The New York Times is reporting that most of the world's sushi -- even in Japan and Manhattan and L.A. -- is made from previously frozen fish. So next time a friend of yours says they know a sushi place with "the freshest" fish, you just walk right in and ask if their fish has ever been frozen. If the answer is no, well, they've violated FDA regulations, and you can report them to the local board of health, embarrasing your friend in the process.

Stupid FDA with its stupid rules. They won't let us eat fresh raw fish, they won't let us eat young raw-milk cheeses, they won't let us drink real Absinthe. I swear one of these days I'm just going to move to a farm and eat only what I've made myself. Stock a pond with fish, raise hogs and sheep and chickens and maybe a cow or two, plant my own vegetables and fruit trees, build a smoke house and a pot still. And I'll open up a big farmstand where you can come and get all the things the FDA doesn't want you to have. Let the feds try to stop me; I'll go Waco on their ass. Someone has to draw a line somewhere.