Jake wrote on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:00:17 +0100:

> "Frank103" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I was wondering what is the most expensive food you buy. The most I
>> pay is $16.99 for a pound of lump crab meat from
>> Costco. It's blue swimming crab from Indonesia distributed by
>> Philips Food. Great taste. I'm told that Sam's Club also
>> sells it.

> Mmm. The cost of food is really irrelevant when it comes to
> the best tasting food.
> Traditionally, the best food actually comes from the poorest regions
> throughout the world, who have a lot of traditional skills that have
> been learnt from many generations.

Like dissecting out the poisonous organs of fugu (puffer) fish in Japan.
A meal for one of fugu will set you back about $300. It turns out that
it is possible to produce non-poisonous fugu but the real aficionados
like the slight tingle of the poison (tetrodotoxin) left by the fugu
chef. It's one of those Japanese things with a seven-year apprenticeship
and lots of tests.

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