[steven]

Is whale meat really a staple in some areas???

I had it a couple of times (I had whale sashimi, too) and it was mediocre at best. If I can go beyond the moral and political stuff, it just doesn't taste that great haha.

I heard they used to serve it in school lunches and stuff like that... so maybe people built up a taste for it that way-- you gotta imagine how whale meat got into public school lunches to begin with though. I think that was after some deals were done so it does seem a little shady.

I really don't have a stance on this one way or the other... except that it's hard to justify on taste alone.