Links in this Website: DIET AND EATING HABITS IN JAPAN /Japan JAPANESE FOODS AND DISHES /Japan FOOD SAFETY IN JAPAN /Japan RICE AND NOODLES IN JAPAN /Japan SOYBEANS, SOY SAUCE, NATTO, MISO AND TOFU IN JAPAN /Japan JAPANESE VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND MUSHROOMS /Japan JAPANESE BEEF, MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS /Japan SEAFOOD IN JAPAN /Japan SUSHI /Japan FUGU (BLOWFISH) IN JAPAN /Japan RESTAURANTS AND FAST FOOD IN JAPAN /Japan Blowfish and Boxfishīlowfish have two very effective methods of defense: their bodies are covered by prickly spines and they can inflate themselves to three times their real size. Good Websites and Sources: Good Blog Report on Fugu Wikipedia article on Fugu Wikipedia Fugu Preparation Video YouTube Eating Fugu /archive Personal Account of Fugu Poisoning kyoshi.or.jp/inv-haiku/routine Endangered Blowfish /TED/blowfish New York Times article on Book on Blowfish and Zombies Even though fugu is very poplar in Osaka, Tokyo is the nation's largest consumption center of the fish.The word “fugu” is made of two Chinese characters meaning “river” and “pig.” The best fugu is said to some from Shimonoseki. The fish of choice in Japan is “torafugu”, a species that is found in Japanese waters. Blowfish is also known as puffer fish and globefish. Fugu is considered a winter delicacy, typically eaten in December and January. There are 80,000 fugu chefs in Osaka alone. The best fugu chefs leave in just enough poison so it tingles the lips and gives one a tastes of the fragility of life.ĭespite all this fugu is popular dish. The methods for removing the poison from the liver are not always reliable. The most dangerous part of the fish is the liver, which Japanese say is also near the tastiest meat. Migaki fugu refers to fugu that has had its poisonous parts removed. There are more than 120 species of puffer fish with differing poison capacity. It is one of the most toxic substances known, hundreds of times more poisonous than strychnine or cyanide and so deadly that just of trace of it can kill an adult man in minutes. A powerful poison is found in the fugu's ovaries, kidneys, skin, eyes, liver and intestines. Eating “fugu”, Japanese puffer fish, has been called the gastronomic equivalent of playing Russian roulette.
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