The Killer Blowfish... ahem.

Of course the Japanese eat weird things like blowfish testicles... what could be weirder than that?

DEADLY BLOWFISH TESTICLES! From The Guardian:

Seven diners in northern Japan fell ill and three were still in hospital today after eating blowfish testicles prepared in a restaurant not authorised to serve the poisonous delicacy.

The owner of the restaurant in Tsuruoka city, who is also the chef, had no licence to serve blowfish and was being questioned on suspicion of professional negligence, police official Yoshihito Iwase said.

Iwase said the seven men ordered sashimi and grilled blowfish testicles at the restaurant last night.

Comments

[Nessie]

The testes have the tetradotoxin. You're not supposed to eat that part, just the rest. The delicacy in the first sentence is the blowfish (fugu) not it's testes.