Posted on 03/29/2023 12:06:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An 83-year-old woman in Kluang, Johor has died after eating puffer fish while her husband is still being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
According to state news agency Bernama, Johor Health and Unity Committee chairman Ling Tian Soon in a statement on Tuesday (Mar 28) said that the couple had bought the fish from an online seller on Facebook.
He said that it was the couple’s first time consuming puffer fish.
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gotta be careful eating puffer fish- the spines get caught in the throat
It’s my understanding that unless a puffer fish is cleaned and cooked by an expert it is very poison.
>He said that it was the couple’s first time consuming puffer fish.
And the last.
Online puffer fish? What could possibly go wrong.
That’s my understanding as well.
I don’t understand..
Was this some sort of puffer fish sushi door dash?
Or, was it a fish market, whole fish. And the people that died did their own sushi?
Kind of an important distinction here.
I always get the puffer fish at the 2AM bargain bin sushi shelf at 7-11
I think half the “fun” of eating puffer fish is the “I might die” aspect. It’s adventure sport as cuisine.
We had a family here get sick from eating puffer fish. If not properly cleaned their innards are poisonous..............
I can’t imagine buying prepared puffer fish from someone on the Internet.
It is extremely poisonous and only skilled people can properly clean them.
I would like to try it, but I’d only do it with a Japanese preparer with lots of experience.
The puffer fish liver contains Tetrodotoxin, a very potent poison. You have to be very careful removing the liver then cleaning the flesh very well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu
FUGU JOE BIDEN!....................
Wasn’t there a Columbo episode where Louis Jordan killed someone with peufferfish?
Never watched the show....................
Fugu is very light and very delicious. If you eat several pieces you might feel a slight tingling on your lips and tongue due to the very small amount of residual tetrodotoxin in the flesh. Horse and whale sashimi are also very tasty. Fortunately, 7-11 sushi is totally acceptable here.
I’ll take your word on it.
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