http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/22/whaling.odd.reut/index.html Thursday, June 23, 2005 Posted: 0304 GMT (1104 HKT) TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- With Japan under fire for plans to expand its whaling program, a fast food chain is offering a new product aimed at using up stocks from past hunts -- whale burger. The 380 yen ($3.50) slice of fried minke whale in a bun went on sale on Thursday at Lucky Pierrot, a restaurant chain in the port city of Hakodate on Japan's northern-most island of Hokkaido. "The taste and texture are somewhere between beef and fish," said chain manager Miku Oh. "People in Hakodate have a long history of eating whale, so customers are looking forward to trying it." Japan's plan to expand its scientific whale hunt to an annual catch of 900 minke whales were dealt a blow on Wednesday when the International Whaling Commission passed a resolution at a meeting in South Korea urging it to instead cut back on the catch. "We are not going out to catch whales because we want to eat them, we are just using up meat from whales that have been killed for experiments," Oh said.
Interesting. I've never seen purple meat like that before. Anyway, unless you're vegetarian (don't eat any animal), I don't see the problem with eating whale burgers. One whale could feed a whole lot of people, after all. It's not like these particular ones are endangered as far as I know...
I agree - if these aren't endangered, and if it tastes good, let's eat! I wonder what the fat/calorie/cholesterol etc. would be for a whale burger...
Homer: Can I have the phone book for Hokkaido, Japan please? Librarian: Here you go, the phone book for Hokkaido, Japan Homer: Can I use your phone? Librarian: Is it a local call? Homer: y-y-yes...
Raptors are protected in most, if not all, states. They may even be protected by federal law like waterfowl.
I just read some articles on minke whales. They have one of the bigger estimated populations among the whale groups, around 1.2 million, I don't think 900 a year will hurt.
Yup, and I also recall when BK called their grilled Chicken Sandwich "The Flamer". That was a funnier name.
If people are starving and they need to eat a panda, then fine. But when rich countries who have no food shortages are eating exotic animals killed "in the name of science", then this becomes very unneccesary.
