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To: PJ-Comix

"If these jellyfish are poisonous, how can they be eaten?"



Didn't you see that Simpson's episode? The sushi chef has to slice it up just right. Part of it is extremely poisonous, but the other part is "tasty fish."


21 posted on 12/07/2005 3:26:21 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

It is fugu, a blow fish, that has the deadly nerve toxin in one of the
internal organs (either the liver of gall bladder, I forget which). There
are fugu restaurants in Japan, where the thrill of risking death by eating
even a slightly tainted sliver of meat is the whole point of the experience.

You must be a licensed fugu chef to work at such a restaurant, but there
are a number of "black market" fugu stands around, too.

However, fugu usually kills you within 15 minutes, not 24 hours. It starts
with a tingling in the fingers, and works its way up your arms and legs, until
you are completely paralyzed, and you die when it reaches your heart.


22 posted on 12/07/2005 3:46:31 PM PST by Xenophobic Alien (Kerry lost. Please take that stupid bumper sticker off your car!)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; PJ-Comix
"Poison, poison, poison...tasty fish!"


23 posted on 12/07/2005 4:08:04 PM PST by Senator Bedfellow
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