Wilfrid Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 It will re-open, in the old space, with the old fittings apparently intact. But as a chophouse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 "In horror." Ugh. (I mean, I know the horror is directed toward the current scarcity -- but shit, people involved with food should be more open-minded than that.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nathan Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I’ve had whale. Can’t say it was amazing. Obviously some species are scarce and some are not. (Some are presumably better eating than others too.) But I wonder if it was actually mock horror in the interview? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nathan Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I guess it could be about the intelligence of the species you’re eating...which is a point. Chickens are really really dumb. So are fish. Cattle aren’t much smarter....pigs on the other hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AaronS Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 the whale I had was disgusting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 The whale in Iceland is/was great!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orik Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I guess it could be about the intelligence of the species you’re eating...which is a point. Chickens are really really dumb. So are fish. Cattle aren’t much smarter....pigs on the other hand. It's safe to say by the time you're eating whale it's not very intelligent at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 the whale I had was disgusting. I didn't like the whale I had either. But I don't like calve's liver and I don't go telling people not to serve it (except not to me). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 This whale is from the historic archives, right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 They certainly weren’t serving whale at Gage & Tollner during my adulthood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Huge assumption. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 How so? I’ve lived within walking distance of it since I was 25. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 True and they were serving whale in the 1890's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Everything old is new again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 This whale is from the historic archives, right? Wilf, you more than anyone should understand why this upsets me, since you've read even more culinary history than I have and have examined even more old menus. Menu offerings in 19th Century New York were incredibly extensive. There was game from up the Hudson Valley and from the Mid-Atlantic and the South. There was a range of meats, poultry, and seafood far beyond anything seen in our lifetimes. Terrapin was a beloved delicacy. It seems to me that if you really care about cuisine, you should decry the narrowness of our current diet -- not gloat about it as St. John did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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