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Fish sausages are sold in Japan, and these are a finely emulsified sausage of fish with pork fat. Run the Japanese Wikipedia page through a translator for more

Fish sausages are sold in Japan, and these are a finely emulsified sausage of fish with pork fat. Run the Japanese Wikipedia page through a translator for more background: https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%9A%E8%82%89%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8 https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%9A%E8%82%89%E3%82%BD%... This is a graph of fish sausage production 1953-2020 https://www.jca-can.or.jp/~sausage/tokei-htm/ https://www.jca-can.or.jp/~sausage/tokei-htm/ in Japanese, left axis is tons. I've translated a 1939 paper on fish sausage and whale ham production methods, comment if interested.

cardosof 5y ago
Why the decline after 1970?
- exhibitapp 5y ago
  As the Japanese economy took off a more western style diet was adopted, with a stronger focus on meat. As well sausages are typically lower quality/cheaper protein so an increase in wealth would correspond with a move away from sausages.
- luckydata 5y ago
  probably cause they taste like crap?
  - JetAlone 5y ago
    Can confirm. I tried them once, never again.
  - fomine3 5y ago
    Taste isn't bad but not great. I think lack of popular recipes use fish sausages is a reason. I just eat it or fry with vegetables.
- distantaidenn 5y ago
  I used to eat them all the time -- and yeah they taste pretty bad. I'm the kinda guy that says flavor be damned, if I just need a quick source of protein. They're usually sold in convenience stores quite cheaply as otsumami (booze food). Since I'm now engaged to health-food buff, the last time I reached for one, I was told to look at the ingredients list -- which was a mile long. The commonly sold variety just ain't that healthy.
- noduerme 5y ago
  >> Why the decline after 1970? Because the presence of fish sausage is a leading indicator of societal collapse.
raverbashing 5y ago
Thanks, I guess if I want imitation meat I can go with Kanikama. This does not sound good. At all.
apatters 5y ago
They seem to be present in most Asian cultures. The ones I've had were similar to fish balls, mildly sweet and quite different from other sausages in taste and texture. They weren't terrible but I didn't really care for them.

cardosof 5y ago

Why the decline after 1970?

exhibitapp 5y ago
As the Japanese economy took off a more western style diet was adopted, with a stronger focus on meat. As well sausages are typically lower quality/cheaper protein so an increase in wealth would correspond with a move away from sausages.
luckydata 5y ago
probably cause they taste like crap?
- JetAlone 5y ago
  Can confirm. I tried them once, never again.
- fomine3 5y ago
  Taste isn't bad but not great. I think lack of popular recipes use fish sausages is a reason. I just eat it or fry with vegetables.
distantaidenn 5y ago
I used to eat them all the time -- and yeah they taste pretty bad. I'm the kinda guy that says flavor be damned, if I just need a quick source of protein. They're usually sold in convenience stores quite cheaply as otsumami (booze food). Since I'm now engaged to health-food buff, the last time I reached for one, I was told to look at the ingredients list -- which was a mile long. The commonly sold variety just ain't that healthy.
noduerme 5y ago
>> Why the decline after 1970? Because the presence of fish sausage is a leading indicator of societal collapse.

raverbashing 5y ago

Thanks, I guess if I want imitation meat I can go with Kanikama. This does not sound good. At all.

apatters 5y ago

They seem to be present in most Asian cultures. The ones I've had were similar to fish balls, mildly sweet and quite different from other sausages in taste and texture. They weren't terrible but I didn't really care for them.