Tigermike 4,246 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Poisonous Fish Testicles Send 7 Japanese Diners to HospitalTuesday, January 27, 2009 TOKYO  Seven diners in northern Japan fell ill and three remained hospitalized Tuesday after eating blowfish testicles prepared in a restaurant not authorized to serve the poisonous delicacy. The owner of the restaurant in Tsuruoka city, who is also the chef, had no license to serve blowfish and was being questioned on suspicion of professional negligence, police official Yoshihito Iwase said. Blowfish, while extremely poisonous if not prepared properly, is considered a delicacy in Japan and is consumed by thrill-seeking gourmets. Iwase said the seven men ordered sashimi and grilled blowfish testicles at the restaurant Monday night. Shortly after, they developed limb paralysis and breathing trouble and started to lose consciousness  typical signs of blowfish poisoning  and were rushed to a hospital for treatment, Iwase said. A 68-year-old diner remained hospitalized in critical condition with respiratory failure and two others, aged 55 and 69, were in serious condition, he said. "It's scary. If you go to a decent-looking restaurant that serves fugu, you would assume a cook has a proper fugu license," Iwase said, using the Japanese term for blowfish. Blowfish poison, called tetrodotoxin, is nearly 100 times more poisonous than potassium cyanide, according to the Ishikawa Health Service Association. It can cause death within an hour and a half after consumption. Three people died and 44 others were sickened by blowfish poisoning in 2007  most of them after catching the fish and cooking it at home  according to the Health Ministry. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483504,00.html Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Let me get this straight They LEAVE POISON IN to slightly numb the people eating it? WTF? Why are you all taking the chance? Give me a damn burger Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/#findComment-577142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietfan 233 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Poisonous Fish Testicles Send 7 Japanese Diners to HospitalTuesday, January 27, 2009 TOKYO  Seven diners in northern Japan fell ill and three remained hospitalized Tuesday after eating blowfish testicles prepared in a restaurant not authorized to serve the poisonous delicacy. The owner of the restaurant in Tsuruoka city, who is also the chef, had no license to serve blowfish http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483504,00.html Well, there you go. This is why, when I crave fish testicles, I only go to the finest, most reputable restaurants... Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/#findComment-577190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietfan 233 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Give me a damn burger Perhaps they could genetically implant blowfish DNA in beef cattle...make for some extra spicy mountain oysters? Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/#findComment-577193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNewby 27 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Peanut butter and jelly for me. Wait a minute … Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/#findComment-577195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Peanut butter and jelly for me. Wait a minute … Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/#findComment-577196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCTAU 3,872 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 We used to eat fishdicks all the time... I mean fish STICKS. My bad. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/#findComment-577315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerHeat 9 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 We used to eat fishdicks all the time... I mean fish STICKS. My bad. Did you sleep through seventh grade biology, or were you busy staring at Jordache jeans all day??? Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/#findComment-577611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBURNJAC 53 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Let me get this straight They LEAVE POISON IN to slightly numb the people eating it? WTF? Why are you all taking the chance? Give me a damn burger I'm with Link, burger time! I lived in Southwest Mexico for a few months after I studied abroad there with Auburn. I was at this fancy restaurant, and was told to get whatever I wanted to eat. There must be some fancy language for the rich in Mexico, b/c I didn't understand a damn word of the menu. Anyway, I ordered an appetizer and got a plate of cheese. No where did it say "queso". When I ordered my entre' I just closed my eyes and picked something. What came out was a freaking squid! A cold dead squid! Not cooked, not cut up, just a big as squid on a plate! The people I was with cold tell by my expression that I was very surprised and shocked at what I had gotten. Apparently is is a "thrill seekers" delicacy sort of like blowfish nuts. They said that something like 1 in a thousand people that eat it are poisoned and die from it! I felt bad, b/c someone else was paying for dinner, but no freaking way was I touching it, much less eat it! I sat there and enjoyed my expensive plate of "quesoless" cheese! Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/#findComment-577645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
otterinbham 0 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 We used to eat fishdicks all the time... I mean fish STICKS. My bad. Dang, CC. Joke of the day award goes to you. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55816-some-of-you-need-to-be-careful/#findComment-577655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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