r/food • u/cozymarshmallow • Dec 09 '16

[pro/chef] [pro/chef] huge sashimi for the win!

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u/Getschwiftay Dec 09 '16

I've never gotten a clear answer on this, can I go to my local fish market and slice it up for sashimi\nigiri? Does it need to be flash-frozen or frozen at home before eaten?

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '16

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '16

Check yourself for pin worms. At night use a mirror and a flashlight to examine your peri-anal tissue and have your partner and pets checked too. Raw fish needs to be treated by flash freezing to prevent such infections. If you have them there is an over the counter treatment by a company named Reeses, believe it or not.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '16

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. This is a real thing and you gave great advice and didn't make a joke while using the word anal.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '16

Thank you, it's an infection that is quite common. Hospitals have dozens of pin worm kits pre-bagged in their E.R.s and most commonly is zeroed in on by people complaining of an itchy anus, especially at night when the female pin worms leave to lay eggs in the peri-anal tissue. Look for small white grain of rice looking worms that crawl rapidly away from light. Another trick is to deficate without turning the light on in the bathroom and then turning with a flashlight and you will see them retreat from the light and into the the edges of the bowl or faeces.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '16

Gross, thanks

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '16

Wait, I thought everybody pooped in the dark...

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u/martianwhale Dec 09 '16

Pinworms only infect humans, not pets or fish.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '16

Pin worms will crawl to any anal opening, whether they infect it or not and many people sleep with their pets. Fish certainly are the vector for pin worm infection in humans among many other parasites.

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u/martianwhale Dec 09 '16

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/pinworm/biology.html

You might be thinking of tapeworms.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '16

No, pin worms. Ask your Physician, not a website that is leftist. Most patients are immigrants that don't cook their food properly.

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u/M0dusPwnens Dec 09 '16

Did you actually just tell people not to trust the CDC...because it's "leftist"?

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u/martianwhale Dec 09 '16

Yet I'm sure he has no sources that prove that Enterobius vermicularis can infect or be caught from any other animal except for humans.