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   DD> Demonstrating, once again, the eficacy of the 1st Amendment. I'd almost   
   DD> raxxxther travel to one of the 'Stans over in commie land for ...   
   DD>       Title: Karta   
      
   I think you have the ultimate regrettable recipe there.  Right up there   
   with deadly raw eel.   
      
      
      
   John Creger was the executive chef and owner of the now-closed Baltimore,   
   Maryland restaurant Fuisine. Thanks to his extensive background in the food   
   industry, Creger became a contestant on the Food Network show "Chopped,"   
   wherein four chefs compete against one another for victory. Unfortunately,   
   when Creger appeared on the show's special Halloween episode, he committed   
   perhaps the biggest possible cooking faux pas by offering the judges a   
   deadly ingredient.   
      
   Creger took the episode's spooky Halloween theme a bit too far when he   
   served the judges a potentially poisonous appetizer. Host Ted Allen warned   
   the chefs about one of the required ingredients, eel blood. As Allen   
   explained, raw eel blood is toxic to humans and must be fully cooked in   
   order to be edible. In a decision he most surely regretted later on,   
   Cregar told the camera that he doesn't like to play it safe and that he   
   wanted to give the judges a new experience.   
      
   Understandably, the judges weren't interested in this new experience;   
   according to an archived article from Boston.com, even a small amount of   
   raw eel  blood can make your heart cramp up, which is never a good thing.   
   None of the judges tried Creger's dangerous eel, and the chef was   
   "chopped" in the appetizer round.   
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