No One Eats Whales. Why Does Anyone Kill Them?

The Big Money (Slate) ^ | June 21, 2010 | Peter Christian Hall

[eclecticEel]

a 2009 study by the Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society

It is possible there was a slight bias in this report.

[mylife]

That looks pretty yummy to me.

[B-Chan]

LOL

[packrat35]

Add welfare to your list also.

[digger48]

looks like a nice rare tenderloin.

[packrat35]

I have never had anyone explain to me why I should give a damn about someone hunting whales. People here hunt deer, is it not the same?

[jazusamo]

Peter Christian Hall is a New York-based writer and filmmaker who has published articles in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, and the Village Voice.

Don't know this guy from Adam but could he be an enviro nazi?

Hey Yank, I'd try it if I had the chance. :)

[mylife]

Yes it does!

I bet its better than alligator, and alligator is pretty darned good.

[50cal Smokepole]

Sheez.... You'll eat anything that doesn't attract flies.... Uh, wait...
;-)

[mylife]

Let’s just say I’ll try anything once.
Most things twice.

[Last Dakotan]

How is it any different than killing a cow?

I can't be sure, burp, but people want to eat cow meat.

[proud_yank]

And what did you think? Better that raw Octopus?

It wasn't bad, and I'd eat it again. It was cut in small strips, .25 x .25 x 2", and pickled with onions. The texture was similar to calamari steaks (cooked, not fried and not the rings), and the taste was similar to sweet pickles.

I work in the Arctic, and a native friend brought some up. One day I will go to Barrow or Cross Island when they do a whale haul, people who have seen it done say there is nothing like it.

[ASOC]

LOL indeed

Ask any Eskimo about eating whlaes - they will say that whale is yummy....

[george76]

Whale oil often needed to read a good book.

Back in the day

[proud_yank]

Aha! It's your fault!

Just tryin' to do my part ;-)

[digger48]

had some smoked alligator once, but I think the mass quantites of $1.39/sixpack Old Milwaukee mighta masked the flavor.

Remember it was kinda chewy.

[mylife]

Now...

Muktuk is just the blubber isnt it?

The mexicans make something like that with pork fat. pickled.

[mylife]

Kinda the texture of a pork chop.

[proud_yank]

This was pickled, and it wasn’t bad. I’d prefer a moose burger or the black bear ribs I cooked the other night, but would certainly eat it again! :-)

[jackibutterfly]

"I am wondering about that photo. I mean what is the chance that you would be taking a picture just at the instance a whale jumped out of the water and onto a boat?"

That whale was swimming around for a while, about 1/2 an hour or so. They were probably watching it. So, it was VERY possible to take that picture.