fugu

     

Fugu (河豚 : ふぐ, 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 genus Diodon. Because pufferfish is lethally poisonous if prepared incorrectly, fugu has become one of the most celebrated and notorious dishes in Japanese cuisine.

Trivia about fugu

  • Only well-trained sushi chefs can clean & prepare this poisonous puffer fish
  • It's the Japanese name for certain species of puffer fish that contain lethal poison but can be eaten as a delicacy
  • Jim, you must remove certain organs of this rhyming species of puffer fish, as they contain a deadly poison
  • In 1975 kabuki actor Mitsugoro Bando died from eating this delicacy
  • 18th c. Japanese poet Yosa Buson wrote, "I cannot see her tonight / I have to give her up / so I will eat" this
  • Specially trained chefs prepare this puffer fish in Japan, where it is a delicacy

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