Fifth grader Karin Tabira passed a test that means she is now certified to slice and gut the poisonous fish for consumption.

A Japanese 10-year-old has become the youngest person authorized to prepare “fugu” pufferfish — a delicacy that can kill if its poisonous parts are not properly removed.

Fifth grader Karin Tabira passed a test this summer that means she is now certified to slice and gut the fish for consumption.

She recently used her new skills to serve a platter of paper-thin slices of fugu sashimi to the governor of southern Kumamoto region where she lives.

  • Drusas@fedia.io
    20·
    2 months ago

    I’ve had it. I didn’t go out of my way for it–it was served to me as something special.

    It doesn’t taste like much. It’s not bad by any means, but not very flavorful.

    • Frog@lemmy.caEnglish
      42·
      2 months ago

      So worse than like yellow tail.

      Yeah, I figured it.

      • Drusas@fedia.io
        2·
        2 months ago

        I wouldn’t say that. Sometimes a mild flavor is nice. And yellowtail is not special.