1) When your wife (with the more sensitive sense of taste and smell) says that there is something wrong with the fish, and that it is making her mouth and throat tingle, listen to her….listen carefully.

2) When there is a slight tingle on the end of you tongue when eating the fish you made for supper, you should assume that there actually is something wrong with the fish (refer back to point 1). rather then carry on eating gung-ho.

3) Scrombroid poisoning is a type of food poisoning due to spoiled fish, in particular most local cases involve Cape yellowtail (hey, guess what we were eating…) This causes what looks like an allergic reaction with skin becoming hot red and blotchy, along with the other typical food poisoning symptoms.

About 1 hour after supper my head went red and I thought I was just flushed until Donné said, “I’ve never seen you looking like that before.” Okay, closer inspection….hmmm…my chest and arms are going red. It looks like I’ve developed the fastest sunburn ever, while inside. Okay, this is a bit worrying, time to refer to the source of all medical knowledge, Google. Donné turned up a useful article about poisonous marine animals which has a useful section on Scombroid poisoning, which fortunately said that there is nothing to worry about and it will pass in a few hours (which it did, helped along by some antihistamine as mentioned in the article).

And that is your fun fact for the day.

Eli and I share the spoils of the meringue mixing bowl