"when someone contacted Reulas to purchase a dish of her highly desired homemade ceviche."

Ceviche is made with raw fish. It's not cooked.

Getting it from a stranger is like buying sushi at a gas station Quik-Mart.

Getting it from a stranger is like buying sushi at a gas station Quik-Mart.

Because she wants to kill her customers. People who could only get government jobs must save us from her, because most people cooking at home kill people!

Stop being such a government-worshipping asshole; people get along fine without Big Stupid Government 99% of the time. This is well within being one of those times.

"Because she wants to kill her customers."

No more than the gas station Quik-Mart does. But would you buy your unregulated sushi there?

"people get along fine without Big Stupid Government 99% of the time."

Uh-huh. And if her customer got food poisoning and racked up an $80,000 hospital bill, who would pay it? WE WOULD you f**king condescending prick.

Yeah, keep the government out of our lives -- -- until we inevitably f**k up and insist on their helping us ... for free, of course.

Well excuse me if, as a taxpayer, I try to minimize my cost by implement a few basic rules and regulations.

No more than the gas station Quik-Mart does. But would you buy your unregulated sushi there?

Depends. Is there a sushi chef behind the counter?

Think twice before you answer; I owned a sushi bar for 14 years. The health department dumbshits were the usual clueless government buffoons when it came to anything beyond potato salad and cheeseburgers.

"Depends. Is there a sushi chef behind the counter?"

Sure. He makes a mean temaki and he will also change your oil.

"I owned a sushi bar for 14 years."

Then you know full well the dangers of serving raw fish. Geez Louise.

Ceviche is made with raw fish. It's not cooked.

Not where I live, it isn't. It's made with cooked fish, and/or cooked shrimp.

"Not where I live, it isn't. It's made with cooked fish, and/or cooked shrimp."

Ceviche is made with raw fish.

When my wife and I were in Belize, our guide took us out in a small boat. He brought with him a container with lime juice, some celery, onions, and bell pepper.

At lunch time he dove into the water and brought up some conch shells. He broke them open, diced everything, mixed it up, and we had the best ceviche ever.

Not cooked.

• Faces a Year in Jail for Participating in Facebook Food Group

No, she faces misdemeanor charges for operating an unregulated food business without a license.

• A single mother of six is now facing down the possibility of being kidnapped by the state and thrown in a cage

She faces misdeameanor charges in a court.

• in the ostensible land of the free, selling a food dish to a willing buyer is akin to rape

Selling improperly prepared raw fish can be deadly. Selling it as part of an unregulated business is unlawful and tax evasion.

ceviche a South American dish of marinated raw fish or seafood, typically garnished and served as an appetizer.

The Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition.

In its technical sense, ceviche refers to the method of preparation using an acidic marinade, and not to specific ingredients. So, in The New Professional Chef, 6th Ed., by the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) [the other CIA] at page 942-43, one finds "Ceviche" of Artichoke Hearts, Charred Tuna and Scallop Ceviche, and Ceviche of Snapper.

At page 942, the Culinary Institute of America comments: [no link, quoting from my copy of the book]

Ceviche is a dish made by marinating raw fish in a mixture of lime juice and seasonings. ... The fish for ceviche must be extremely fresh and handled with the utmost concern for food safety. Keep the fish as cold as possible and clean and sanitize work surfaces and knives thoroughly before and after use.

Specifically, on charred Tuna and Scallop Ceviche, the Culinary Institute of America comments, "Rub tuna steak with oil and sear in a hot, well-seasoned pan (it should resemble a steak cooked black and blue, still raw on the inside).

Some ceviche ingredients are seared, not cooked, and remain raw on the inside.

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/ceviche/

The first time I made ceviche, I was amazed. I could actually see the lemon and lime juice turning the color of the fish from translucent pink to opaque white.

The acid from the limes and lemons change the structure of the proteins in the fish, essentially “cooking” the fish without using heat.

• According to court documents, authorities squandered taxpayer dollars in an elaborate undercover sting operation to bust members of 209 Food Spot — because they did not pay the government the proper extortion fees, via permitting, to sell their food.

Jackass is invited to produce a court document that says what asshole says it does: that authorities squandered taxpayer dollars.

• Reulas, along with a dozen other entirely innocent community food traders, was targeted by authorities and charged with two misdemeanor crimes — operating a food facility and engaging in business without a permit — for trading homemade dishes.

Ruelas is guilty on the face of the evidence. The unlawful activity is admitted by asshole to have been committed.

Of course, asshole commits his usual linguistic abortion, "for trading homemade dishes." When selling a product for cold, hard cash, that does not fall under the general definition of trading homemade dishes, unless asshole believes that federal reserve notes are homemade dishes.

Not where I live, it isn't. It's made with cooked fish, and/or cooked shrimp.

Then it's not ceviche, any more than Taco Bell is Mexican food.

When my wife and I were in Belize, our guide took us out in a small boat. He brought with him a container with lime juice, some celery, onions, and bell pepper.

No health inspector? Didn't you assume you were going to die?
Outdoor food - yikes! Death on a stick.

Ceviche is made with raw fish.

Where I live, the people speak Spanish, and ceviche is cooked, and it is called ceviche. I've never heard of it being served raw but maybe in the coast or on a boat where it can be prepared immediately, maybe raw preparation works. But where I live, in commercial establishments that can't keep live seafood, it is cooked.

"No health inspector? Didn't you assume you were going to die?"

We watched as he made it fresh on the boat. We weren't concerned.

Unlike our last evening on Zanzibar when we decided to check out the local vendors who cooked the catch-of-the-day on the beach. Big mistake. There we both assumed we were going to die. Then we were afraid we weren't going to.