# Who's up for a whale sandwich? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831 "2023-01-26T15:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831/21 "2023-01-31T13:37:38Z")
Huh. I thought this thread would be about Blackadder’s comment that Prince George was “thick as a whale sandwich”. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831/22 "2023-01-31T18:29:39Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Does that help? Yes, thank you. Toxins being stored in fat and released into the system during extended fasting, producing toxic effects, is one thing the naturopaths have been saying all along; they consider the sickly effects from this release to be proof that their therapy is working. As a vegetarian, I’m not linked to that nasty old food chain. My one food-chainish concern is the grass/feed/fodder eaten by the cows that make the milk I consume. Since it’s only one level up, there’s no worry about it getting concentrated by animals eating animals. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831/23 "2023-01-31T21:03:32Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Toxins being stored in fat and released into the system during extended fasting, producing toxic effects, is one thing the naturopaths have been saying all along; they consider the sickly effects from this release to be proof that their therapy is working. Well, sure… as long as the weight loss isn’t so fast that the toxins released exceed safe levels as you body gets rid of them. AND it’s very important the person in question isn’t pregnant or nursing, as both of those can wind up releasing toxins in stored in fat. Nursing especially - the body likes to convert “baby fat” to milk. Doses of toxins/poisons/heavy metals tolerated by adults can be completely devastating to infants. > [@Johanna](#): > > Since it’s only one level up, there’s no worry about it getting concentrated by animals eating animals. Well… I hope we’ve all learned our lesson after that [BSE/“mad cow”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy#Cause) debacle last century… ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831/24 "2023-01-31T23:20:16Z")
omelet ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831/25 "2023-02-01T00:12:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Whale meat consumption in Japan totalled just 1,000 tonnes in 2021, compared with 2.6 million tonnes for chicken and 1.27 million for beef, government data showed. From here: [Cite](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-whaling-firm-pins-hopes-vending-machines-revive-sales-2023-01-24/) I can’t see how any such marketing campaign - even if it were backed by the government - could reverse the decline in demand for whale meat. Hopefully the company doing this will continue their over-optimistic expansion at pace, and go broke all the more quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831/26 "2023-02-01T02:20:43Z")
Just want to say à propos of the thread title, if you read chapter 2, “Whale Steaks,” of _My Secret History_ by Paul Theroux, it will guarantee you will never have an appetite for the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831/27 "2023-02-01T03:39:22Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Does that help? That was a super clear, if slightly snarky (ain’t nothing wrong with that) explanation. Thank you for taking the time to make things so clear! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831/28 "2023-02-01T08:38:11Z")
Did not intend for it to be snarky, my apologizes if it came across that way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-a-whale-sandwich/978831.md?page=1)