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I had some raw whale meat in Norway, and it was really delicious. A lot like beef tartare. Not gamey at all, as the article implied. (They have quotas on the n
by dnr 11y ago
I had some raw whale meat in Norway, and it was really delicious. A lot like beef tartare. Not gamey at all, as the article implied.
(They have quotas on the number of whales that can be killed, and this meat was legally harvested, or at least that's what I was informed. I had no way of checking myself.)
- smcl 11y agoI suspect if you're in somewhere like Norway you're not likely to have been misled on the whale's origins
- vidarh 11y agoIn recent years the quotas for Minke whale has rarely even been met, so there's very little incentive for someone to risk illegal whaling. I think most of it basically goes to tourists now, with a small proportion to people nostalgic about the old days. I don't quite get how someone would find it amazing - to me, as I've mentioned elsewhere, it basically used to be an acceptable cheap beef substitute.
- lmm 11y agoIt was a wartime food. It's the equivalent of American cheese, or apple crumble/carrot cake in Britain.
- muyuu 11y agoI had whale meat mainly in Iceland. Minke meat is quite probably the best meat I have ever eaten, it's amazing.