The Fish Thread

[Thormaturge]

Note essential beer supply. He's obviously getting the idea.

[Thormaturge]

[misskit]

[Thormaturge]

This is SO gross..



The Ying-Yang fish, also known as the dead-or-alive fish, involves taking a whole live carp and frying it while somehow keeping it alive so that it makes it to the plate cooked, but still breathing. This dish is the most controversial on our list because many condemn the practice as unnecessary cruelty. After hearing descriptions that once the fish is on the plate, a customer can enjoy its body meat while actually watching the fish open and close its mouth while gasping for air, we have to agree.

You might have a rough time finding a restaurant that will serve you this rare dish. It is banned from restaurants in Taiwan, though some unscrupulous eateries in China will still allow Ying-Yang fish to be part of their menu

[misskit]

My brother was taken to a business dinner in Tokyo where very expensive sushi is served. One of the dishes was a live fish, still gasping, with one side cut into sashimi. When he expressed his displeasure, the fish was taken away and brought back fried, but dead.

[CNF55]

[blue bar]

Large red carp.

[Thormaturge]

This is the aptly-named "black swallower" (Chiasmodon niger), a fish known for eating bony fish up to 10x its mass and 2x its length.

It's found worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters at a depth of 700-2,745 meters.

Most specimens of this fish have been collected after one attempted to swallow prey too large for it to handle, and the prey could not be digested before decomposition set it. The release of gases forces the black swallower to the surface.

This particular specimen was found washed up on the shore in 2007. The black swallower measures 19cm long. The fish in its stomach is a snake mackerel measuring 86 cm.

[Troy]

[Thormaturge]

[misskit]

[Chittychangchang]

[Troy]

[GRUMPY]

[misskit]

^ Vanishing fish?

[misskit]

[misskit]

[misskit]

[Troy]

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[Troy]

[CNF55]

[Thormaturge]

Inspired by Swissrobert, a new member:

[misskit]

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