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Posted: 12/17/2010 3:01:30 AM EDT
This is from a GreenPeace fundraising e-mail -
"Baby whales are more tender, so the crew keeps that meat for themselves. They are perfect for unesu (whale bacon)." This shocking witness testimony came from an ex-whaler at the trial of two Greenpeace Japan activists who were recently prosecuted in Tokyo for exposing corruption within Japan's supposedly "scientific" whaling program. Despite the overwhelming evidence brought forward at the trial, the Japanese whaling fleet is now steaming toward the Southern Ocean with plans to kill more baby whales for baby whale bacon. |
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Oh my GOD! Whale bacon? I'll give you $50 for a pound of applewood smoked baby whale bacon!!!! Where can I get it?????
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Baby seal bacon is even better, especially when its been club tenderized.
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You guys are sick. Everyone knows Whale Bacon needs real maple syrup and a plate of pancakes to make a meal.
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I admit I saw the thread title and thought, hmmm, that sounds pretty good. |
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This fundraiser might not turn out the way Greenpeace intended.
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Yeah but does CMMG sell it in a wicked cool tactical black can?
Oh and yum BTW. ETA: damn. Beat again. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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This thread is relevant to my-
Screw coyness: Where can I get some to try!?!?!? |
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I watched a show on the Tokyo fish market a while back, They showed a guy selling whale meat. It looked like an eye round roast, except it was a cube 12" on a side. I started salivating.
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I'm hearing lots of crying about 'research' baby whale bacon.
But not a peep about commercially caught, legal by international law, IWC hissy-fit inducing, delicious, Fin whale steak !?! This year, 148 fin whales were killed in Iceland and 125 in 2009 - www.icelandreview.com
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Nobody seems to get upset over the consumption of kittens and puppies in the Orient.
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D*mn, where do I sign up to become a fisherman aboard a Japanese whaler?
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Save the Whales! Free range Oceanic bacon ranching anyone? Dont y'all be russlin our whales ya dirty bastards! Bacon's worth fighting over and russlin baby whale bacon's a hangin offense round these parts.
ETA: And in before someone says "FUCK YOU DOLPHEEEEN!!!! FUCK YOU WHAAAAAAALEE!!!!!! |
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WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I made it in before our Local, Japanese-hating, Sea-Sheptard loving idiots!!!!!
There is a book from the 50's called "Of Whales and Men" most libraries still have it. Gives an account of "modern" whaling by a Doctor who went to sea with the fleet for a season. VERY interesting stuff, especially when he talks about them eating whale steaks, and how when the processed the "Fender" whales that had been alongside for a while, the heat from the quite savage Decomp literally cooked the whales from the inside out because the Blubebr layer was such an efficient insulator. |
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I'm hearing lots of crying about 'research' baby whale bacon. But not a peep about commercially caught, legal by international law, IWC hissy-fit inducing, delicious, Fin whale steak !?! http://i52.tinypic.com/2hi47si.jpg This year, 148 fin whales were killed in Iceland and 125 in 2009 - www.icelandreview.com
Cool butcher knife. |
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I heard Rush Limbaugh say (approximate quote here):
If you want to save the whales then make them a delicacy and people will start raising them on farms. Cows will never go extinct.
This might be the thing that saves whales from extinction. I wonder if humpback whale tastes different than blue whale? I wonder if baleen whales taste better than toothed whales? There is so much research to be done on this topic. I'm off to apply for federal research grants!! |
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Dear GreenPeace:
Most normal people like to fish, or at least are in favor of fishing. Most normal people like bacon, or at least are in favor of bacon. Your strategy, then, is a poor one. |
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I love seafood- but we still need to monitor in some way how much whale is harvested- just like in any other hunting arena.... Outside them being good to eat- I think the ocean wouldn't be the same without them...
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I actually wouldn't eat it... please don't mistake this for shitting in anyone's cereal bowl but there's just some animals I don't think of as food. Mostly things that are at the top of the food chain when we aren't considered...
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Cool butcher knife. Is that a flensing blade? I've read about them in whaling novels but never seen one close up. As for whale bacon, I didn't know such a thing existed. I was just in Tokyo for Thanksgiving 2009 ... next time I'm back, I'll look for some. |
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Whale meat fucking sucks. Anyone else here try it besides me? It's basically a big piece of blubber with bits of tough, oily meat mixed in.
One of my hobbies is tasting unusual foods and whale meat was one of the worst things I have ever tried. I doubt there is much of a market for it, even in Japan. ETA: Although I'm willing to entertain the possibility that I just got a bad cut. |
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Whale meat fucking sucks. Anyone else here try it besides me? It's basically a big piece of blubber with bits of tough, oily meat mixed in. One of my hobbies is tasting unusual foods and whale meat was one of the worst things I have ever tried. I doubt there is much of a market for it, even in Japan. ETA: Although I'm willing to entertain the possibility that I just got a bad cut. Honestly i think you got a bad cut, although from what i remember the meat CAN be oily. IIRC the preferred method was to take a largeish chunk of meat (not Blubber) and let it age. it would get all crusty and nasty on the outside, but once you cut away the nasty you'd have a couple of pounds of very lean, clean, beef-like meat. Like anything else it's all i nthe prep. |
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I will have to withold judgment until I have an opportunity to sample baby whale bacon.
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I'm suprised there aren't sea farmers who raise domestic whales for meat. The beef and pork industries would probably keep them out of the US market though.
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This fundraiser might not turn out the way Greenpeace intended. I've never heard of it, but will keep an eye out for it now. Sounds delish. |
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I'm suprised there aren't sea farmers who raise domestic whales for meat. The beef and pork industries would probably keep them out of the US market though. the Eco-terrorists would hound them out of existance. |
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I admit I saw the thread title and thought, hmmm, that sounds pretty good. no kidding. if you laid a slab of baby whale bacon on top of my head, my tongue would slap my brains out just trying to reach it. |
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Quoted: Whale meat fucking sucks. Anyone else here try it besides me? It's basically a big piece of blubber with bits of tough, oily meat mixed in. One of my hobbies is tasting unusual foods and whale meat was one of the worst things I have ever tried. I doubt there is much of a market for it, even in Japan. ETA: Although I'm willing to entertain the possibility that I just got a bad cut. I would expect a strong fishy taste. Probably an acquired taste |
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Quoted: Quoted: I'm suprised there aren't sea farmers who raise domestic whales for meat. The beef and pork industries would probably keep them out of the US market though. the Eco-terrorists would hound them out of existance. We've always joked about how delicious farm raised manatee would be around here, they are called sea cows after all. |
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Whale meat fucking sucks. Anyone else here try it besides me? It's basically a big piece of blubber with bits of tough, oily meat mixed in. One of my hobbies is tasting unusual foods and whale meat was one of the worst things I have ever tried. I doubt there is much of a market for it, even in Japan. ETA: Although I'm willing to entertain the possibility that I just got a bad cut. I would expect a strong fishy taste. Probably an acquired taste Not to be a Prick..but Why?? THEY ARENT FISH!!!! From people I know who have had it, prepared correctly it's very much like any other lean, red meat. Not "Fishy" at all. |
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speaking of which, when does the next season of Whale Wars start?
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Quoted: speaking of which, when does the next season of Whale Wars start? they should start filming soon, if they aren't already. I think the show airs during the summer. |
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