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Originally Posted by emamum23
yum.....goldfish......
are goldfish even edible?
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From Wiki
Although edible, goldfish are rarely eaten except in certain countries. A fad among
North American college students for many years was swallowing goldfish as a
stunt and as an initiation process for
fraternities. The first recorded instance was in 1939 at
Harvard University.
[22] The practice gradually fell out of popularity over the course of several decades and is now rare.
[22]
In the
Belgian city of
Geraardsbergen an annual festival is held where the
medieval tradition of swallowing a small fish swimming in a cup of
wine still survives. There have been a couple of court cases in the last decade but the tradition seems to survive nonetheless. The fish used is often a goldfish because of its size and price.[
citation needed]