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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsChef stopped at Los Angeles airport with 40 frozen piranhas
A famous South American chef says he was stopped as he brought 40 piranhas in a duffel bag through Los Angeles International Airport.
Virgilio Martinez, chef-owner of "Central" restaurant in Peru, tells the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday that he hoped to serve the predatory, sharp-toothed fish during an LA food festival.
Martinez was featured in the third season of the Netflix show "Chef's Table." He says customs agents pulled him into an interrogation room last week when they found the cache of frozen, vacuum-sealed piranhas.
After five hours, the agents let Martinez through with the fish. He used them that night on a salad. The newspaper says the following night he dried the piranha skins and served them inside the piranha heads.
https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Chef-stopped-at-Los-Angeles-airport-with-40-13830615.php
Anon-C
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jmowreader
(50,562 posts)If you are A Famous Chef...
...and you are harboring 40 frozen piranhas you intend to serve to people...
WHY in hell would you put them in a duffel bag and not a cooler? I'm seeing all sorts of food safety issues here, folks, not to mention the issues regarding undeclared food for human consumption.
DFW
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