(Deadly) Fugu

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Fugu (河豚, 鰒, フグ?) is the Japanese word for pufferfish and is also a Japanese dish prepared from the meat of pufferfish Because pufferfish is lethally poisonous if prepared incorrectly, fugu has become one of the most celebrated and notorious dishes in Japanese cuisine.



If made incorrectly and eaten, this is what could happen:

Spoiler

Fugu contains lethal amounts of the poison tetrodotoxin in the organs, especially the liver and ovaries, and also the skin. The poison, a sodium channel blocker, paralyzes the muscles while the victim stays fully conscious, and eventually dies from asphyxiation (unable to breath).

So my question to you is, are you bold (or foolish) enough to try this delicacy?

 

[hotspot]

Heck no! i'd never eat something that could potentially kill you like that!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Neither would I!

I cant imagine how it would feel to be paralyzed/unable to move and slowing dying without being able to breath.

 

[Corleone]

No way... That's insane & easily preventable. Why would you risk your life for a nasty dish? lol It would have to be insanely good, but that just sounds sick.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

No fish can be insanely good. Fish is good but its not like soooo good that I would risk death for it.

 

[Corleone]

No fish can be insanely good. Fish is good but its not like soooo good that I would risk death for it.

Ditto. Only the Japanese would pull this stunt.

 

[Sam.]

That's why only professionals prepare the dish...

 

[Kasynlie]

I wouldn't. Not because of the risk, but because I don't like seafood.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

That's why only professionals prepare the dish...

So would you eat it, if it were prepared by a professional?

 

[Sam.]

If somebody else tried it first

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[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Guess your life is worth some fish then.

 

[Sam.]

If somebody else eats it and it's fine, I might.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

What if someone else takes a bite and they are fine, but you get the part that still has some poison in it?

 

[Sam.]

Must you be so pessimistic?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

hey you are the one who would risk giving your life to eat some stupid fish.

 

[Vivian]

Oh heeell no. *snaps fingers*

 

[Evil Eye]

Nope... but I don't eat fish anyway...