悪珍味
Japan has had its second fugu poisoning death for this year:

The man prepared the puffer fish on Saturday after receiving it from a friend, according to a local public health center. Between about 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Sunday, the man ate sashimi from the liver of the fish. At about 11:30 p.m. that evening, he started showing signs of poisoning, and he died in the predawn hours of Monday.

The man had prepared puffer fish in the past, and his family did not stop him from eating it, officials said.


I don't remember having come across the first, but there was a party of four people last year of whom three were poisoned. I think two of them died.
Posted by Sean on 2005-09-20 22:57:12
Toren (mail) (www):
I tried fugu liver when I was out with the guys from Tezuka Pro a few years back. I liked the taste, but the next day I had The Worst Headache in the Universe. Nothing touched it--I just had to suffer until it went away.
No more fugu liver for me, thanks.
9.20.2005 5:56pm
Sean Kinsell (mail) (www):
Yeah, the regular flesh is quite enough for me.
9.21.2005 2:35am