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Fish you can eat AND FISH YOU DONT EAT!!!?
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i didnt like fugu at all, it was way overrated. what you pay for is obviously not the fish itself (which is common as cockroaches) but the preparation and the training of the preparer (has as much training as a surgeon). figures, he has your life in his hands.
Marwan said:I heard that puffer fish is edible in JApan as they clean it in a certain way before they cook it. It is normally a very poisonous fish, I hear it's the most expensive fish dish in Japan, you would think it's supposed to be the cheapest, better yet they should pay you for eating it
you are right Marwan... you can read more about that here
http://www.deeperblue.net/article.php/434
ok this is one of those things that i will never figure out. Fugu mugu, if there is a slight chance it can kill you dont eat it! and by all means dont pay all that much. This is one of those "must do"things if youre stranded pn an island with no other options, but to actually go out of your way to eat that is crazy that's like licking water off the edges of cyanide bottle
that's like licking water off the edges of cyanide bottle 
Marwan said:ok this is one of those things that i will never figure out. Fugu mugu, if there is a slight chance it can kill you dont eat it! and by all means dont pay all that much. This is one of those "must do"things if youre stranded pn an island with no other options, but to actually go out of your way to eat that is crazy
Whats wrong with licking water off the edges of cyanide bottle ??
I'm starting to think it might cost so much as an insurance method. You kill 1/100 customers but the other 99 pay enough to earn a good living after paying reparations.
There is one hilarious simpsons episode in which Homer couldn't fill his appetite in a sushi restaurant as the dishes are too small so he orders every course on the menu, Fugu being the last one....
And while he is eating Lisa and Bart do karaoke to the Shaft theme song! rofl
There is one hilarious simpsons episode in which Homer couldn't fill his appetite in a sushi restaurant as the dishes are too small so he orders every course on the menu, Fugu being the last one....
And while he is eating Lisa and Bart do karaoke to the Shaft theme song! rofl
Is that a sexual insinuation?Marwan said:that's like licking water off the edges of cyanide bottle
supposedly at some restaurants in japan they will, upon your request, take the tetradoxin from the puffer and wipe just a teeny-tiny amount of it on the edge of your wine glass--not enough to kill you or cause respiratory failure but just enough to numb your mouth and make you feel extremely disoriented and hallucinate. this was not my experience when i was in tokyo but my friend who lives there swears some places will do this.
I also read a story (it might have been in western outdoors magazine) about an american line fisherman who was totally unfamiliar with pufferfish (and apparently all manner of warm water aquatic fauna) and was on his first trip down to mexico...he caught a puffer in bahia san francisquito and asked the locals pangueros what it was and if he could eat it. someones heinous idea of a joke was to tell him that yes, it was edible and it was indeed very good. he ate it and lived, or so the story goes. A few years later when he was in an aquarium with his girlfriend and he saw the little plaque describing the fish, and he recoiled in horror when he realized what he had done. he reasoned that he must have been very lucky while filleting the fish and not severed any of its toxic organs...whatever happened its a good example of why everyone ought to own one of those little books that describes the fish in ones area.
I also read a story (it might have been in western outdoors magazine) about an american line fisherman who was totally unfamiliar with pufferfish (and apparently all manner of warm water aquatic fauna) and was on his first trip down to mexico...he caught a puffer in bahia san francisquito and asked the locals pangueros what it was and if he could eat it. someones heinous idea of a joke was to tell him that yes, it was edible and it was indeed very good. he ate it and lived, or so the story goes. A few years later when he was in an aquarium with his girlfriend and he saw the little plaque describing the fish, and he recoiled in horror when he realized what he had done. he reasoned that he must have been very lucky while filleting the fish and not severed any of its toxic organs...whatever happened its a good example of why everyone ought to own one of those little books that describes the fish in ones area.
It looks similar to a garfish -- but I don't think they change colour! I believe Garfish are edible. I have never tried it, nor seen it for sale -- but I have seen pier fishermen pulling many out on rods.alexanderXP said:
http://www.charterboats-uk.co.uk/Photographs/Fish/GARFISH.GIF
http://www.outdoors.net/site/images...+AlbumID+0+UserID+0+curpage+23199+SearchTerm+
[I never saw one that looked like this this scary looking monster though: http://www.lafishmag.com/garfish.jpg ...could that little rod really land that humungous fish?!]
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Although both are elongated and they share a common shape of mouth, i dont believe there is any relation between a Gar and a Pipefish. Pipefish are related to Seahorses and Cornetfish. All three have that wierd snout that they slurp up their food with. Think of a pipefish as a straightened-out seahorse. Anyone know any seahorse receipes? maybe you can make glue out of the old ones???
This fish u r talking about we call it "Shalimone" in Lebanon which means Straw.
I shot a couple of it last month when i was on vacation in Beirut. i ate it and i am still alive and kicking.
Now i am wondering if i can do the same in Dubai
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I shot a couple of it last month when i was on vacation in Beirut. i ate it and i am still alive and kicking.
Now i am wondering if i can do the same in Dubai
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Hmmm, couldnt say for sure but my hunch is that it is safe. i doubt that pipefish are high enough on the food chain to concentrate mercury, petrochemical toxins, or ciguatera. does ciguatera occur commonly in UAE? If it does, you should probably invest in a test kit, especially since i hear there are some huge barracuda there.
http://cigua.oceanit.com/
http://cigua.oceanit.com/
The Killer's me said:This fish u r talking about we call it "Shalimone" in Lebanon which means Straw.
I shot a couple of it last month when i was on vacation in Beirut. i ate it and i am still alive and kicking.
Now i am wondering if i can do the same in Dubai
did you contact Nesim?
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ya man i sent him a message, but no reply yet...guys if u dive in dubai, just tell me where do u go usually.is Jebel ali area a good place to spearfish?
do u have Nesim's Email(his Hotmail if u said he was online on MSN)...
it will be appreciated.
Thanks
Rabih
it will be appreciated.
Thanks
Rabih