Fish is great and good for you. Fanny helps a reader with Puffer Fish…….
Dear Fanny,
I bought a couple of Puffer fish from a man in my local pub today and I’m not sure how to extract the poison from them.
I did ask the man who sold them to me but he ran away. He seemed a nice man. He had a hi-vis jacket on that said Health and Safety.
Maybe he didn’t like fish.
Can I have a signed photo please?
Doris Smallhead, Henley on Thames.
Dear Doris,
If you’re fortunate enough to find an expert to do this for you you’re a very lucky lady indeed!
I was fortunate to spend a night in a Puffer den in Northern Japan during my best-selling Asian book tour of Asia.
The book of the tour “Pol’s Pots - Quick Snacks For The Workers” can still be found on Amazon.
If my memory serves me well he (the expert, not Pol Pot) boiled the sack of poison in a herb reduction and BOOM! Apart from the nightmarish flashbacks I get even now some 30 years later it was a rather pleasant experience.
Poach the remaining fish in white wine and serve with broccoli. Drink red wine with it.
Cheers Darling.
Wise and practical advice as always GFB!
Fanny prides hersefl on her no nonsense approach. Nice to hear from you Ape!
Fanny … wouldn’t a sauvignon blanc or an Italian Friscatti be better?
Show off! Me I’d go for a nice cheeky Blue Nun
I love these! They should be on a in a TV show!
We are in discussions with a very respectable cable channel Susie, all very hush hush at the moment ……
A possibly poisonous post, Japanese puffer fish a deliciously tempting dish I you like dicing with death, as Fanny obviously does, CS
She is on the edge is fanny. She once prepared a delish stir fry whilst bungee jumping. Had a certain earthy taste once they’d gathered it all up.
Obviously you’ve had more experience with poisonous fish than most, but I must suggest that you cut back on the herb reduction! I don’t think explosions are good for someone who suffers from flashbacks! Debra
As always a wise intervention Debra!
**The book of the tour “Pol’s Pots – Quick Snacks For The Workers” can still be found on Amazon.** — HA!
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