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Yeah, like why would anyone want to revive toxic potatoes.

• serf 2y ago
  because it's a unique taste , a unique method, and a cultural significance for some people -- no one is forcing you to eat it. Why would anyone eat fugu or collect wild mushrooms? It's fun and interesting. That's why. Danger be damned.
  • hansvm 2y ago
    The danger is part of the appeal. When somebody gives you a mushroom called "the sickener," which is apparently edible with an appropriate combination of brining, fermentation, soaking, rinsing, and boiling, it's a little hard to resist the temptation to prove everyone else wrong and turn it into a tasty treat.
    • msrenee 2y ago
      Brings fugu to mind. I wish I could get a scientific answer to whether there's actually a high associated with it or if that's just in people's heads.
  • Alex3917 2y ago
    > Why would anyone eat fugu or collect wild mushrooms? I can't speak to fugu, but collecting wild mushrooms is statistically one of the safest hobbies in existence.
    • nimish 2y ago
      It's the eating that's the real challenge