On May 20, 2:20 pm, Mack A. Damia > wrote:

> I saved your recipe cuz I 'm going to try it; we have a huge fish
> market in Ensenada.
>
> Doesn't freezing wee-beasties just put them into a state of suspended
> animation? And as soon as you pop them in your warm mouth.......
>
> Intense heat kills them, not cold, me thinks. I could be wrong.
> --
> mad

Cold kills them too. It's a time-temperature deal. Really really
cold for a short time or home-freezer-cold for a week or two, from
what I've read.

And if the cold doesn't kill 'em, the salt will. After all, people
have been using salt to preserve food (i.e. keeping the wee beasties
at bay!) for thousands of years.

If you're feeling really adventuresome, try some hákarl sometime. And
be sure to wash it down with some brennivin.

--
Silvar Beitel

On Wed, 20 May 2009 12:28:54 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

>On May 20, 2:20 pm, Mack A. Damia > wrote:
>
>> I saved your recipe cuz I 'm going to try it; we have a huge fish
>> market in Ensenada.
>>
>> Doesn't freezing wee-beasties just put them into a state of suspended
>> animation? And as soon as you pop them in your warm mouth.......
>>
>> Intense heat kills them, not cold, me thinks. I could be wrong.
>> --
>> mad
>
>Cold kills them too. It's a time-temperature deal. Really really
>cold for a short time or home-freezer-cold for a week or two, from
>what I've read.
>
>And if the cold doesn't kill 'em, the salt will. After all, people
>have been using salt to preserve food (i.e. keeping the wee beasties
>at bay!) for thousands of years.
>
>If you're feeling really adventuresome, try some hákarl sometime. And
>be sure to wash it down with some brennivin.

The booze sounds good - maybe similar to flavored vodka; I'll pass on
the putrified sharks meat, thenks very much.
--
mad