# How would I know my belancan was off?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 18, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-know-my-belancan-was-off/396428 "2007-03-18T13:50:33Z")\
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Isn’t this part of the plot of a Poirot story? Bad prawn paste?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
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Why yes it is. I think they called it shrimp paste.

First time I read the name/thing “apomorphine” was in that book.

_Sad Cypress._

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