Posted on 01/05/2021 1:33:03 PM PST by mylife
This year's first auction of blowfish, or fugu, has been held in the western city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Shimonoseki is home to the largest market in Japan for the winter delicacy.
Over six tons of wild and farmed torafugu were auctioned at the Haedomari fish market early on Monday morning.
The auction started shortly after 3 a.m. Buyers and sellers negotiated their deals in the traditional style, by grasping each other's fingers inside a cloth sleeve hidden from other bidders.
The highest bidding price was 15,000 yen, or about 145 dollars per kilogram. That's about three-quarters of last year's price.
The lackluster prices appear to reflect a drop in demand for the fish from restaurants and other businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The blowfish will be mainly shipped to the Tokyo and Osaka areas.
The president of a wholesaler says that if the government decides to declare another state of emergency over the coronavirus, blowfish prices are likely to fall even further. He expressed hope that more people will enjoy the fish.
SAVE THE BLOWFISH
You couldn’t pay me to eat fugu.
If they would take blowhard we could flood their market.
Lootie and the Blowfish
Blowfish auction and Piglosi voted Speaker...coincidence? I think not
Blowfish auction and Piglosi voted Speaker...coincidence? I think not
Ate fugu when I lived in Japan. Over rated and definitely over priced. A very neutral flavor, most of it comes from dipping sauce. It gives you a slight tingling of the tongue and mouth.
So many other worthwhile Japanese foods, skip this one.
I could really go for sukiyaki on this cold winter night
:)
That's how you know the neurotoxins are there.
Poinson... Poison... Tasty fish
Can you eat this through a mask? Asking for a friend.
In a former life a bunch of GIs rented a house near the beach on Honshu for a couple summer months. We mostly just enjoyed Asahi and Kirin there when on a pass, but several times we went down to the street market (1960) bought the fixins and cooked up a mess of sukiyaki ourselves. The Far East Radio for GIs had a weekly program, “ENJOY JAPAN” which the Jo-san announcer pronounced: “Nippon-wa tanoshin-de kudasai”. Memories.
The Japanese have some surprisingly hearty food.
Lol ... just got done watching the Columbo episode (S7 E1) ... the poison in the wine bottle murder.
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