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From: ems@apple.UUCP (Mike Smith)
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Subject: Re: Sushi and Parasites
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Date: Thu, 20-Nov-86 20:26:02 EST
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In article <578@hp-sdd.HP.COM> andrea@hp-sdd.UUCP (Andrea K. Frankel) writes:
>In article <576@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes:
>>	Raw Mackerel accounted for 87% of the cases.
>
>Probably why my favorite sushi chef (commercial) marinates all mackerel
>before serving it.
>
>I have read that traditional chinese medicine considers both wasabi and
>ginger to be antihelminthic (i.e., kill off worms), which is why they
>are traditionally served with sushi.  Do you know of any basis in
>Western medicine for why this might be true?
>
And don't forget the Saki !!!!  Surely nothing could live through being
dredged in wasabi, wrapped in  ginger, and having a hot saki bath ! :-)


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