On 12 June 2010 08:51, JoeGoaUk <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
RESPONSE: Puffer fish, deadly but a rare delicacy for the Japanese called Fugu; please read following:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
