Yes, I know it's very random but after discussing this for a while with my boyfriend I was interested in getting a few more opinions! To anyone who doesn't know, fugu is the meat of a puffer fish, one of the most poisonous animals in the world. If the fish is cut and prepared properly, it makes a tasty, exotic dish, if it isn't, it is fatal. I need to mention not a quick, painless death either, but a painful death which is sure to mentally scar for life the chef, other customers at the restaurant and any friends and family eating with you that evening! From reviews I've read the meat is very tasty and admittedly the risk of being poisoned is very low, in fact a huge percentage of people who die from eating fugu are fisherman who catch the fish and TRY TO PREPARE IT THEMSELVES! That's nuts.... pure and simple. So, my question is, would you try it? If no, I completely understand, but if yes, WHY?!
Yeah, I feel the same, it simply isn't worth it. Apparently the dish is around 10,000 Yen, so about £90-100. That's pretty steep for something which can potentially kill you! I think even if I did try it, my body would go through a placebo effect where I'd get phantom symptoms of being poisoned, which would completely ruin the experience for me anyway! Not everyone feels the same way though, otherwise there wouldn't be specialist restaurants and chefs!
As a professional chef, I have wanted to try this for a long time. I guess you could call it showing off your culinary "manly balls" to your peers. However, I know people who have tried it and they say the meat isn't all that special or tasty. It is mainly eaten for the excitement and bragging rights factor. But, its not dangerous at all if you know what you are doing when breaking down the fish. It is overly hyped.
I guess it's just one of those stupid things to do without any real reason, like sky diving, helicopter riding, mountain climbing. I'd definitely do it
So it's the cooking version of e-peen? I'd be willing to try it if Jamie Oliver did it for me personally. I have a tiiiiny man-crush on him as a chef.
I have never heard of the term Puffer Fish but will look it up. It would be nice to find out where abouts it is fished out from and who says it is poisoneous. But if it is as they say it is then no I wouldn't eat it. I personally never come cross meat or fish that has poisoneous 'qualities'. I have heard of poisoneous plants like mushrooms but not fish or meat.
i thought you were a guy haha anyway i would definitely NOT wanna try this out, it sounds as if it could possibly end my life in a painful way but so pointlessly. like seriously, imagine when they talk about you hovering over your grave and they're like, "this man didnt die from saving someones life/cancer/heart attack, he died from eating a fish how crappy would that be? aside from the death stuff, it doesnt seem as though it tastes anything special...
I don't think I would go out of my way to. While I enjoy good food, and am not a particularly fussy eater, the price alone would turn me away. I think I would try it if I was offered it and I knew it was cooked right though. I love sea food.
sucks for you that its actually an assassin out to kill you, using your love for sea food and claiming it it cooked right when in fact you about to pop that poisonous fish in your mouth and die...
I AM! I think it really is a risk/bragging rights scenario, because despite the fact people enjoy it, it's not been described as the tastiest thing they've eaten! I'm trying to imagine what kind of amazing steak I could get for that £90! mmmmmmmmm
a 90 dollar steak would you pretty awesome haha! ...if your a guy shouldnt you just say friend? since saying boyfriend/girlfriend generally implies that your in a relationship with them or something?? :redface: (get what im saying bruv)
No ordinary chef is even ALLOWED near Fugu so I would feel quite safe in trying it. It is offered only in the best of restaurants with the most highly trained chefs who specifically learn about the art of Fugu. So yes I would try it. There is no real risk.
There are many different kinds of poisonous aquatic life. There are also many different kinds of poisonous meats in the Amazon (toads and such).
It is not in the cooking; it is in the eating of the proper parts, and removing the improper parts. It is usually eaten as sashimi.
