Greenpeace was there last summer protesting because it still goes on in a covert way. They were caught selling a baby gray whale at the fish market in Ulsan for something like a few ten thousands of dollars.
It is intereseting to see, near the whale museum, there is a bunch of whale restaurants. The meat is still sought after by many people, and so, quite valuable. It is apparently illegal to hunt a whale, but if you "accidentally " catch one in your giant net (supposedly while trying for another catch) it can be sold for big bucks. That is why the whale has become known as the "Ocean Lottery" in Korea. On my mission to eat everything that exists, I considered visiting one of these restaurants, but backed out. "I won't eat dogs OR whales" I thought. I just have too much background with these big ol' critters (having been a whale watching tour guide).
In other news I did eat some deadly poisonous (if cut wrong) puffer fish, and the delicacy that translates into english as "sea penis" (Basically a big ocean worm).
Did you know whales are the most evolved creature in the world? Long ago they evolved out of the water into a big dog like creature. That didn't jive with the changing environment so, 'plop', back into the water they went. Adaptation!
I've hunted Narwhal, eaten its meat, blubber, and skin.
The meat is musty, the blubber just like any fat you've ever had off a piece of meat, and the skin, it really doesn't taste like much, but it has a wierd hint of egg.
I've also had it rotten, as in placed in a jar to ferment, some type of delicacy I was told.
I saw a nawhal tusk at the museum, and they explained how it grows from the mouth, not the head like i thought (hehe-unicorn style). Sometimes they have 2.
There was a little whaling boat in the dock next to my pa's tour boat in Churchil. Apparently they would leave muktuk (whale fat) sitting on the deck until maggots came, and they new it was good for eating...Yummy.
And what the hell are you doing hunting narwhal no-nez?! Isn't that illegal if you aren't inuit?
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If you use the translator tool on google, you can check out the writing on this persons site (portugese). It's very interesting.
canned whale? yucka. was the site of moloi?(first commenter?)
Ahab these cans are not.
This is a picture from the whale museum i visited this past weekend. Korea stopped whaling in 1986.
Greenpeace was there last summer protesting because it still goes on in a covert way. They were caught selling a baby gray whale at the fish market in Ulsan for something like a few ten thousands of dollars.
I just had whale on rye for lunch.
It tasted blubbery with a splash of guilt.
Yuck! that's disgusting...
I hate rye bread =)
It is intereseting to see, near the whale museum, there is a bunch of whale restaurants. The meat is still sought after by many people, and so, quite valuable. It is apparently illegal to hunt a whale, but if you "accidentally " catch one in your giant net (supposedly while trying for another catch) it can be sold for big bucks. That is why the whale has become known as the "Ocean Lottery" in Korea. On my mission to eat everything that exists, I considered visiting one of these restaurants, but backed out. "I won't eat dogs OR whales" I thought. I just have too much background with these big ol' critters (having been a whale watching tour guide).
In other news I did eat some deadly poisonous (if cut wrong) puffer fish, and the delicacy that translates into english as "sea penis" (Basically a big ocean worm).
Did you know whales are the most evolved creature in the world? Long ago they evolved out of the water into a big dog like creature. That didn't jive with the changing environment so, 'plop', back into the water they went. Adaptation!
I've hunted Narwhal, eaten its meat, blubber, and skin.
The meat is musty, the blubber just like any fat you've ever had off a piece of meat, and the skin, it really doesn't taste like much, but it has a wierd hint of egg.
I've also had it rotten, as in placed in a jar to ferment, some type of delicacy I was told.
I saw a nawhal tusk at the museum, and they explained how it grows from the mouth, not the head like i thought (hehe-unicorn style). Sometimes they have 2.
There was a little whaling boat in the dock next to my pa's tour boat in Churchil. Apparently they would leave muktuk (whale fat) sitting on the deck until maggots came, and they new it was good for eating...Yummy.
And what the hell are you doing hunting narwhal no-nez?! Isn't that illegal if you aren't inuit?
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