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Posted: 1/27/2014 7:37:59 PM EDT

I'm watching Les Stroud do it on this show (not Survivorman), and I don't think I could do it.

This is the fish that can kill you if not prepared correctly. I saw a program once where they described how the toxin works and the progression toward death. Nope.

Those who have eaten it - why?

Those who haven't - would you?

Posted: 1/27/2014 7:39:28 PM EDT

[#1]

Not a chance. Not worth the possible outcomes.

Posted: 1/27/2014 7:39:28 PM EDT

[#2]

I had pufferfish sushi pre-deployment. It was rather good.

Yes I knew it could kill me if it was prepped wrong, I did not give a fuck

Posted: 1/27/2014 7:40:35 PM EDT

[#3]

Yep..

It tingles

Posted: 1/27/2014 7:40:53 PM EDT

[#4]

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Was it good?

Posted: 1/27/2014 7:41:08 PM EDT

[#5]

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Posted: 1/27/2014 7:41:33 PM EDT

[#6]

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I had pufferfish sushi pre-deployment. It was rather good.

Yes I knew it could kill me if it was prepped wrong, I did not give a fuck

Was it good?

Yes?

Posted: 1/27/2014 7:47:00 PM EDT

[#7]

I haven't tried it and I won't.

Posted: 1/27/2014 7:50:56 PM EDT

[#8]

Fugu for the win , and yes would eat

Posted: 1/27/2014 7:55:53 PM EDT

[#9]

From what I understand a small amount of the toxin will create an amphetamine-like rush, so it's kind of like getting high.

Posted: 1/27/2014 7:57:14 PM EDT

[#10]

http://www.hulu.com/watch/33383

Posted: 1/27/2014 8:04:05 PM EDT

[#11]

Fuck. No.

Posted: 1/27/2014 8:05:22 PM EDT

[#12]

Haven't, but would.

Posted: 1/27/2014 8:08:27 PM EDT

[#13]

only from a fugu certified Japanese chef

Posted: 1/27/2014 8:09:56 PM EDT

[#14]

I was in Japan 10 yrs ago visiting my son A Marine. I said I wanted to try it. He said he could not do it because the Marines said no. So I missed my chance

Posted: 1/27/2014 8:10:40 PM EDT

[#15]

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:14:26 PM EDT

[#16]

I had an exquisite, multi-course fugu dinner in Osaka back in 1998.

I'm still here.

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:25:23 PM EDT

[#17]

What with non-poisonous food being so scarce these days - Who wouldn't?

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:31:11 PM EDT

[#18]

Ain't no damn piece of fish worth dat!

So, no.

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:35:40 PM EDT

[#19]

No/No

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:35:53 PM EDT

[#20]

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After a gaggle of vodka tonics, I'd blow a line of puffer fish.

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:36:04 PM EDT

[#21]

I had it twice in Japan about a decade apart. The first time it was a wild fish and it was dangerous. I was young and bulletproof. They acquire the poison from things they eat in their environment and farm-raised ones are not poisonous; so there was no danger the 2nd time.

I would eat wild fugu in Japan as the standards are very strict there, but I wouldn't eat it anywhere else. I would eat farm raised fugu anywhere.

A similar concept here is eating wild mushrooms. If you know what you're doing its completely safe, if you haven't a clue you wind up eating deathcap mushrooms in your salad and dying.

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:42:18 PM EDT

[#22]

I stay away from fat chicks

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:47:46 PM EDT

[#23]

Yep. Had Stonefish too. Great presentation, kind of bland. No tingle. I'll take fatty tuna/salmon or good hamachi over them any day.

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:48:46 PM EDT

[#24]

I'm a diver and they are cute as hell so I don't really want to eat one.

Pigs are ugly as fuck, this is why bacon is so good.

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:49:20 PM EDT

[#25]

ive had it once, it was prepared by a chef/restaurant owner who is friends with my brother who is a executive chef. Every time i visit my brother i get taken out for awesome food

Posted: 1/27/2014 9:51:11 PM EDT

[#26]

I don't eat fish.

Posted: 1/27/2014 10:19:52 PM EDT

[#27]

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i don't eat cooked fish.

I want to try fugu

Posted: 1/28/2014 7:35:09 AM EDT

[#28]

I want to try fugu. I love sushi/sashimi and have always been curious.

I'm willing to bet Les Stroud was okay because not all pufferfish are poisonous.

Posted: 1/28/2014 7:35:52 AM EDT

[#29]

Yup, my dad used to make it for us.

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