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Fugu is the Japanese word for pufferfish and is also a Japanese dish prepared from the meat of pufferfish (normally species of Takifugu , Lagocephalus , or Sphoeroides ) or porcupinefish of the...
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Poisonous parts of fugu differ, depending on the kind of fugu. Because of the strict regulations, the number of deaths is decreasing. ... It's said that the most poisonous fugu, "Tora-fugu," is the most delicious. Tora-fugu is expensive and can cost over one hundred dollars at a fish market. Nowadays, prepared-fugu are sold...
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japanesefood.about.com/cs/seafoodfish/a/fugublowfish.ht...
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Kiichi Kitahara, the owner of Blowfish museum in Osaka, noted as follows: "Human beings are funny. They want to eat what is forbidden. The history of blowfish is the history of prohibition by authorities. If blowfish weren't poisonous, they might not be so popular." The diner puts his life in the hands of the chef.
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www.american.edu/TED/blowfish.htm
www.american.edu/TED/blowfish.htm
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Police question chef after unlicensed restaurant serves up deadly delicacy ... Seven diners in northern Japan fell ill and three were still in hospital today after eating blowfish testicles prepared in a restaurant not authorised to serve the poisonous delicacy.
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www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/27/blowfish-testicles...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/27/blowfish-testicles-poison-diners
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The Pufferfish is also known as the blowfish, fugu, swellfish, and globefish. It is called the pufferfish because when it is threatened, it puffs up to about twice its normal size by gulping water. In this engorged state, the pufferfish can swim ... Even so, many Japanese diners have died from eating this poisonous delicacy.
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www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Puffe...
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Pufferfish.shtml
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pitchblack16, on 01/27/2009, -1/+160And that is why I do not eat blowfish testicles from an unlicensed chef. ... Even the leftover poisonous parts are kept in a padlocked trash bin before disposal. This restaurant owner/unlicensed chef is put his diners' lives in his hands. Its no secret in Japan that not everyone can...
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digg.com/odd_stuff/Blowfish_Testicles_Poison_7_In_Japan
digg.com/odd_stuff/Blowfish_Testicles_Poison_7_In_Japan
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Fugu is the Japanese name for the blowfish, an ugly critter with the enviable ability to inflate itself and project protective, highly-poisonous spikes. These spikes contain hefty doses of tetradotoxin, a nerve-shattering compound 1200 times deadlier than cyanide. ... digg:Fugu (Poisonous blowfish)
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www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/fugu.html
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blowfish \blow"fish\ n. 1. a fish eaten as a delicacy, especially in Japan. It is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison (tetrodotoxin) in its ovaries and liver. Chefs require special training to learn how to remove the poisonous parts, and in Japan they must be licensed.
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www.wkonline.com/d/blowfish.html
www.wkonline.com/d/blowfish.html
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first | previous | next | last | home; ... Fugu anyone? (This is a poisonous blowfish. The poison from one fish can kill an elephant!) 3 of 15...
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