Whale beef

[TeddyDiver]

Bought some beef yesterday.. young whale.. they say it's the best. Now it's in the fridge and wondering good recipies for it. I know how to steak it but any good ideas for the sauce and side dish.. what wine?

They say the Whale Burgers are delicous on PITA Bread.

Serve with a robust cup of Heavy Black Rum and some hearty
Pea soup.

Hear is some Dinner Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6OYb_7bhME

[TeddyDiver]

Originally Posted by WickedGood

a robust cup of Heavy Black Rum

I'll start with that as an aperitif... Music choice wasn't bad either...

[hoytedow]

Try some of this on it.: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/devils...ce/Detail.aspx

[Ad Hoc]

Here, they serve it thinnly sliced...and with a small side dish of light soya sauce and wasabi, to be washed down with sake (cold sake of course).

[hoytedow]

How do prices compare with cattle beef?

[Ad Hoc]

More expensive.....but so is normal cattle beef here. This retails nominally around US$150 per kg.

[daiquiri]

Originally Posted by Ad Hoc

This retails nominally around US$150 per kg.

What, cattle beef?

Hey Ad Hoc, who cares about boats and ships, we should start a business of meat export towards Japan...

[Ad Hoc]

Originally Posted by daiquiri

What, cattle beef?

Sadly yes

If you try and import and sell cheaper, they'll just slap on a huge tax. An "import" tax. This helps to keep the locals competitive...true competition is frowned upon here in Japan. Because this means one person/company shall get more business and be more successful. This is not harmonious...thus not 'allowed'. Everything must be in harmony here, what ever it costs...literally!

Every shop sells roughly the same products at roughly the same price...it's a joke!

[daiquiri]

Originally Posted by Ad Hoc

true competition is frowned upon here in Japan. Because this means one person/company shall get more business and be more successful. This is not harmonious...thus not 'allowed'. Everything must be in harmony here, what ever it costs...literally!
Every shop sells roughly the same products at roughly the same price...it's a joke!

That sounds really incredible. Something like a capitalist version of communism...

But still, looks like it works. I mean, Japan is still there and kicking hard, so the system does work, right?

[Ad Hoc]

Originally Posted by daiquiri

That sounds really incredible. Something like a capitalist version of communism...

Got it in one

[SamSam]

Originally Posted by daiquiri

That sounds really incredible. Something like a capitalist version of communism...

But still, looks like it works. I mean, Japan is still there and kicking hard, so the system does work, right?

Take a look at the right hand column in this thing. It doesn't look too good for Japan.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/

[TeddyDiver]

Originally Posted by hoytedow

How do prices compare with cattle beef?

Much cheaper here (in Norway), whale 120NOK(15€)/kg, cattle maybe twice that.
There's some export to Japan from here, mostly King Crab not whale AFAIK. Some decades ago I was working in meat industry in Finland and we sold a lot of pork to Japan.
Thanks Hoyt of the link!

[TeddyDiver]

Originally Posted by daiquiri

But still, looks like it works. I mean, Japan is still there and kicking hard, so the system does work, right?

Stagnation mostly IMO, it works but not any progress to talk about..

[WestVanHan]

I've been to Japan several times and love it but it also drives me crazy.

Imagine the reaction I get....at 6'4