ceed wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:03:09 -0500, wrote:

Why not mention it? Screw being "PC"!! How'd it taste? Was it smoked?
Now there's a project for David Klose- a smoker big enough to smoke a
whole whale in!

You know, I have met people here in the US who get offended because I ate
whale in the 60s. Whale was poor people steak back then.However, if it was
fresh and well prepared it was very good. I never had it smoked but rather
grilled like you would do a steak. It has a slightly tangy taste to it and
a whiff of the ocean somwhere buried in the overall flavor. It would
probably take a little getting used to for the average meat lover. The
most common dish was simply "hvalbiff" which in English simply becomes
"whalebeef". It was serverd with sauteed onions, boiled potatoes and a
brown gravy even if you actually cooked the meat itself on a charcoal
grill. Often you used bacon around the steaks to keep them juicy.

Norway is still doing minor whaling on certain kind of whale. Sometimes
you may be able to purchase meat over there. This is a link to a recipe
for grilled whale (sorry, it's in Norwegian). Click on "Film 3" (Movie 3)
and see grilling of whale.

http://www.hvalbiff.no/oppskrift_info.asp?fldr=51

Would love to try some in my smoker! So much for being PC...

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//ceed ©¿©¬

There are unfortunately a lot of ignorant f's around that get offended
at just about anything they don't understand.

My philosophy is pretty simple - "Kill it and eat it".

Pete C.