Thai man knocks himself out with too much wasabi! Let that be a lesson for you all!

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: The power of Wasabi!

 

CCTV posted on Facebook showed the moment that a Thai man having his lunch was knocked out by......

 

Wasabi!

 

The incident made the national Thai news. 

 

Yes, the man keeled over backwards and had to be helped to recover his senses by his wife and the owner of the restaurant after putting too much of the fiery Japanese horseradish on his salmon sushi.

 

An original post spoke of "being here one minute and gone the next".

 

Daily News and the diner were full of expressions about "the power of wasabi".

 

A flood of comments followed on the Facebook page as Japanese food and wasabi is known to many Thais. 

 

The near victim said he was fine now after he was unconscious for a few seconds as the "wasabi went right up into his brain".

 

He warned others to go easy on it. 

 

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[RandiRona]

May be he took it for Kratom!!!

 

[norfolkandchance]

Beats Coleman’s.

[toofarnorth]

I have one of those yellow squeezy things of French's American mustard , very bland , so I put a teaspoon of wasabi in it , it got all shook up and now is like Colemans proper mustard. Not sure what salmon sushi is but salmon is not something that needs wasabi added to it innit.

[SAFETY FIRST]

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

the man keeled over backwards and had to be helped to recover his senses

Unreal, should be an added scene in all Thai soap opera's. 

 

The making of a great Thai soap opera....... sexual dramas, a Lady Boy, a Ghost and now a Wasabi eating incident

[WHansen]

Watching my girlfriend try wassabi for the first time was very amusing, akin to her watching me bite and chew half a red chilli for the first time.

My pain lasted a lot longer though ????

[hotchilli]

A new twist on the "Heimlich maneuver"

[swm59nj]

Maybe this will start a new trend 

[BostonRob2]

Wasabi is one of the greatest tatstes known to mankind. In moderation!

 

Rooster

[tonray]

Nonsense...wasabi just likely triggered some underlying health condition.

[PETERTHEEATER]

14 minutes ago, tonray said:

Nonsense...wasabi just likely triggered some underlying health condition.

That would be the fissure between his mouth and the interior of his skull which allowed "wasabi went right up into his brain".....????

[1FinickyOne]

20 minutes ago, tonray said:

Nonsense...wasabi just likely triggered some underlying health condition.

sure, like a wasabi allergy...

 

I put on the tiniest amount possible and it feels like my sinuses are literally being subject to an acid attack... a normal amount might kill me... 

[The Hammer2021]

7 hours ago, norfolkandchance said:

Beats Coleman’s.

It does

[Burma Bill]

1 hour ago, BostonRob2 said:

greatest tatstes known to mankind.

 

19 minutes ago, tonray said:

Nonsense...wasabi just likely triggered some underlying health condition.

With the greatest respect, I entirely disagree. On a visit to Bangkok many years ago, a group of guests including myself, went for  a meal in a Japanese sushi restaurant - a first for me. It was also to be my last as I, like the gentleman above, also choked on wasabi. The experience was very traumatic with tears rolling down my face and coughing violently. I had to rush to the toilet and spent time throwing up whilst trying to breath air! I eventually left the guests and sat outside with a beer gathering my wits. I have never eaten such Japanese cr.p since!

[Misterwhisper]

Luckily, he didn't have a spoonful of the plaa ra.

[herfiehandbag]

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

A new twist on the "Heimlich maneuver"

The lady in the black tee shirt (presumably the food stall owner) seems to be suggesting just that. 

 

It is quite good to know that knowledge of it is around even at a rural roadside "restaurant".

 

I actually teach it to P6 as an"interest" lesson along with CPR and mouth to mouth, and the "4 Bs": breathing, bleeding, breaks and burns. The children get to practice English in roleplay and learn some practical ( maybe one day lifesaving) skills..

 

 

[Virt]

At least he didn't try to snort it like Steve O.

[rondee]

I like Wasabi. ( very powerful horseradish ) but you do need to be economic with it. 

 

[Harveyboy]

On 2/15/2022 at 10:30 AM, norfolkandchance said:

Beats Coleman’s.

i loved Colman's in the 80s  had strength..not now pi## poor 

[Dust]

I can't eat horseradish therefore I also can't the stomach the fake wasabi made from it.  However in Japan I had real and expensive wasabi  and now I can at least understand why some people enjoy it.   

[Damrongsak]

Real Wasabi is very expensive, as it is difficult to cultivate.  Horseradish and mustard seeds are cheap.  Here's the ingredients for S&B Wasabi powder from Japan:

 

 

 

[Hawaiian]

S&B does sell "real" wasabi which costs three times more than the "imitation" wasabi.  One of my neighbors grows wasabi and sells both potted plants and fresh wasabi.

[moogradod]

46 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

S&B does sell "real" wasabi which costs three times more than the "imitation" wasabi.  One of my neighbors grows wasabi and sells both potted plants and fresh wasabi.

The real wasabi (Hon-Wasabi) grows exclusively in fresh water mountain streams in Japan. Thats why it is so so very rare and expensive. There is a variety that can be grown in a pot and in selected countries (the plant needs a certain temperature range throughout its life), but thats second choice and not the real REAL Wasabi.

 

We use as well S&B Wasabi Powder which we make into a paste by adding water. But this is not the real thing. What is available already in paste form should be avoided in my opinion.

Edited February 17, 2022 by moogradod

[arithai12]

On 2/15/2022 at 10:36 AM, toofarnorth said:

I have one of those yellow squeezy things of French's American mustard , very bland , so I put a teaspoon of wasabi in it , it got all shook up and now is like Colemans proper mustard. Not sure what salmon sushi is but salmon is not something that needs wasabi added to it innit.

salmon sushi (or sashimi) has raw fish, and wasabi is a must along with soy sauce.

On the other hand, 100+ million Japanese and yours sincerely live happily without any clue of what is Coleman proper mustard.

 

[Hawaiian]

22 hours ago, moogradod said:

The real wasabi (Hon-Wasabi) grows exclusively in fresh water mountain streams in Japan. Thats why it is so so very rare and expensive. There is a variety that can be grown in a pot and in selected countries (the plant needs a certain temperature range throughout its life), but thats second choice and not the real REAL Wasabi.

 

We use as well S&B Wasabi Powder which we make into a paste by adding water. But this is not the real thing. What is available already in paste form should be avoided in my opinion.

Wasabi may be grown commercially exclusively in Japan, but is also grown on a small scale in Hawaii.  I live in the Volcano area on the island of Hawaii at 4,000 ft. elevation where winter time temperatures can drop into the 40s F.  The guy raising the wasabia japonica is also a commercial vegetable farmer.  His wasabi plants are watered 4 times a day and he has harvested mature plants.  He got the original plants from another Japanese farmer who imported them from Japan.

The first ingredient listed on a tube of PREMIUM S&B Wasabi Paste is wasabi.  It sells for 3 to four times the price of the colored horseradish.  As for preference, it depends on how much you want to spend. 

[Hawaiian]

29 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Wasabi may be grown commercially exclusively in Japan, but is also grown on a small scale in Hawaii.  I live in the Volcano area on the island of Hawaii at 4,000 ft. elevation where winter time temperatures can drop into the 40s F.  The guy raising the wasabia japonica is also a commercial vegetable farmer.  His wasabi plants are watered 4 times a day and he has harvested mature plants.  He got the original plants from another Japanese farmer who imported them from Japan.

The first ingredient listed on a tube of PREMIUM S&B Wasabi Paste is wasabi.  It sells for 3 to four times the price of the colored horseradish.  As for preference, it depends on how much you want to spend. 

Saw this just now.  Oregon Coast Wasabi, the largest wasabi farm in the U.S.  By the way, my neighbor buys wasabi tissue cultures from a Vancouver company every 2 to three years.

[Moonlover]

On 2/15/2022 at 6:21 PM, 1FinickyOne said:

sure, like a wasabi allergy...

 

I put on the tiniest amount possible and it feels like my sinuses are literally being subject to an acid attack... a normal amount might kill me... 

A tiny amount is the normal amount! That's why you only get a very small serving.

[Moonlover]

On 2/15/2022 at 10:36 AM, toofarnorth said:

Not sure what salmon sushi is but salmon is not something that needs wasabi added to it innit.

What! Salmon sushi without wasabi? You have to be kidding.