Whales are so big, can you eat them? Is it good to eat it or not?

Can you eat whales? Cetaceans are China's national second-class protected animals, Chinese white dolphins and albino dolphins because of the rarer species is a protected animal. In the past, whale meat is also a common dish on the Japanese table. It became a part of Japanese food culture. Equivalent to bird's nest shark fins as precious. Not only Japan but also many European countries have the habit of eating whale. Although there is no tradition of eating whale meat in our country, but if after artificial breeding of the whale is edible, then whale meat is delicious? In the end can not eat it, I believe that many friends are also as curious as the editor, today we take a look at it.

Can whales eat? In fact, whale meat in many countries such as Japan or Iceland these countries. It is also no different from beef and lamb. In the ordinary market or supermarket can be purchased. It is usually used to make home cooking. The recipe is similar. But many experts also said that whale meat can be eaten but is not a healthy food.

Whether whale meat is good to eat? Maybe everyone's taste is different, some people say that whale meat is very delicious after cooking, the texture is soft and chewy. It tastes not much different from ordinary meat, but it has more of a fishy flavor. However, some people say that whale meat tastes more like horse meat, which is fishy and hard. Although eating whale meat is also a Japanese food culture tradition, but in fact the Japanese young people eat whale meat is still very little, most of them are also used to eating pork, beef and mutton. So the supply of whale meat exceeds the demand, the price is not very expensive, such as whale tail meat in 6000 yen / kg, and the price of ordinary lean meat in Japan is about 2600 yen / kg, the top grade skin in 3300 yen / kg, if it is made into canned whale meat and salmon prices are similar to the price of beef is a little more expensive.

There are many ways to eat whale meat. It can be made into whale sashimi, whale noodle soup, pickled whale skin, smoked whale meat, deep-fried whale meat, sliced whale tongue, sukiyaki whale meat, and so on. There are also places that serve whale meat as a burger.

Is it good to eat whale meat or not? Whale meat is said to strengthen the body, so in some places in Japan, schools also require students to eat it two or three times a month whether they like it or not. In fact, experts say that whale meat also contains a lot of deep-sea parasitic bacteria, and a certain amount of heavy metals and so on. All of these enter the whale's body with the food. Some zoologists have also studied the liver of whales. They found that the amount of mercury in the livers of two whales was more than 1970mg, and the average amount of mercury was 370mg, which is 5,000 times more than the official standard of mercury content in Japan. And other organs of the whale are also contaminated with heavy metals, so eating whale meat is not a healthy diet.