Never thought of the nostalgia factor but that makes sense. Fwiw the school means served it because those regions (and the entire country) was too poor to affor

Never thought of the nostalgia factor but that makes sense. Fwiw the school means served it because those regions (and the entire country) was too poor to afford any other kind of meat. I believe some traditional crafts use some kind of whale whiskers, but I wouldn't imagine that is that big a factor.