Toadfish Lunch

[raefpud]

My time in Japan has seen me try many of the various unusual and strange delicacies that Asia has to offer. I have tried and eaten almost anything that swims, mostly raw and fresh from the ocean, but also things like fried grasshoppers, raw horse and various offal of all species, but today was a special day being new years day, and my wifes family decided a special meal was due for me.
First course of the day was Toadfish (Fugu) sashimi and jellyfish (kragen). Now jellyfish tastes like you imagine it would, pretty much like flavourless gelatine or hard clag glue. Toadfish on the other hand isnt all that bad - a simple white fish with fairly firm flesh and little or no flavour. I dont suggest you try filleting the next big toadie you catch, as here it requires a licence and a lot of patience to serve - we ate the fillet, skin and a bit of catilage, and 3 hours later I am still alive and can tell the story. Finally one of my dreams and list of achievements in japan has been fullfilled. Second course was some intestinal mush that tasted absolutley awful, and third course was fresh sushi of raw squid, squid eggs, prawn and the stomach lining of tuna - yum yum - hehehehe - you would be suprised how wasteful us Aussies are of the fish we eat and how careless we are at handling them, believe me when a fish is consumed here nothing is wasted...... would you like to hear what cod testicles taste like???
Happy new year everyone,
cheers, Raef

[banshee]

Do your lips go numb,or is that BS?

[philip_thomson]

i think im going to throw up. i think ill stick to cooking the fillet throwing the guts,skin,frame away :-X

[roz]

Nothing wrong with eating perfectly good burley :o :o :o :o

yummmmmo!

[Dug]

Sometimes I am glad I don't eat fish :o

[Panda]

I believe many people each year die in Japan from eating improperly prepared toadfish. Not a risk I would be prepared to take.

Their whale meat is quite tasty though.

[2DKnBJ]

Raef
I think i will stick to eating the fillets and using the rest for crab bait.
But on the other hand'like i say to my kids"how do you know you don't like it if you have never tried it" ::)
Cheers Dazza

[Scott15]

Fook that lol :-X

[HarryO]

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Eating toadfish makes me bloat...

Harry...

[raefpud]

Hey banshee, yeah the tingle on the lips is BS I think. I have also heard that a really good Fugu chef can slightly pierce the poison glands enough to give u a tingle, but i do think thats BS. The poison and offal of the fish must be locked up in a safe before a professional disposal team comes to take it away. Tonight we also drank Sake with Fugu fins in it, dont know what it did to the sake but I am feeling a bit of a tingle now, hehehehe

[rando]

The Japanese have a saying; Those that eat Fugu are foolish!. But those that do not eat fugu are foolish also

[banshee]

Mate I hope you shouted the chef a few rounds,wouldn't want to be geting on his bad side for the return bout with the Toady.

[SuRF_fIsHeR]

i cant believe u people eat toad fish, the mere sight of em makes me wanna throw up :-X :-/

[Jitlands]

What a happy little note about our Japanise friends, perhaps you can ask them about the current "whale for research" harvest or the annual dolphin cull?

[ssab1]

maybe if we send them all our toadfish theyll stop"WHALE RESEARCH"i will even prepare it for the whalers ;) ;) ;D

[raefpud]

Dont go digging yourself a hole by starting up the whale debate again, I think its probably something you know very little about.

[Big_Ren]

Sounds delicious Raef ;) Makes the old salmon milkshake with the dollop of vasoline sound very appealing indeed now. Fascinating info nevertheless.

Cheers
Paul

[redspeckle]

reafpud
If I know where into Eating Toad Fish I would have keep the one last time when fish Mud on friday when about 4kg he had better teeth than me [smiley=grin.gif]
Get some big toad fish fish and Catfish their around Mud Island
Mitch

[ssab1]

no point in debating with people who make assumptions .raefpud.. ;D ;D

[88fishframe]

Can't say that eating toadfish appeals to me anymore than licking canetoads. The closest I'll come to living life on the edge is my next meal of whiting with the bones left in. ;D

[onerabbit]

maybe if we send them all our #toadfish theyll stop"WHALE RESEARCH"i will even prepare it for the whalers ;) ;) ;D
your welcome to all of mine, ssab1, so long as you cut em up, muzz.

[roz]

no point in debating with people who make assumptions .raefpud.. ;D ;D
:exclamation :exclamation [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

[gogecko]

Thanks for the feedback raefpud. Ive always wanted to try fugi prepared by a proper chef, but only cause I thought it'd be a good buzz. Sounds like its a waste of money. I hear its very expensive? Would they prepare it stronger if you asked?

Might be better off with the dealers on the street corner. I thought it was supposed to be as potent as magic mushies.

Perhaps we could export our canetoads as well?