"Yves T." wrote in message ...
Dear all,

last week the fish department in one of the larger supermarkets had a real huge red tunafish (about 2 meters long!) and next to it, there was a product unknown to me. The salesperson told me it was actually the liver from that giant tuna and argued that it had simply to be pan-fried with some parsley and garlic ("une petite persillade").

As both my wife and I love tuna and (calves!) liver and as we are always into culinary adventures, I bought some, and I have to admit that the taste and texture were absolutely superb: tender, juicy, with only a slight bitter touch... almost foie gras like...

The bad news: we woke up the next morning and were sick (skin rash, headaches plus a few others symptoms you can easily imagine...).

As I am convinced that the liver was fresh, I am intrigued by the following question: could it possibly be that tuna liver is not meant to be consumed by humans... as the only references in google refer to it as being used for... cat food?

If anyone has a clou, please let me know...

Best regards

Yves

PS: no, we won't have pedigree pal for dinner tonight

As liver is the 'Garbage Filter' in any creature's body...I'd suspect that you got one that was doing a good job. The rash sounds like 'chloracne' & the other symptoms are in line with a dose of industrial toxins.... PCBs or some form of covalent chlorine. I'm no expert & There may be a chemist or two on this NG who can give you a more accurate assesment... hope you are feeling better... If you are worried about toxic build up, a little activated charcoal & some high fiber food suppliments can help clean you out.

Cheers
Mathew