If Food is a Game of Dice with Death

Some people may think they are the guests of adventure, they love things like bull testicles, and cockroaches eat live baby octopus chocolate. And while it is certainly exotic, they do not come with a warning of death. Fugu can, secondly, that kill the most popular Japanese dishes, with a single bite.
Fugu fish, or pump is a Japanese food, but also contains lethal amounts of tetrodotoxin, a deadly poison that paralyzes the muscles and leads to death choke you while you stay on purpose. Paradoxically, the toxin is precisely what makes the dish very popular. In small doses of tetrodotoxin is not fatal, but provides an adrenaline rush and a pleasant numbness of the lips and tongue. But before you deliver tingling in your language, you should know that there is also the first sign of overdose.
In Japan, there is an element of virtue in eating Fugu, it is like laughing in the face of danger, but it is closer to the honor in its production. sell only licensed fugu chefs and the restaurants. The granting of a license is not as simple as standing in a queue at a state agency, it includes a course of 2-3 years and a review process in three stages. The first is a written test followed by a review of identification of fish. Finally, a practical test, in which students must prepare and eat their fish. Only a third of students across the three tests, most do the practical test. some failures cause death, but when the inspectors are required to notify students when they made a mistake.
According to Wikipedia, and the Tokyo office of Social Welfare and Health, very few people are really fugu poisoning each year, and even fewer incidents are fatal. Due to strict requirements governing the preparation of fugu to the public, there was only one restaurant within poisoning 1993-2006. Most incidents are the result of unskilled and inexperienced fishermen eat what they catch.
Contrary to what one might expect from such a deadly meal, according to Matthew Firestone, it is rather bland, especially compared fishier fish like salmon and tuna. It seems much of its appeal lies in its structure and presentation.
The presentation, which otherwise deserves a separate paragraph. Maybe it is a symbol of Japanese philosophy, or maybe it’s just a bad mood, but Fugu is often presented on chrysanthemum plates fine texture. In Japan, chrysanthemums are the dead.