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Historic (rec.food.historic) Discussing and discovering how food was made and prepared way back when--From ancient times down until (& possibly including or even going slightly beyond) the times when industrial revolution began to change our lives. |
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On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:26:33 +1100, "Bigbazza"
wrote: A question passes my mind...If you get the recipes..Where will you get you 'Whale' meat these days ?...Whaling is banned in most countries now ! Well, there are still some countries where you may buy it. And, treated correctly, it is very tasty. Like an ox beef. And taste almost the same. But, you have to visit that country. It is not legal to export the meat to other countries. |
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:49:19 +0000, Kate Dicey
wrote: Almost, though. It swam up the Themes and disrupted central London for a while. Unfortunately it was unwell and died later. I don't think I would eat the meat of that one. it's the same as eating meat from suddenly dead pigs and oxes/cows, dying of some diseases. As a child, we had whale meat for dinner quite often. Well treated it tasted very good. But, it easily started tasting rancid fish oil if mistreated. :-( And when in military in 1970, we had fried whale cakes at least once a week. Never tasted it since. It tastes almost like hamburgers, but a kind of sweetier tang. (And, I did dislike hamburgers also for the same reason afterwards. Tasted too alike whale meat cakes :-) (But, a well made "medisterkake" or "karbonade" made of pure ox meat, I still like. But, those sold as "hamburgers" containes far too much soy proteins to make them cheap. :-( ("medisterkaker" and "karbonader" people has to make themselves at home. Premade are just soy protein cakes with meat alike taste. :-( |
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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Alf Christophersen wrote, apropos the whale that
died in the Thames recently: I don't think I would eat the meat of that one. it's the same as eating meat from suddenly dead pigs and oxes/cows, dying of some diseases. Lucas Bridges would agree. His view was that bulk and blubber kept a dead whale too warm for too long, so that it putrified quickly and would be toxic before you found it. Eating beached whales, he reports, was a known cause of death among the natives of Tierra del Fuego. He is also interesting on such culinary delights as guanaco brains, and the use of seal gall in infant nutrition. If you want to know more, seek out his "Uttermost Part of the Earth". JW Edinburgh |
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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Alf Christophersen wrote, apropos the whale that
died in the Thames recently: I don't think I would eat the meat of that one. it's the same as eating meat from suddenly dead pigs and oxes/cows, dying of some diseases. Lucas Bridges would agree. His view was that bulk and blubber kept a dead whale too warm for too long, so that it putrified quickly and would be toxic before you found it. Eating beached whales, he reports, was a known cause of death among the natives of Tierra del Fuego. He is also interesting on such culinary delights as guanaco brains, and the use of seal gall in infant nutrition. If you want to know more, seek out his "Uttermost Part of the Earth". Which has been reprinted, but look around for the 1960ish Readers' Union book club edition, still quite common in charity shops in the UK; they didn't reprint the photos in the paperback and they add a lot. The Fuegians had worse problems than food poisoning. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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![]() "Alf Christophersen" wrote in message ... On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:26:33 +1100, "Bigbazza" wrote: A question passes my mind...If you get the recipes..Where will you get you 'Whale' meat these days ?...Whaling is banned in most countries now ! Well, there are still some countries where you may buy it. And, treated correctly, it is very tasty. Like an ox beef. And taste almost the same. But, you have to visit that country. It is not legal to export the meat to other countries. Sorry....Mate..Just saw your reply..I missed it before ! -- Bigbazza (Barry)..Oz |
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On Sun 05 Mar 2006 12:41:21a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Bigbazza?
"Alf Christophersen" wrote in message ... On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:26:33 +1100, "Bigbazza" wrote: A question passes my mind...If you get the recipes..Where will you get you 'Whale' meat these days ?...Whaling is banned in most countries now ! Well, there are still some countries where you may buy it. And, treated correctly, it is very tasty. Like an ox beef. And taste almost the same. I can't imagine a sea-dwelling creature tasting like ox beef. Their diet is so totally different. Even cattle fed different diets taste different. But, you have to visit that country. It is not legal to export the meat to other countries. Sorry....Mate..Just saw your reply..I missed it before ! -- Wayne Boatwright ożo ____________________ BIOYA |
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On 5 Mar 2006 10:52:22 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com wrote: On Sun 05 Mar 2006 12:41:21a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Bigbazza? "Alf Christophersen" wrote in message ... On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:26:33 +1100, "Bigbazza" wrote: A question passes my mind...If you get the recipes..Where will you get you 'Whale' meat these days ?...Whaling is banned in most countries now ! Well, there are still some countries where you may buy it. And, treated correctly, it is very tasty. Like an ox beef. And taste almost the same. I can't imagine a sea-dwelling creature tasting like ox beef. Their diet is so totally different. Even cattle fed different diets taste different. But I'm sorry to say, the only difference is some strings in the meat. Otherwise, a beef of whale and a beef of ox is extremely alike. Except that the whale meat piece is very much more tender. But, it is dependent on how treated before serving. If laying ready cut for a while, it start to get rancid and will taste like rancid cod liver oil. The same applies if stored for too long time. Like a week or so. |
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On Sun 05 Mar 2006 09:20:49a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Alf
Christophersen? On 5 Mar 2006 10:52:22 +0100, Wayne Boatwright wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com wrote: On Sun 05 Mar 2006 12:41:21a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Bigbazza? "Alf Christophersen" wrote in message ... On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:26:33 +1100, "Bigbazza" wrote: A question passes my mind...If you get the recipes..Where will you get you 'Whale' meat these days ?...Whaling is banned in most countries now ! Well, there are still some countries where you may buy it. And, treated correctly, it is very tasty. Like an ox beef. And taste almost the same. I can't imagine a sea-dwelling creature tasting like ox beef. Their diet is so totally different. Even cattle fed different diets taste different. But I'm sorry to say, the only difference is some strings in the meat. Otherwise, a beef of whale and a beef of ox is extremely alike. Except that the whale meat piece is very much more tender. But, it is dependent on how treated before serving. If laying ready cut for a while, it start to get rancid and will taste like rancid cod liver oil. The same applies if stored for too long time. Like a week or so. Thanks, but I'll pass. g -- Wayne Boatwright ożo ____________________ BIOYA |
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