Comments for Florida-Sportsman-Magazine http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com A sportsman site for the great sportsmen. Wed, 23 May 2012 22:54:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by Angela Q http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424194 Angela Q Wed, 23 May 2012 22:54:10 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424194 It's a complicated issue. The government licenses chefs to prepare and serve only the safe parts, which have little or none of the neurotoxin in them. But face it. It's not the fact that it's taboo that makes them want to eat it, it's the fact that the neurotoxin has a zing to it. So customers beg to have the chef add a little bit of the liver to their portion, which could result in him making a lot of extra money, or if he fails and they end up in the hospital, he could lose his license. Since it is against the law to prepare and serve fugu without a proper license, the restaurant owner will undoubtedly be convicted and lose his business. In fact, it's probably even illegal for suppliers to sell to a restaurant that has no licensed chef. So there may be more people who get in trouble on this. I wouldn't try fugu. But that would be because it's ridiculously expensive and when properly prepared, there's nothing special about it. It’s a complicated issue. The government licenses chefs to prepare and serve only the safe parts, which have little or none of the neurotoxin in them. But face it. It’s not the fact that it’s taboo that makes them want to eat it, it’s the fact that the neurotoxin has a zing to it. So customers beg to have the chef add a little bit of the liver to their portion, which could result in him making a lot of extra money, or if he fails and they end up in the hospital, he could lose his license.

Since it is against the law to prepare and serve fugu without a proper license, the restaurant owner will undoubtedly be convicted and lose his business.

In fact, it’s probably even illegal for suppliers to sell to a restaurant that has no licensed chef. So there may be more people who get in trouble on this.

I wouldn’t try fugu. But that would be because it’s ridiculously expensive and when properly prepared, there’s nothing special about it.

]]> Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by mel http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424193 mel Wed, 23 May 2012 22:05:31 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424193 i would still eat fugu. i love trying new foods and wouldn't pass this up just because some people had a bad experience. i would, however, make sure that the chef showed me his license before i even ordered. if i didn't get sick, and it was delicious as it sounds, he would receive a very large tip. i i would still eat fugu. i love trying new foods and wouldn’t pass this up just because some people had a bad experience. i would, however, make sure that the chef showed me his license before i even ordered. if i didn’t get sick, and it was delicious as it sounds, he would receive a very large tip. i

]]> Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by Karan http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424192 Karan Wed, 23 May 2012 22:00:40 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424192 Eating that particular delicacy can be dangerous. Let's say it comes with the territory. Definitely hiring chefs that are not certified is a gamble not many Japanese restaurant owners are willing to take. I guess this will only hike security and reflect on the casualness with which people take their jobs nowadays. Eating that particular delicacy can be dangerous. Let’s say it comes with the territory.
Definitely hiring chefs that are not certified is a gamble not many Japanese restaurant owners are willing to take. I guess this will only hike security and reflect on the casualness with which people take their jobs nowadays.

]]> Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by Terry J http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424191 Terry J Wed, 23 May 2012 21:05:18 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424191 Kay T is right, these diners just pulled the trigger on a loaded cylinder. Hootie and the Blowfish might have influenced them by hypnotizing them with their melodies, but I doubt they offered their testicles as an appetizer. Contrary to this article, the eating of fugu does not include eating the testicles, but the liver, which is the most potent part of the fish. In many parts of Japan, serving the blowfish liver is outlawed because of the percentage of toxin concentrated therein. Blowfish is indeed a delicacy, and many people consider it a hoot (Hootie again), to challenge the god's and eat a taboo item. I stand corrected, the gonads are included in the taboo list of blowfish delicacies, as described below. Dear Kuffer: There are over 120 different species of this peculiar fish, best known for its ability to turn itself into a big, spiny ball when threatened. If cleaned and properly prepared, puffer fish, or blowfish as it is also know, can be safely eaten and is even considered a delicacy in Japan. However, beware before ordering a plate of puffer. The liver, gonads, intestines, and skin of some species contain a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin, a poison also found in the California newt and the eastern salamander and that can cause death if ingested. In Japan, where a meal of puffer, or fugu, can run you a pretty penny, chefs are required to undergo an exam and acquire a special license to prepare the dish. During the exam, which has only a 25% pass rate, the chef must prepare and then eat a meal of puffer fish. Despite these precautions, some 100-200 people suffer from tetrodotoxin poisoning every year. Approximately half of these cases result in death. Only small portions of contaminate fish need to be consumed for poisoning to occur, and the effects are felt within minutes. Symptoms usually include tingling of the mouth, vomiting, dizziness, and eventually, paralysis and death. There is no known antidote so treatment usually includes pumping the stomach. However, tetrodotoxin might not be all bad. Recent research has suggested that it may ease pain in cancer patients and help wean heroin addicts. It still boils down to daring to eat an item thet is considered taboo. There are six cylinders in the gun, and only one of them, is loaded. What A Hoot.....ie Kay T is right, these diners just pulled the trigger on a loaded cylinder. Hootie and the Blowfish might have influenced them by hypnotizing them with their melodies, but I doubt they offered their testicles as an appetizer.

Contrary to this article, the eating of fugu does not include eating the testicles, but the liver, which is the most potent part of the fish. In many parts of Japan, serving the blowfish liver is outlawed because of the percentage of toxin concentrated therein.

Blowfish is indeed a delicacy, and many people consider it a hoot (Hootie again), to challenge the god’s and eat a taboo item.

I stand corrected, the gonads are included in the taboo list of blowfish delicacies, as described below.

Dear Kuffer:
There are over 120 different species of this peculiar fish, best known for its ability to turn itself into a big, spiny ball when threatened. If cleaned and properly prepared, puffer fish, or blowfish as it is also know, can be safely eaten and is even considered a delicacy in Japan.

However, beware before ordering a plate of puffer. The liver, gonads, intestines, and skin of some species contain a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin, a poison also found in the California newt and the eastern salamander and that can cause death if ingested.

In Japan, where a meal of puffer, or fugu, can run you a pretty penny, chefs are required to undergo an exam and acquire a special license to prepare the dish. During the exam, which has only a 25% pass rate, the chef must prepare and then eat a meal of puffer fish. Despite these precautions, some 100-200 people suffer from tetrodotoxin poisoning every year. Approximately half of these cases result in death.

Only small portions of contaminate fish need to be consumed for poisoning to occur, and the effects are felt within minutes. Symptoms usually include tingling of the mouth, vomiting, dizziness, and eventually, paralysis and death. There is no known antidote so treatment usually includes pumping the stomach.

However, tetrodotoxin might not be all bad. Recent research has suggested that it may ease pain in cancer patients and help wean heroin addicts.

It still boils down to daring to eat an item thet is considered taboo. There are six cylinders in the gun, and only one of them, is loaded. What A Hoot…..ie

]]> Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by Lopunny_Fan http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424190 Lopunny_Fan Wed, 23 May 2012 20:37:57 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424190 Do not eat blowfish >:( Lol,joking,I heard it's really good. However made the sushi is un-experienced most likely. You have to be a trainer proffesional,you can't make a single mistake. Do not eat blowfish >:(

Lol,joking,I heard it’s really good.
However made the sushi is un-experienced most likely.
You have to be a trainer proffesional,you can’t make a single mistake.

]]> Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by Smudgeward http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424189 Smudgeward Wed, 23 May 2012 20:28:30 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424189 Must remember to try those next time they ask 'anything else w. that' at McDonalds. Eating anyones testicles is kind of asking for it don't you think? Must remember to try those next time they ask ‘anything else w. that’ at McDonalds.
Eating anyones testicles is kind of asking for it don’t you think?

]]> Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by ver_jen http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424188 ver_jen Wed, 23 May 2012 19:35:10 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424188 I think if people followed biblical rules about what food is clean and which is unclean... this wouldn't be an issue. Aquatic food must have scales AND fins in order to be clean or in other words... What God intended for us to eat. Blowfish do not have scales and therefore are not edible. You would think when the deity that made you says don't eat that, people would not eat it. It's like dumping leaded fuel into a car that was designed to run on unleaded. Why would you do that? I think if people followed biblical rules about what food is clean and which is unclean… this wouldn’t be an issue. Aquatic food must have scales AND fins in order to be clean or in other words… What God intended for us to eat. Blowfish do not have scales and therefore are not edible.

You would think when the deity that made you says don’t eat that, people would not eat it. It’s like dumping leaded fuel into a car that was designed to run on unleaded. Why would you do that?

]]> Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by Kay T http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424187 Kay T Wed, 23 May 2012 18:52:56 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424187 It has long been known that blowfish is poisonous if it isn't prepared properly. I think that eating it is just another form of Russian roulette. It has long been known that blowfish is poisonous if it isn’t prepared properly. I think that eating it is just another form of Russian roulette.

]]> Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by itsmegan_xo http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424186 itsmegan_xo Wed, 23 May 2012 18:45:20 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424186 there is only one lesson to be learned in all of this. DO NOT EAT BALLS. there is only one lesson to be learned in all of this.

DO NOT EAT BALLS.

]]> Comment on Blowfish poisoning sends 7 to hospital in Japan. Your thoughts? by Dungeon Master Level 4 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-424185 Dungeon Master Level 4 Wed, 23 May 2012 17:55:01 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-magazine.com/blowfish-poisoning-sends-7-to-hospital-in-japan-your-thoughts/#comment-424185 My thought is that blowfish look really cute and cuddly when they're all blown up, so there's no way one of those little cuddly cuties would have done this. My thought is that blowfish look really cute and cuddly when they’re all blown up, so there’s no way one of those little cuddly cuties would have done this.

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