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How to make puffer fish, is it poisonous?
The harmful component of puffer fish is tetrodotoxin, which is a neurotoxin. People can die if they eat 0.5 mg -3 mg of dolphin poison. The liver, spleen, kidney, uterus and ovary, male testis, eyes, skin and blood of puffer fish are all harmful. Egg, uterus, ovary and liver are the most toxic, followed by kidney, blood, eyes and skin. Endotoxin is resistant to high temperature, and can not be destroyed at100℃ for 8 hours, but can be destroyed at 120℃ 1 hour, and can not be destroyed by salt, wind and sunlight.

How to eat puffer fish without toxicity?

Most puffer fish have spots on their bodies, and the spots are getting more and more poisonous. These puffer fish with obvious spots are inedible and poisonous. Choose the one with inconspicuous spots.

Solve the problem of puffer fish and remove its viscera (many people like to eat puffer fish liver because it is delicious, but dried puffer fish is the most ruthless, so it is recommended to remove it). After removing the internal organs, be sure to wash the gray and black things inside. Just flush a few more backwaters.

Common problems in eating puffer fish

Eating salmon and puffer fish together is life-threatening. If puffer fish avoid incense ashes when eating, they will die of poisoning.

Generally speaking, the head, skin, eyes, blood and internal organs (especially uterus, ovary and liver) of fresh puffer fish contain toxic substances, which are called tetrodotoxin and belong to the toxic category. The lethal dose of tetrodotoxin to adults is 300 mg. The puffer fish that has been dead for a long time must not be eaten, because the endotoxin in the viscera will slowly penetrate into the muscles. Some puffer fish are harmful not only to internal organs, but also to muscles. This endotoxin cannot be removed by ordinary cooking methods. It is best not to cook and eat puffer fish by yourself. Relatively speaking, it is safer to eat puffer fish in reliable hotel restaurants, because some restaurants will hire old masters who kill puffer fish at high prices to solve puffer fish professionally.