A Japanese 10-year-old has become the youngest person authorized to prepare “fugu” pufferfish — a delicacy that can kill if its poisonous parts are not properly removed.
Fifth grader Karin Tabira passed a test this summer that means she is now certified to slice and gut the fish for consumption.
She recently used her new skills to serve a platter of paper-thin slices of fugu sashimi to the governor of southern Kumamoto region where she lives.
I’m never going to try this.
Has anyone tried this? I can’t imagine the taste is much better than sushi grade yellow tail.
I tried it. It’s fish
Yeah. I figured. Thanks.
It’s no different than white fish sashimi. Except it’s way more expensive.
I’ve heard it’s not the taste. It’s a combination of thrill seeking and also even the meat has a bit of ttx apparently and microdosing gives a little tingle or buzz of sorts that is desirable.
Yes, I’ve heard the same. It’s a flavourless, hazardous form of conspicuous consumption. It’s one of those things where if someone dies from it, it’s really hard to feel sad for them.
I dunno. If prepared by a properly trained chef illness or death from fugu is very very rare. It’s not super high on the risk taking behavior scale. As someone that has a high risk ‘appetite’ I find myself drawn to things like new drugs or the challenge of exceptionally spicy foods I know I won’t find conventionallly pleasurable. I get that most would call these behaviors simply stupid, but I guess I can empathesize a little for others that have a loud Id in their psyche.
If you want to take crazy (or mild) risks that’s your prerogative, but a skydiving jump costs around the same, and has nice scenery instead of tasteless white goo.
Definitely not for me. Thanks for the info.
I’ve had it. I didn’t go out of my way for it–it was served to me as something special.
It doesn’t taste like much. It’s not bad by any means, but not very flavorful.
So worse than like yellow tail.
Yeah, I figured it.
I wouldn’t say that. Sometimes a mild flavor is nice. And yellowtail is not special.