Originally Posted by
LapLap
My guess is that it isn't 'extremely popular' for similar reasons to why horsemeat isn't, even with people who feel no qualms about eating them. Unless you developed a taste for it growing up, it's probably not that great a culinary experience. Which could be why the government wants to expose children to their 'culinary heritage'. I actually don't really understand what the real agenda with pursuing an economically unviable and unpopular food such as Whale meat is for the Japanese government.
Horsemeat is actually quite delicious, and it is a crying shame that extremists in the USA have been so successful in keeping it unavailable. Best steak I've EVER eaten was a
bistecca di cavallo near Venice, Italy.
Originally Posted by
JoeW
EDIT: And its not that common. Probably as common as liver, which isnt common in the US nor Norway.
Liver is quite common in the USA, both in restaurants and in grocery stores.