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.

  • Destide
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    322 months ago

    I always wonder how many times did we try this until we found the edible bit

    • @CyanFen
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      202 months ago

      It’s mostly all edible, it’s about not rupturing the glands that are toxic