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I Ate Whale Meat
Atlantic ^ | David Nakamura

Posted on 08/31/2009 11:52:31 AM PDT by big black dog

One rule of thumb I generally observe while traveling abroad: Always know what something is before putting it in your mouth. Recently, I broke that rule--and ended up regretting it.

I ate whale meat.

I didn't mean to. It just sort of happened during an otherwise routine company enkai--office party--at a hole-in-the-wall izakaya called Andy's Shin Hinomoto under the Yurakucho railroad tracks in central Tokyo. I ordered a beer and sat down next to my co-workers, just as the waitress was bringing out plates of food: generous cuts of sashimi, deep-fried chicken nuggets, a sautéed mushroom salad and--what the heck was that? On a plate next to some lettuce leaves and a wedge of tomato were thin-cut strips of stringy red meat.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Japan
KEYWORDS: meat; whale
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To: PGR88
My kids tell their friends their Dad roots for the Japanese when watching “Whale Wars”

In fact, I simply tell them that the “Steve Irwin” can only conduct their staged outrage and faux activism against other civilized, modern parties. Ghandi would not have lasted 5 minutes against the Soviets.

I admit, I root for the Japanese too, although I think their "harvest for scientific study" is highly bogus.

I have this fantasy about "Whale Wars" where a Japanese warship shows up on the horizon just as the crew of the Steve Irwin are in the middle of doing something incredibly stupid and dangerous--like, oh, say rammming another ship at sea?

The Japanese declare them pirates (which, it appears to me, that they are--albeit incompetent, muddle-headed pirates) and sink their sorry lib asses with a few well-placed 76 mm rounds after they refuse to surrender and be boarded.

Then I feel guilty about that for a while, so I have another beer.

"Nuke the Gay Whales for Jesus!"

41 posted on 08/31/2009 12:58:44 PM PDT by filbert (More filbert at http://www.medary.com)
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To: SW6906

Sperm whale oil made the best automatic transmission fluid additive ever. It took a long time to overcome the loss of that when it was taken away by the govt.


42 posted on 08/31/2009 1:00:16 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: The Shrew

I’d rather eat horse than slugs.


43 posted on 08/31/2009 1:02:03 PM PDT by stuartcr (If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
From all the angst, one would think he had been tricked into trying some lutefisk...........

No way to trick anybody in anyway to eat lutefisk. There is no hiding it, disguising it or making it look (or smell) like anything other than lutefisk. Eating lutefisk would make this whiny excuse of a man start crying for his Ma Ma. A rite of passage for those of Norse heritage.

44 posted on 08/31/2009 1:10:51 PM PDT by TarponTom
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To: swain_forkbeard

And then he blubbers about it in front of everybody.


45 posted on 08/31/2009 1:16:36 PM PDT by Erasmus (Barack Hussein Obama: America's toast!)
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To: Erasmus

Finally!


46 posted on 08/31/2009 1:23:19 PM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: big black dog

Oh, NOOOOOOOO - the horror!

You awful, terrible, evil, Liberal, you!

So did I, and it was pretty good; but I like mooseburgers better, especially with a tangy barbecue sauce.


47 posted on 08/31/2009 1:44:48 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: big black dog

48 posted on 08/31/2009 1:47:47 PM PDT by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: big black dog
lol, David Nakamura is going to PETA hell for eating whale meat. Nah na na nah na He's probably already on Sea Sheperd's hit list. They's gonna harpoon him fa sure!
49 posted on 08/31/2009 1:58:06 PM PDT by monday
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To: MosesKnows

Thanks, I am aware of the differences. Just thought the song fit anyway.


50 posted on 08/31/2009 2:11:42 PM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: big black dog
Sounds yummy!

Yes it does!

at a hole-in-the-wall izakaya called Andy's Shin Hinomoto under the Yurakucho railroad tracks in central Tokyo.

And now we know where to go to get a good meal!

51 posted on 08/31/2009 2:58:18 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
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To: chae
Well, was it good or not?

Well, he did call it stringy... I guess to let his good lefty friends know that his spidey senses went off and he knew instinctively that something was wrong.

Seriously, this guy needs to get over himself, and now I have a mad craving for sushi.

Yes, he does need. And me, too, mmmmmm, sushi...

52 posted on 08/31/2009 3:01:18 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
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To: faucetman
They do all kinds of STUPID DANGEROUS stunts better left to stunt men or at least Conservatives.

See, that's just it - stupid or dangerous or not, they feel valiant for merely trying to save another species, one species to another on this planet we share, and if they die in the process, well, all the more noble. Someone once told me, now we know how they feel (the whales)... Yeah...

53 posted on 08/31/2009 3:05:15 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
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To: All

I’ll see your whale and raise you a meal of nutria in a cajun-spiced roux gravy over a bed of saffron rice. Yummy beyond belief.


54 posted on 08/31/2009 3:15:37 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (America: Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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To: big black dog

I ate some alligator once. It was on the menu in a restaurant in Atlanta call Aunt Pittypats’ Porch.


55 posted on 08/31/2009 3:37:22 PM PDT by Mogollon (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: faucetman

What gets me is the fact that the Shepherds took the Steve Irwin into the regions with all that ice, knowing full well their hull was not rated for it. Yet, the Shepherds also have the ship the RV Farley Mowat, which IS rated for ice-breaking situations, yet they use the ship with the weaker hull...

Oh, and watching the “activists” deal with the harsh realities of life at sea on Whale Wars is a real hoot. And I can’t believe how malnourished the first mate is. No meat in your diet will do that to you. It’s a wonder these vegans have enough strength to complete their various duties on the ship.


56 posted on 08/31/2009 3:39:16 PM PDT by Brian Mosely (A government is a body of people -- usually notably ungoverned)
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To: stuartcr
I wonder what he said when they brought out the horse sashimi or the slugs?

Slug tacos -- big hit a couple of employers back.

57 posted on 08/31/2009 4:51:40 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: humblegunner; MosesKnows

YUM, sushi and sashimi.

Thanks Gunner. There’s a place at 1960 and Champions Forest, in the center that has the super Randalls, and the Barnes and Noble that does great sushi and sashimi.

It’s called Teipei. If you get a chance, check it out. Quiet, decent priced and I’ve never had a problem with quality from them.

:-)


58 posted on 08/31/2009 4:53:31 PM PDT by RikaStrom (When picking allies, 2 things to consider: 1) Can they shoot, 2) Will they aim at your enemies?)
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To: big black dog
Yesterday I ate 12 chicken hearts.

Twelve chickens died for me.

59 posted on 08/31/2009 4:56:47 PM PDT by right way right
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To: sionnsar

I ate slugs just once, mainly because of a lot of beer and they were a ‘presento’ from the proprietor. They were in a little bowl, looked just like the guys that crawl across the driveway back home.


60 posted on 09/01/2009 6:34:01 AM PDT by stuartcr (If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
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