When I ate and drink too much (with inflated belly) my mother often called me ‘Bannkocho’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk26/4682257645/ The one with bigger belly may also be called as ‘bannkocho’ During ‘raponn’ time, plenty of such fish seen on the shore as no one eats such fish. However, I do remember some Kunnbi Gauddi community collecting/eating the same.
Only recently, I heard some saying this fish is poisonous one and that two UP lads died recently eating the same in Goa. This fish inflates it belly like a balloon , by upto twice of it size and hence bannkocho Pronounce – Bann as in arrow (Bow and arrow) or Bann-ale (Benaulim) and kocho as in ‘Mocho’ (Shoe) Replace M with K. Extra: Some kunnbi community even eat rats. e.g. If Coconut plucker (Paddekar) catches a rat dead or alive, the landlord rewarded him with a extra coconut of his choice plus ’keep the rat’ Believe me or not, I too ate ‘kol-undrachi xacuti’ along with my friends. We were told it was ‘Kansovachi Xacuti’. It was delicious. We ate it not in a restaurant but in own house. [email protected] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
