Comments on: Avoid Raw Pacific NW Shellfish

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Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:28:26 +0000

[...] delivered as the marinade of a dollop of caviar on top of each oyster. First oysters I have had since I became a statistic last year. Good way to get back on the wagon. Damned [...]

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:30:50 +0000

Ha.. that’s my general rule when someone tries to get me to eat something weird, I say, “you first.” But there are a few things that I just won’t eat, like fugu and raw beef sashimi.

By: bbum

bbum — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:33:41 +0000

Yeah — NSP sounds like some seriously messed up stuff. The potentially permanent short term memory loss sounds particularly nasty.

I have an iron gut, too, but even an iron gut will fall to the likes of Pv or some of the other strange crap that blooms during out-of-kilter weather (like the heat along the west coast). I’m quite firmly in the “I’ll try it if someone makes a regular meal out of it” camp.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:28:07 +0000

Interesting. Most of the web info I found is biochemical research that is way over my head. When I first heard about NSP, they mentioned a research center you were supposed to contact if you got it, as it is so rare that they wanted to do research on every case, they’d pay for your medical care if you’d volunteer to be a research subject. But alas I don’t remember who you were supposed to contact.

Well, in any case, I’m just glad I have an iron stomach, you’d freak if you saw some of the strange seafood I’ve eaten, and I’ve never had any problems.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:02:17 +0000

Charles - it's called "Neurologic Shellfish Poisoning" - there's some info on it here

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:58:02 +0000

I heard about a really weird type of shellfish food poisoning, it sounded so interesting that I always sort of wished I’d get it. It has the bizarre side-effect of temporarily reversing your sensations of hot and cold. You can touch an ice cube and it feels like you are touching a flame, and vice versa. Weird. I wish I could remember the name of this particular malady.