History of seal skin sporrans

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Fit2,

I agree with you but please be careful...I sense a taboo in the offing. This is quicksand.

Indeed, I have been aware of treading the razor's edge with every posting; but, I could not suffer any myths to be perpetuated; so, I've been as sensitive as I felt I could be to both sides of the debate while presenting the facts as I understand them. I appreciate your concern and caution nonetheless. Thanks

Doesn't need to be, unless someone from the ranks of the "easily offended" rears their head. Fit2's posts have been very measured and informative, IMHO....

Thanks, Woodsheal, I'm glad I'm not just a 'voice crying out in the wilderness' It's nice to hear that one's effort has been appreciated.

BTW, as I understand it, seal meat is an acquired taste, and attempts to manufacture a 'southern' mass-market for it (canned seal) were about as doomed to failure as mass-marketing Shiokara to North Americans might be. Indeed, one of the common ways of eating it is warm ("tartar") from the freshly slaughtered animal, like Sashimi. If you were raised on seal meat, however, it seems to incite a very strong nostalgic craving that can only be properly satisfied in the Arctic Circle---since chefs who have attempted to present it in their trendy southern restaurants lately routinely received death-threats. I have yet to try it myself, although I would, given the opportunity---I can't stand to see good food wasted---just as I enjoyed stir-fried beetles at a local restaurant in Guang-Zhou when I visited friends in China last year.