Have you ever thought that there is a fish that is considered edible, and not conditionally edible, but completely edible, but it is absolutely impossible to eat it?
And I'm not talking about the fact that mercury accumulates in the meat of this fish - to be honest, mercury is such a trifle in our world, if we analyze what we inhale, then the chemicals eaten will seem like a drop in sea.
And I'm not talking about parasites this time, although parasites, for example, strain me more than the excessive content of mercury in fish. If only because the thought is unpleasant for me - I eat fish, and someone already lives in it.
I'm talking about the substances in fish that nature has already laid in it.
Don't you understand what I'm talking about?
Ok, ok, I'll tell you a story. Somehow (many years ago) my wife chose a piece of fish in the store herself, cooked it herself and, honestly, I feel so bad before that, if it was when, I don't remember. The wife, too, was not happy with the delicious fish. It's good that the child didn't eat ...
Because this fish must be supplied to the kitchens of enemy armies. Immediately, the entire personnel will be out of action. True, there will be a sharp shortage of toilets ...
I thought - maybe, what is the individual reaction? Or was the fish that... stale? Although my spouse treats the freshness of products even more anxiously than I do, he will sniff and examine everything, only a hint of "darling" - and the product will not touch.
The fish was called... "oil". Otherwise, the name is ruvetta.
A beautiful white fish, practically without bones, oily. It looks especially good when smoked. And the aroma from her - on the floor of a small shop, if not the whole, diverges.
The structure of its meat is also very attractive - it is not for nothing that oil fish is called "white tuna".
I still salivate when I see her, but... I don't. Mindful of that incident.
After all, it was not an "individual" reaction.
Ruvette meat contains the substance gempilotoxin, which is indigestible by our stomachs, a wax ester that gives fish a delicious buttery taste, but also causes digestive problems.
One or two small pieces will still be tolerated by the body (maybe), but the third is able to lock you in the toilet for the whole day. The dose is different for everyone, but it tends to minus amounts - here it is, for it. I asked my acquaintances - many felt sick from the slice!
So be careful.