Puffy Delight

Posted by Seafoodpuncher on Dec 6, 2010 in Animalia, Food | 0 comments

It’s always amazing how people will pay top-dollar for a life threatening  experience. Take a puffer fish dinner, for example: A few tiny slivers of this so called delicacy-a.k.a fugu – will cost you upwards of a few 100 dollars.

Eating pufferfish is a way for less active individuals to get a thrill without having to overexert themselves. There’s also the cheaper option of ‘accidentally’ swallowing a chicken-bone, but it’s not as classy.

When properly prepared, eating puffer fish will leave you with numb lips, a pleasant tingling sensation and feeling of slight intoxication. Ingesting Vicks Vapo-rub may provide similar results.

If an amateur chef makes a few wrong cuts while prepping this puffy culinary ‘delight’, the diner won’t even get a chance to leave a tip before suffering from nausea, vomiting, paralyses, respiratory failure, coma and sometimes a less than graceful death.

Make sure to avoid any restaurant where you’re asked to pay in advance for the puffy experience.

I’m never one to underestimate how thrilling a lunch can be…I’ve had a few experiences with BBQ burgers that have practically given me an out of body experience (it may have just been a mild heart attack)…BUT I’m not sure if I want a seafood platter to be the most exciting thing I experience in my lifetime.