
ReplyDeleteI bet eating lampfish lights makes fluid eliminations glow.
ReplyDeletethink i'll pass on the fish of the day
ReplyDeletedelicious stuff
ReplyDeleteI wanted to try it, but I like life too, much.
ReplyDeleteI've actually had Fugu. If I remember correctly, I was drunk. I'm not sure if I would have eaten it sober. All I remember about it, is that it was very expensive.
ReplyDeleteSimpsons taught me everything ther is to know about life, including which parts of blowfish are safe to eat!
ReplyDeletePOISON, POISON, TASTY FISH!
ReplyDeleteMan, sooooo delicious. Imma gonna wait 'til I'm all old and shit, if I live that long...and when I do get to be a ripe old age, I'll indulge in this.
Possibly something from the Dark Cookbook as well, probably featuring the flesh of a young girl who lost her virginity in the throes of passion while she was strangled to death or something.
...what series is that from? I know that's from a Tales from the Crypt style show, but I'll be damned if I can remember where it's from~!