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I suspect if you're in somewhere like Norway you're not likely to have been misled on the whale's origins
by smcl 11y ago
I 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.