# What in the hell is that stinky fish for in the column about coffee pitch?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [November 4, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988 "2004-11-04T16:15:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/1 "2004-11-04T16:15:50Z")
In the latest [Straight Dope Classic](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_101b.html) Slug’s illustration has a man listening to his coffee cup - and a woman licking a stinky, worm-infested fish. Color me confused. Did the original column have an answer to a second question concerning delicious rotting fish? Sua ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/2 "2004-11-04T16:37:51Z")
A bit of a hijack, but it’s on teh same column. Could the change in pitch of the coffee cup being stuck by the spoon be due to the cup heating up from the coffee? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/3 "2004-11-04T18:21:58Z")
Got it, it’s [sushi](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_060.html). ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/4 "2004-11-04T21:38:41Z")
Mystery explained. Thanks! Sua ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/5 "2004-11-04T21:43:56Z")
Mystery explained. Thanks! Sua ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/6 "2004-11-05T00:07:06Z")
Speaking of sushi, at least one Canadian province plans to ban sushi that has not been first frozen for (I think) ten days for the very reason Cecil gives. Sushi fans are up in arms about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rev.Paddy\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Rev.Paddy\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rev.Paddy_D)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/7 "2004-11-05T00:55:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Got it, it’s [sushi](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_060.html). :smack: I remember the sushi column and I never even noticed the guy listening to his coffee or thought that was odd. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/8 "2004-11-06T13:31:20Z")
> [@John W. Kennedy](#): > > Speaking of sushi, at least one Canadian province plans to ban sushi that has not been first frozen for (I think) ten days for the very reason Cecil gives. Sushi fans are up in arms about it. 3 days, not ten. And any decent sushi place already does this… ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/9 "2004-11-06T15:30:05Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > 3 days, not ten. > > And any decent sushi place already does this… Not in the opinion of some, I gather. (Note: “All I know is what I read in the papers.”) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-that-stinky-fish-for-in-the-column-about-coffee-pitch/272988/10 "2004-11-06T17:57:01Z")
There are some Japanese delicacies (I suppose you’d call ‘em “sashimi”) where the pieces are sliced off the living fish – its’ clamped down on the table, and they slice off bits. That way, you know the sashimi is fresh.