Sushi: The Culprit of the Urban Tapeworm Problem?

Posted by Alex in Food & Drinks, Medicine on June 14, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Before you eat that oh-so-delicious piece of salmon sashimi, consider this: sushi (as well as undercooked fish) may be contributing to the growing problem of urban tapeworm …

Once the bane of rural Japanese villagers, a paper in the June issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases reports on the spread of the the salmon tapeworm Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense. The parasite, which can reach lengths of 39 feet (12 meters), has been steadily increasing its global distribution and prevalence – mostly among yuppies with a hankering for sashimi and ceviche.

One hospital in Japan reported 14 cases last year, up from 3 cases in 2000. And starting in 2006, the tapeworm has been popping up for the first time in North America and Europe. Meanwhile, farm-raised salmon from South America have been plagued by a closely related tapeworm that normally infects perch and other freshwater fish.

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Eat Your Sushi Now, Tuna Will Be Wiped Out By 2012

Posted by Alex in Animal on April 17, 2009 at 1:34 pm


Tunas at the Tsukiji Fish Market. Photo: Fisherman (Wikipedia)

Psst! Love your tuna sashimi? Well, eat up because they may not be around much longer. The World Wildlife Fund has a dire report saying that unless current fishing practices are changed, tunas will be wiped out by 2012:

The population can only be saved by a complete halt to fishing in May and June, when the fish swim to the Mediterranean to spawn, the WWF says. The call comes as the two month tuna fishing season begins.

‘Bluefin tuna is collapsing as we speak and yet the fishery will kick off for business as usual,’ said Sergi Tudela, of WWF. ‘It is absurd and inexcusable to open a fishing season when stocks of the target species are collapsing.’

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Lost In A Sushi Moment

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks, Travel & Places, Video Clips on February 8, 2009 at 12:57 am


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The effect of sending the camera around a Tokyo sushi restaurant via the conveyor, coupled with the music on this video, is quite a beautiful thing.

Dennis Wheatley and Stefan McClean were sitting in a Tokyo sushi bar when they had an idea to make this impromptu film:

"We were sitting in this sushi bar pondering how best to set up a camera to film things all by itself whilst we were in Tokyo.
Take our hands out of the equation… let the camera have its own journey.

What we loved about watching this film back was the space that the
camera was able to enter.. extremely personal and scrutinising but not
too lingering."

The music is titled "Lost in a Moment" by Shrift.


From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Jake.

 
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Fun With Sushi

Posted by Stacy in Flash Games, Food & Drinks on December 24, 2008 at 8:34 am

C’mon… like you’re getting any “work” done right now. Christmas Eve must be the most unproductive day on the job all year. Anyway, if you’re just counting down til you get to go home, kill a little time with this sushi game. You learn how to make different types of sushi, then you have to serve customers and order more ingredients when your stock runs low. It starts off slow, but it really picks up. Before you know it, an hour has gone by. Or maybe that’s just me.

Link: Sushi Go Round
Photo via Wikipedia user Nesnad.

 
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