Eating Whale Meat In Japan

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by DJnohara

Really
I ate it for breakfast when I was staying in Kamakura.

Good for you.. Can you describe the taste/Flavour?

[DJnohara]

Originally Posted by ozkai

Good for you.. Can you describe the taste/Flavour?

Yeah, it actually tasted like cooked tuna fish.
Sounds a bit strange but thats what it was like to me.
Anyway, I enjoyed it.

[Kozyra]

i like whale,it is my favourit animals ,and my name is mean ''whale'' in japanese langauge....
but i never tried it....however,it seems a good idea !!!!

[burkhartdesu]

I've been offered whale from Native Alaskans, but have never tried it.

It's funny how they give the Japanese such a hard time for whaling-- but the same thing is happening in America by the Native people.


Only difference is that the native's main source of food is the whale, and they kill it through more traditional means.

[forgotenmemory]

Originally Posted by burkhartdesu

Nummy in my tummy

[Columbine]

It's not so much the killing of whales that bothers me so much as the false reasoning for it. I mean, it's blatantly not for science- not when right after that big push for an expedition went through last year and a few weeks later it 'magically' started turning up on my supermarket shelf.**

Ok, "it's traditional" and "It's our culture" and so on is fine, I like to see native cultures still live and kicking, but traditionally they weren't using honking great ships and radar to kill literally thousands of whales. If they want to hunt whales in traditional ships, that's fine- they'd pull in less and it would still be a live tradition but as it is, it's just widespread commercial slaughter and that I think has to stop.

I ate it once. Bought some by accident when it turned up out of the blue in Top World and I thought it was marinaded fish. It... wasn't great. Nauseating actually. Maybe it was old or I cooked it wrong but it had the consistency of liver and a similar offal-like, yet kind of fishy taste. Certainly nothing I would ever eat again.

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by forgotenmemory

Nummy in my tummy

What does "nummy" mean?

[forgotenmemory]

Originally Posted by ozkai

What does "nummy" mean?

What does "what" mean?

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by forgotenmemory

What does "what" mean?

The same as pardon.. Usually used if you mishear. What is more informal.

The word "nummy" was used by you so I presumed you knew what it meant..

It is not in the dictionary
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No results found for nummy:
Did you mean mummy (in dictionary) or Nammy (in reference)?

[Columbine]

"nummy" is like baby-speak for "yummy" which means 'tasty'.