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I know some fishing vessels have onboard freezers to keep fish fresh. These things must be big and eat a lot of energy. Plus, fish is then frozen, not fresh. No sushi potential.
I propose that vessels instead of onboard irradiators. All fish would be cleaned, radiated then wrapped. Radiation
would allow sushi grade and other fresh fish to stay fresh. It would also kill any parasites, so all grades of fish could be eaten raw without fear of sickness.
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[+], but: _Would_ it kill the parasites? Cells are vulnerable
to radiation in proportion to how rapidly they divide. That
should make bacteria vulnerable, but parasites might be at a
stage of their life cycle (egg e.g.) where they weren't
mitosing very much. |
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Possible problems: irradiation equipment tends to be big
and heavy (ie, lots of lead shielding), and most people
probably don't want to risk a powerful radiation source
winding up on the seabed. Also, you'd want to irradiate
*after* wrapping (sealing) - irradiation won't stop new
bacteria getting in and proliferating. |
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Wouldn't it kill the fish? No self-respecting sushi chef is going to work with fish that aren't still moving before he starts his work... |
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I very much like the electrification addon. Radiated fish would be for sushi cheves without self-respect, and ordinary citizens who would eat fish but are too lazy to cook and too fearful of cooties. |
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[bigsleep]//dancing sushi karaoke bar// Oh you *must* post
that. |
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I'm very happy to see not one post of somebody
complaining about the possibility of "radioactive
fish". |
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People are dying because of the ignorance
bordering on superstition regarding food
irradiation. Maybe it needs a good public image
overhaul, like when they changed the name of
death insurance to "life insurance". |
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Maybe just call it "electromagnetic food cleaning"
or something. [+] |
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//Maybe just call it "electromagnetic food cleaning" //
"This food has been picowaved" |
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OOOOOHHH theres a plan, lets outfit every crappy fishing boat in the fleet with a radiactive source that way when they sink to the bottom of the ocean we can irradiate the fish before we catch them.... |
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//sink to the bottom of the ocean// <Grytpype-Thynne>
Best place for it, what? </HG-T> That would be
bad, I suppose, unless it happened to be a subduction zone -
- but I'd worry more about theft. |
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