BETONG (Bernama): Mention puffer fish, and thorns and poison come to mind. The people who cook puffer fish know how to remove the toxin, which is said to be 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. Puffer fish eggs are also delicious. Fresh yellow puffer fish goes for RM10 per kg, dried puffer fish at RM10 for three fish while the yellow puffer fish eggs cost RM40 per kg, he said. “When the puffer fish enters Batang Saribas, fishermen snare the fish with a net fastened in the middle of the river.

Source: The Star December 30, 2018 08:03 UTC