So, disclaimers are needed here.
In Norway, they hunt Minke whale. The Minke whale is classed as “least concern”, which means “doing great” as far as being endangered goes. It’s the same category deer are in in the US, or pigeons everywhere.
So, obviously I tried whale meat, a few ways.
As a steak, it’s kinda like gamey beef in texture, but with a fish-adjacent flavour. Like if you shifted a steak 20% towards tuna without changing the texture.
There’s also whale bacon, which honestly tastes like pork bacon, but with the fat more in splotches than in layer.
There’s also the blubber, which I’ll simply an acquired taste. And that’s given that I’m Dutch and enjoy my pickled herring and even like lutefisk. It’s like if you filled a grapeskin with a nutty-oily, semi solid jelly substance.
It’s like if you filled a grapeskin with a nutty-oily, semi solid jelly substance.
That’s such a visceral description, I already hate it without experiencing it for myself. Sounds like really wet, soft steak fat which I can’t stand either.
It’s the same category deer are in in the US,
Basically, mobile, aggressively-suicidal highway barriers. Any people outside the US want to hunt themselves a deer in the US, great. Their natural predators are gone, so they’re just an unbounded infestation.
The last time I drove through West Virginia – where they’re the densest as states go – right at the state border I saw a sign warning about deer. About 300 feet behind that, roadkill deer on the road. Another 300 feet, another roadkill deer.
I meant in a “how many are there” way. You’re obviously a lot less likely to hit a Minke whale in your car.
I hit a minke whale in my pickup while driving home one night, just north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Son of a bitch breached over a guardrail and flopped down right in front of me before I’d even had a chance to hit the brakes. Hit him square in the blow hole and mangled the whole front end of the truck. The fishy bastard just dusted himself off and fucked off into the night, making them wierd ass whale noises at me the whole time. Ever since that night, I take the long way home.
It sounds like that was whaley traumatizing for you :(
Sometimes, when I think about it, I just start blubbering.
Thank you! Sometimes I go looking up things like, “what does x taste like” where x is something not very many people would eat culturally or the like, and is so hard to find info!
Damn, herring is amazing. We have it in buckling form, with pickles, onion and potato
You know, out of all the ways I’ve had herring, I don’t think I’ve ever had it smoked. Which is weird, because we smoke every other fish here…
But the point was that I enjoy a lot of what others consider to be weird fish stuff, but whale blubber is too far for me.
Y’all are too mature.
Clearly, it tastes like your mom.
GOT DAMN!!
Whale
I had a minke whale steak in Iceland. I describe it as “ocean-y beef” in its flavor.
Had some in Japan, it was terrible. Also fried beyond recognition, so there is that
I guess you could say it was…whale done.
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As every sci-fi book and movie suggest, probably like chicken.
Well shit. You ever see how much meat they get off a cow? It’s enough to feed like a small neighborhood.
Now imagine how much meat we could get from a whale! Forget save the whales. Lets over-breed the wales, and feed EVERYBODY by whale farming!
Seriously! How have NONE of us tried wale meat, but they’re the biggest source of meat on the planet???!!!
Only issue I can see is that you can’t exactly pull one onto a fishing boat…
You ever see how much meat they get off a cow?
Yes, we usually get just 1/8 of a cow for christmas and even that lasts longer than just christmas.
Well I would HOPE 1/8th of a cow lasts more than 1 day!
Well our christmas lasts 3 days, basically. Gifts are given on the evening of the 24th, then there’s the 25 and 26ths for just chilling with the family and enjoying arguments in 150db. On the 24th, we have fondue, and the 25 and 26ths are the days for “Sauerbraten”, basically a huge chunk of beef (the majority of 1/8 cow) pickled in vegetables, raisins, wine and vinegar, multiple liters of each, for a month. Then it’s slowly cooked until it basically deconstructs itself on your fork, and is served with its sauce. So it’s designed to last for 2 days, for around 4-6 people. Leftovers get frozen, and it’s a nice treat after a long schoolday, or workday now.
Gifts are given on the evening of the 24th,
Oh, you mean Christmas eve.
then there’s the 25
Yes, Christmas.
and 26ths for just chilling with the family and enjoying arguments in 150db.
…somehow you lumped the spirit of Thanksgiving into all this, without the turkey! If you’re going to have loud drunken political and/or racist fights with your family, you’re supposed to have turkey first!!! And it’s like a month before Christmas as it’s own seperate day!
Now historically that would be followed by driving to the mall, and waiting in freezing tempatures to be herded like cattle into a store at midnight to do some holiday shopping.
But between global warming, and the rise of amazon, that happens less and less the last 10 years.
Luckily it’s not a racist or political debate, but not only does my family like to argue over anything, they’re also very loud and always take the word.
And idfk which day has which name in every country.
We get 1/2 a cow from family who farm. It basically fills a chest freezer. Yeah, 1/4 of that is a lot of meat.
It’s not very good. Kinda chewy, like a game-y fish? Dont know how else to describe it, only tasted a little bit once in Oslo
Idk but it’s 2am and my brain slipped over the word “whale”. I was trying to understand some 2d circlejerk about Lemmies being all communist vegans
What are you, in the west coast of USA?
It’s 5:30am here.
Almost as good as human if you grill it right.
How is human best grilled ?
In a dark room with a spotlight in their face.
I feel this is too specific not to be referencing some obscure movie or something
Nah, just an old movie trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerpSweating :-)
I had Minke whale in Tromsø and it tasted pretty much like beef. Would not eat again
Do you not like beef? Or was it another reason you wanted to avoid eating it?
I like beef but if it just taste like beef I’m not going to pay the premium just to get beeg anyway.
Ok, thanks. That makes sense
I always assumed it tasted like shark?
what does shark taste like?
a bit like dolphin
What does dolphin taste like?
A bit like Seaturtle
My brother works at a restaurant where the head chef mentioned that he has tried sea turtle soup. The chef said that it’s a good thing that sea turtle is illegal to consume because the soup and texture of the meat was so perfect that sea turtles would be guaranteed to go extinct otherwise.
That’s why island tortoises were almost wiped out by European sailors
I know Hawksbill is deadly, and Green is sometimes deadly. Which are we talking about ?
Canned tuna fish.
Mako shark tastes like marlin or swordfish (same meaty texture too) but with a little sweetness.
Kinda like a marginal steak and a good mushroom had a baby.
good mushroom
Ok, now could you describe it using things that actually exist?
I always assumed whale would be too fatty.
Well, I don’t have to assume. I know for a fact it is. It’s disgusting. I threw up.
Do not recommend.
Fatty I am told.
It’s kind of like a mix between beef and lamb, more on the beef side.
Depends on whale type and how it’s cooked. I’m referring to granny’s overnight milk soaked, pan fried with butter and potatoes whale. (Don’t recall the type).
