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Date Posted: 16:07:38 04/16/02 Tue
Author: William
Author Host/IP: spider-wf052.proxy.aol.com / 205.188.195.173
Subject: Re: No such thing as safe Pufferfish [in my learned opinion]
In reply to: Susie 's message, "To My Florida & NJ Hepper Family (from Reuters)" on 15:39:33 04/16/02 Tue

Poison: Many parts of the blowfish (including the liver, muscles, skin, and ovaries) contain an extremely strong, paralyzing poison called tetrodoxin. This poison is about a thousand times deadlier than cyanide. There is no known antidote for this poison. Fugu (torafugu or fugu rubripes, Japanese pufferfish) is eaten in Japan, but is only cooked by specially-trained chefs who can minimize the amount of poison. Even so, many Japanese diners have died from eating this poisonous delicacy.

Thanks Susie, I guess this about sums it all up for me. I had the ocassion to help my neighbor clean some of these little wonders last summer. I am deathly [no pun intended] afraid to consume this particular delicacy. It is also know generically as "Chicken of the Sea" in these parts[Florida] and many other tropical seaside areas around the United States.

Why tempt fate when canned tuna is still cheaper than gasoline. Guess if one were inclined to eat of it and take chances, it is delicious, however I threw out the bag of fish that I was given as a form of payment for helping to clean them.

I also believe that scientists are attempting to synthisize the poison as a skeletal muscle paralynt similar to curare. Hope they find something else to do with them other than continue to eat them.

God bless you all and happy fishing. LOL

Respectfully:

William.

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[> [> EWWWW -- Susie, 16:11:38 04/16/02 Tue (bgp425870bgs.union01.nj.comcast.net/68.36.197.75)

Thanks for the info William. It isn't my cup of tea either.



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[> [> If it weren't for the danger aspect, I don't believe it would be as popular a "delicasy". -- terry, 17:51:18 04/16/02 Tue (NoHost/66.84.232.137)


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