With Sales Down, Whale Meat Flogged As Source of Strength

beaverdownunder writes "From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 'Japan's peak whaling body has launched a new campaign to promote whale meat as a nutritious food that enhances physical strength and reduces fatigue. With about 5,000 tonnes of whale meat sitting unwanted in freezers around Japan, the country's Institute for Cetacean Research has decided to launch a new campaign to promote the by-product of its so-called scientific whaling program. Once popular in school lunches, younger generations of Japanese rarely, if ever, eat whale."

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Re:Tell me it's a source of strength for my...

[serviscope_minor]

Quite.

It's delicious with a side of tiger penis and topped with grated rhino horn.

I know it sounds unpalatable, but trust me, it beats the hell out of Fr.3E--+1vi1a:grAA.

Re:It's actually surprisingly cheap...

[TheRaven64]

I've only spent a few months in the USA, but I don't remember any restaurants I saw offering all-you-can-drink including alcoholic beverages along with a fixed price meal, and yet I recall this being fairly common in Tokyo. Or are you deliberately misreading the grandparent so that you can call him a retard?