On 5/27/05 9:55 AM Matthias Schmidt wrote: >I ate both, wild and grown Fugu, which is half as expensive as the wild one. >But I find nothing special with that, actually I don't understand why it >is that expensive. Hirame (Leave Fish) is much more delicious :-)
Fugu is expensive because the liver contains a deadly poison. In Japan, you have to be a licensed expert to remove the dangerous parts. In one of the James Bond books, James is poisoned with the fish. The description of the symptoms is excellent. Many suspect the attraction of fugu is machismo -- "I ate it and lived." Like cigarettes -- "I smoke them and I don't have cancer (yet)." Len -- Leonard Morgenstern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you are really having trouble finding yourself, go upstairs and clean your room. You are in there somewhere. --Art Hoppe to teen-age daughter.
