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Sea urchin -- pretty gross

 

 

This! :goodone:

 

It's visually unappealing, and the texture is even worse. Maybe the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten.

 

Aye. What's next? Bloody spiders???

But the small piece of shark I ate in Iceland was far worse (those Vikings bury the sea predatorr in sand and use to urinate on it to preserve it; tastes too 'exotic' for a tourist....

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Sea urchin -- pretty gross

 

 

This! :goodone:

 

It's visually unappealing, and the texture is even worse. Maybe the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten.

 

Aye. What's next? Bloody spiders???

But the small piece of shark I ate in Iceland was far worse (those Vikings bury the sea predatorr in sand and use to urinate on it to preserve it; tastes too 'exotic' for a tourist....

 

Damn... that sounds HORRIBLE!

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Sea urchin -- pretty gross

 

 

This! :goodone:

 

It's visually unappealing, and the texture is even worse. Maybe the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten.

 

Aye. What's next? Bloody spiders???

But the small piece of shark I ate in Iceland was far worse (those Vikings bury the sea predatorr in sand and use to urinate on it to preserve it; tastes too 'exotic' for a tourist....

Do I need to bust out with the shirako photos again? ...because that's the most disgusting thing I've tried. I'd eat 3 sea urchin sushi before eating 1 bite of shirako. 99% of the time, I follow the idea "I'll try any dish once". Some ideas are stupid. :LOL:

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Sea urchin -- pretty gross

 

 

This! :goodone:

 

It's visually unappealing, and the texture is even worse. Maybe the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten.

 

Aye. What's next? Bloody spiders???

But the small piece of shark I ate in Iceland was far worse (those Vikings bury the sea predatorr in sand and use to urinate on it to preserve it; tastes too 'exotic' for a tourist....

 

Damn... that sounds HORRIBLE!

 

HORRIBLE just gives a pale idea.... Drinking then a good shot of Brennivin (their local firewater) as quickly as you can is the only way to survive (you erase the taste, but alas not the memory of it!)

And I remember our local guide eating half a dozen of that deadly little cubes as we eat candies or pralines.

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If you could see everything that happened to your chopstick before you got it you would never be able to use it.

 

I have learned to love sushi but only eat cooked seafood. Just not convinced undercooked/uncooked seafood is safe to eat.

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

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It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

 

I'm super weary of ANYTHING that comes out of the Gulf of Mexico these days. On the Texas coast, that has to be one of the grossest bodies of water on the planet.

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

 

RAW chicken? That is truly disgusting. I can't believe there is such a thing as a raw chicken restaurant. I mean, WHY? :eh:

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

 

RAW chicken? That is truly disgusting. I can't believe there is such a thing as a raw chicken restaurant. I mean, WHY? :eh:

Yes, raw. "Why?" It's Japan. I joke. But I'm serious with that answer too. :blaze: ;)

 

Remember, potentially deadly fugu (blowfish) is an expensive delicacy out here too. I've had that a few times (luckily never paid for it) and I haven't died yet. Really though, it's not so special a taste. Even if it weren't lethal or expensive, I'd still rather have salmon, crab, tuna, shrimp, etc. before fugu/blowfish.

 

And I haven't even mentioned the $800 cantaloupes for sale in department stores. No joke. But that's another story.

 

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

 

RAW chicken? That is truly disgusting. I can't believe there is such a thing as a raw chicken restaurant. I mean, WHY? :eh:

Yes, raw. "Why?" It's Japan. I joke. But I'm serious with that answer too. :blaze: ;)

 

Remember, potentially deadly fugu (blowfish) is an expensive delicacy out here too. I've had that a few times (luckily never paid for it) and I haven't died yet. Really though, it's not so special a taste. Even if it weren't lethal or expensive, I'd still rather have salmon, crab, tuna, shrimp, etc. before fugu/blowfish.

 

And I haven't even mentioned the $800 cantaloupes for sale in department stores. No joke. But that's another story.

 

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You people are just puny humans, while I am a duck! :AlienSmiley:

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

 

RAW chicken? That is truly disgusting. I can't believe there is such a thing as a raw chicken restaurant. I mean, WHY? :eh:

Yes, raw. "Why?" It's Japan. I joke. But I'm serious with that answer too. :blaze: ;)

 

Remember, potentially deadly fugu (blowfish) is an expensive delicacy out here too. I've had that a few times (luckily never paid for it) and I haven't died yet. Really though, it's not so special a taste. Even if it weren't lethal or expensive, I'd still rather have salmon, crab, tuna, shrimp, etc. before fugu/blowfish.

 

And I haven't even mentioned the $800 cantaloupes for sale in department stores. No joke. But that's another story.

 

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You people are just puny humans, while I am a duck! :AlienSmiley:

 

I totally agree on the raw chicken! A friend in college was an agriculture/chicken something something major that had to do with chicken processing and her stories put me off chicken for years. You could never talk me into raw. (Where's that vomit emoji when you need it, ha ha)

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

 

RAW chicken? That is truly disgusting. I can't believe there is such a thing as a raw chicken restaurant. I mean, WHY? :eh:

Yes, raw. "Why?" It's Japan. I joke. But I'm serious with that answer too. :blaze: ;)

 

Remember, potentially deadly fugu (blowfish) is an expensive delicacy out here too. I've had that a few times (luckily never paid for it) and I haven't died yet. Really though, it's not so special a taste. Even if it weren't lethal or expensive, I'd still rather have salmon, crab, tuna, shrimp, etc. before fugu/blowfish.

 

And I haven't even mentioned the $800 cantaloupes for sale in department stores. No joke. But that's another story.

 

((Edited for word selection))

You people are just puny humans, while I am a duck! :AlienSmiley:

 

I totally agree on the raw chicken! A friend in college was an agriculture/chicken something something major that had to do with chicken processing and her stories put me off chicken for years. You could never talk me into raw. (Where's that vomit emoji when you need it, ha ha)

Well raw chicken you see is full of dangerous bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus aureus and the much more well known (and easy to type) salmonella. These things can fuckk you up big time. I wash my hands right after any time I handle raw chicken, never mind eat it.

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

 

RAW chicken? That is truly disgusting. I can't believe there is such a thing as a raw chicken restaurant. I mean, WHY? :eh:

Yes, raw. "Why?" It's Japan. I joke. But I'm serious with that answer too. :blaze: ;)

 

Remember, potentially deadly fugu (blowfish) is an expensive delicacy out here too. I've had that a few times (luckily never paid for it) and I haven't died yet. Really though, it's not so special a taste. Even if it weren't lethal or expensive, I'd still rather have salmon, crab, tuna, shrimp, etc. before fugu/blowfish.

 

And I haven't even mentioned the $800 cantaloupes for sale in department stores. No joke. But that's another story.

 

((Edited for word selection))

You people are just puny humans, while I am a duck! :AlienSmiley:

 

I totally agree on the raw chicken! A friend in college was an agriculture/chicken something something major that had to do with chicken processing and her stories put me off chicken for years. You could never talk me into raw. (Where's that vomit emoji when you need it, ha ha)

Well raw chicken you see is full of dangerous bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus aureus and the much more well known (and easy to type) salmonella. These things can fuckk you up big time. I wash my hands right after any time I handle raw chicken, never mind eat it.

Aside from the obvious danger potential, it's just nasty texturally and taste-wise. I felt like I were a flea-beaten werewolf when I tried it. Just told my pals while we were at that restaurant, "Well boys, I think we're going to need another restaurant when we finish up here." We basically shared just a few small plates of the gross bits and drowned it all out with tons of beer so that the visit wasn't a total bust. Only ONE out of six of us expats thought it was even passable ((one of your countrymen duck!)). I think it's important to note that all of us like sushi/sashimi so the rawness itself ((minus the illness angle)) wasn't the problem.

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/620/offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/PGH/C0039754_cdp-20140313034603852.png

 

It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

 

RAW chicken? That is truly disgusting. I can't believe there is such a thing as a raw chicken restaurant. I mean, WHY? :eh:

Yes, raw. "Why?" It's Japan. I joke. But I'm serious with that answer too. :blaze: ;)

 

Remember, potentially deadly fugu (blowfish) is an expensive delicacy out here too. I've had that a few times (luckily never paid for it) and I haven't died yet. Really though, it's not so special a taste. Even if it weren't lethal or expensive, I'd still rather have salmon, crab, tuna, shrimp, etc. before fugu/blowfish.

 

And I haven't even mentioned the $800 cantaloupes for sale in department stores. No joke. But that's another story.

 

((Edited for word selection))

You people are just puny humans, while I am a duck! :AlienSmiley:

 

I totally agree on the raw chicken! A friend in college was an agriculture/chicken something something major that had to do with chicken processing and her stories put me off chicken for years. You could never talk me into raw. (Where's that vomit emoji when you need it, ha ha)

Well raw chicken you see is full of dangerous bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus aureus and the much more well known (and easy to type) salmonella. These things can fuckk you up big time. I wash my hands right after any time I handle raw chicken, never mind eat it.

Aside from the obvious danger potential, it's just nasty texturally and taste-wise. I felt like I were a flea-beaten werewolf when I tried it. Just told my pals while we were at that restaurant, "Well boys, I think we're going to need another restaurant when we finish up here." We basically shared just a few small plates of the gross bits and drowned it all out with tons of beer so that the visit wasn't a total bust. Only ONE out of six of us expats thought it was even passable ((one of your countrymen duck!)). I think it's important to note that all of us like sushi/sashimi so the rawness itself ((minus the illness angle)) wasn't the problem.

You could be paralyzed from the neck down right now!

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

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It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

 

RAW chicken? That is truly disgusting. I can't believe there is such a thing as a raw chicken restaurant. I mean, WHY? :eh:

Yes, raw. "Why?" It's Japan. I joke. But I'm serious with that answer too. :blaze: ;)

 

Remember, potentially deadly fugu (blowfish) is an expensive delicacy out here too. I've had that a few times (luckily never paid for it) and I haven't died yet. Really though, it's not so special a taste. Even if it weren't lethal or expensive, I'd still rather have salmon, crab, tuna, shrimp, etc. before fugu/blowfish.

 

And I haven't even mentioned the $800 cantaloupes for sale in department stores. No joke. But that's another story.

 

((Edited for word selection))

You people are just puny humans, while I am a duck! :AlienSmiley:

 

I totally agree on the raw chicken! A friend in college was an agriculture/chicken something something major that had to do with chicken processing and her stories put me off chicken for years. You could never talk me into raw. (Where's that vomit emoji when you need it, ha ha)

Well raw chicken you see is full of dangerous bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus aureus and the much more well known (and easy to type) salmonella. These things can fuckk you up big time. I wash my hands right after any time I handle raw chicken, never mind eat it.

Aside from the obvious danger potential, it's just nasty texturally and taste-wise. I felt like I were a flea-beaten werewolf when I tried it. Just told my pals while we were at that restaurant, "Well boys, I think we're going to need another restaurant when we finish up here." We basically shared just a few small plates of the gross bits and drowned it all out with tons of beer so that the visit wasn't a total bust. Only ONE out of six of us expats thought it was even passable ((one of your countrymen duck!)). I think it's important to note that all of us like sushi/sashimi so the rawness itself ((minus the illness angle)) wasn't the problem.

You could be paralyzed from the neck down right now!

An hour of paralysis after dining would be a reasonable punishment for being stupid enough to eat such shit!!!

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Isn't raw fish full of tape worms eggs that hatch inside your belly messing you up permanently?

 

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It's a risk, for certain. Sushi grade fish is very fresh and then brought down to a temperature just above freezing to kill any critters like your friend here. Sushi restaurants don't want to be known for giving their patrons tapeworms, so I'm sure food safety is their absolute top priority. And, reading reviews helps in finding the best sushi places around where you live.

The water is very warm where I live (Tampa, Florida) so all of our fish must be fully cooked to avoid getting sick. It used to be easy to get raw oysters on the half shell around here until some people got very sick and some died. Now, most places don't have it and those that do have a plethora of warnings not to do it. This makes me more cautious than most I guess.

Same thing happened in Jacksonville I think some time in the 80s...not death, but sickness and a lot of closings.

 

As far as tapeworms messing you up permanently, Okinawa has the highest life expectancy on the planet. Additionally, Japan has the largest number of centenarians on the planet. Are they living with tapeworms for decades? Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

Having said all that, I DO see a lot of medicine ads for stomach pain/ache.

 

BUT infinitely worse than sushi or sashimi is raw chicken. That shit is absolutely gross and the number of people getting sick from it is ridiculously high compared to sushi/sashimi/raw oyster eaters. I tried raw chicken once. I didn't get sick but the taste was exactly as you'd expect. It's surprising the number of raw chicken restaurants out here that flourish.

 

RAW chicken? That is truly disgusting. I can't believe there is such a thing as a raw chicken restaurant. I mean, WHY? :eh:

Yes, raw. "Why?" It's Japan. I joke. But I'm serious with that answer too. :blaze: ;)

 

Remember, potentially deadly fugu (blowfish) is an expensive delicacy out here too. I've had that a few times (luckily never paid for it) and I haven't died yet. Really though, it's not so special a taste. Even if it weren't lethal or expensive, I'd still rather have salmon, crab, tuna, shrimp, etc. before fugu/blowfish.

 

And I haven't even mentioned the $800 cantaloupes for sale in department stores. No joke. But that's another story.

 

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You people are just puny humans, while I am a duck! :AlienSmiley:

 

I totally agree on the raw chicken! A friend in college was an agriculture/chicken something something major that had to do with chicken processing and her stories put me off chicken for years. You could never talk me into raw. (Where's that vomit emoji when you need it, ha ha)

Well raw chicken you see is full of dangerous bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus aureus and the much more well known (and easy to type) salmonella. These things can fuckk you up big time. I wash my hands right after any time I handle raw chicken, never mind eat it.

Aside from the obvious danger potential, it's just nasty texturally and taste-wise. I felt like I were a flea-beaten werewolf when I tried it. Just told my pals while we were at that restaurant, "Well boys, I think we're going to need another restaurant when we finish up here." We basically shared just a few small plates of the gross bits and drowned it all out with tons of beer so that the visit wasn't a total bust. Only ONE out of six of us expats thought it was even passable ((one of your countrymen duck!)). I think it's important to note that all of us like sushi/sashimi so the rawness itself ((minus the illness angle)) wasn't the problem.

You could be paralyzed from the neck down right now!

An hour of paralysis after dining would be a reasonable punishment for being stupid enough to eat such shit!!!

Aye! :smoke:

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