Japan whaling ship returns after taking 25 fin whales in Sea of Okhotsk
Japan whaling ship returns after taking 25 fin whales in Sea of Okhotsk
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Japan whaling ship returns after taking 25 fin whales in Sea of Okhotsk
About 320 tons of fin whale meat were unloaded at Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture on Monday, with some 1.6 tons set to be transported to six markets across the country including Tokyo and Osaka as raw meat.
Japan’s so weird about whale meat. Supposedly, Japanese people don’t even like whale meat. It’s considered low class fare, and unpleasant. And yet they catch plenty. Anyone have an explanation beyond “cultural heritage of eating food they hate”?
Black market whale oil, for medicine or whatever. I think whale hunting traditions is far outdated imo. But don't touch local traditions of whale killing or else you'll get a bottle at your head. Fishers are sometimes lowkey pirates.
There are traditional cultures that hunt whales, like Inuit people. But they take one whale, not 25.
Japan is not hunting in a traditional way nor holding to what their ancestors did.
My grandfather (Japanese) asked over and over again for our family to take him to one of the few restaurants that still serve whale meat. He just wanted to eat it once more before he died (about 10 years ago). He grew up eating it all the time as he was part of a blue collar family and it was a cheap meat that everyone ate. He loved it and hadn’t had it in decades.
The family always refused and he never got to eat it again. I always felt bad for him; what Japan did in limiting whale meat consumption would be something like the US eliminating 99% of pork consumption in the matter of a few decades. Is it for the best? Absolutely. Still wish he was able to eat it one last time, though.
If you don't know anyone who likes it all y'all need to learn how to cook better.
I love asparagus, but understand why it's an acquired taste. I do think, though, that a lot of people who don't like it have just never had it cooked properly.
It's pretty good. But yeah, it makes your fluids smell terrible, so I don't make it for myself.