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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.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Sounds similar to people trying to get me into alcohol, never liked it much, but everyone always keeps pushing it as if I need to "learn" to drink it.

Fucking no. It's disgusting. I like my occasional light alcohol drink but I ain't chug down litres and piss it, and my money, away because it's "cool".

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I'm fine with some alcohol, but some people are like that specifically with beer with me.

I just don't care for it. I keep getting the "you just haven't had the right kind of beer!" line and then I try their suggested beer and I do not like it.

Some people can't accept that you just don't like the taste of something they enjoy. But it happens in weird ways. No one tells me I just haven't had the right banana yet when I tell them I don't like bananas.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Never had a beer thats done a thing for me. Ciders on the other hand...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Love that shit, just wish it weren't so expensive. It basically costs as much as wine, although TBF it has the same alcohol content. My favorite was the framboise (raspberry) until I tried the peche (peach).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Belgian beers in general can be so lovely. Of the three big brewing traditions, the Belgians seem to have the most variations. The Germans with their lagers and hefes, and the Brits with their various ales are both very strict with regard to rules for ingredients and methods. The Belgians, however, went crazy with their ingredients and adjuncts and methods. They are also the culture whose monasteries make some of the best beers in the world, the Trappist ales. Those are pretty tightly regulated, but so are any other culturally significant historical products like Parmigano Reggiano…

One of the best beers I’ve ever had, bar none, was a saison I brewed myself from an extract kit I got from Northern Brewer. It was amazing. It was unlike any beer I’d ever had before. It was malty, slightly hoppy, and I used some coriander seed during the boil. Absolutely lovely.

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