History of seal skin sporrans

**DWFII** · 30th July 09, 01:17 PM

Fit2,

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

**Woodsheal** · 30th July 09, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by DWFII

Fit2,

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

Doen'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....

**DWFII** · 30th July 09, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by Woodsheal

Doen'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....

Well, I haven't been here as long as you have but there are a lot of "easily offended" lurking in the shadows...no matter where you go. I have been at a loss to see where a thread went wrong on many an occasions even when it was explained to me.

And I agree with you as well--I haven't been offended by anything said in this thread so far but then I've got pretty thick skin.

**Fit2BKilted** · 31st July 09, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by DWFII

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

Originally Posted by Woodsheal

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.