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So many questions. How does one go about milking a whale? How do you make cheese from milk with a thickness similar to No. 4 Fuel Oil? Who was the first person to attempt to milk a whale? Who is buying up all these whale dairy products? Is there such a thing as a whale milk cheesecake?
So I elected not to look into it, because I doubt that zoos are selling it. Which means it’s likely sourced from whalers
Japan, Iceland, Norway, are all actively fishing commercially (though Japan uses the cover of “scientific” expeditions to justify it.)
According to their process page the whales are guided into a harness and then milked. Whether or not we should believe it, I cannot say.
The street address doesn’t exist. April fools
Must be an April Fools prank.
215 Juniper St. Pismo Beach CA doesn’t exist.
Well the reviews are from the Oculus marketing lead, a, Simian Field Reseacher (sic) and an independent shoe salesman. Two of them even have the same picture. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that this isn’t real.
Plus they’re touting it as the new sustainable future of dairy. That alone is an insane thing to claim. There are fewer than thirty thousand gray whales in the world. They produce eighty gallons of milk a day. That’s about twelve cows worth if you ignore that most of it is going to be drunk by the whale’s calf.
Yup.
I’m thinking it either flopped or was never a thing.
I doubt it’s something that could be reliably commercialized.
That earthly address does not exist. Pismo Beach is just that, a beach. (You can successfully dig for clams there, or you could when I was a kid.) And there’s no street by that name anywhere in the vicinity. Looks like an elaborate April Fools joke.
How TF does a baby whale nurse then? The momma whale is essentially pooping lard out of her nipple? That’s a visual I didn’t expect today.
I know this one! Baby latches on and Mama pumps a big gulp of milk, baby swallows one, done! So baby doesn’t have to hold it’s breath too long.
The address is the ad doesn’t exist, though. Which is good because there’s no way anyone could ethically harvest whale milk.
Must consume the forbidden icing
I’ve never had whale milk but I am willing to give it a whirl. who’s with me
that would bring a new meaning to “full
creamfat” ice cream… (editted a word)That must make some ultra indulgent ice cream
More like icecheese
Rule 34 anyone?
Whale smegma?
Would this be the freshest cheese possible? Considering that cheese is traditionally not fresh in the slightest.
cheese is traditionally not fresh in the slightest.
Oh, but it can be. Farmer’s cheese and other fresh milk cheese types curdle the milk proteins using an acid reaction to citrus or vinegar rather than fermentation.
Fresh cheese is typically called curd. Curd needs to be compressed and aged to make actual cheese.
You didn’t answer the question though…
If I found a block of cheddar in my fridge with the consistency of toothpaste I’d throw it out, so I have no clue what this guy’s deal is.
Cheddar isn’t the only kind of cheese…
Go on… 🤔
Sounds like you are missin the point on purpose
I’m addressing the final statement that “[Whale Milk] is basically cheese.”
Apologies, that comment was made as I was falling asleep and this one is being made during a period of half-wakedulness that I hope to prove temporary.
Do… do you think all cheese has the same consistency of cheddar? Cottage cheese exists, as do many other soft cheeses. Also, he mentioned fat consistency. Fat under cooler temps gets harder, so in your fridge it probably would be more hard, closer to maybe cream cheese or something like that.
Alright, I’m awake now and can more thoroughly explain what I meant.
The original post had a sentence that suggested there was no point in making whale cheese, because the consistency is very similar. However, there are many kinds of cheese that are dissimilar in texture and consistency, mainly hard cheeses like cheddar, largely regarded as the most popular cheese in the world. Thus, even if you ignore the other factors, there would be a vast difference between some kinds of cheeses one may emulate with whale’s milk and the milk itself.
And our point is most popular does not mean only. Do you throw out all other cheese because it isn’t cheddar? I mean, you may, and that’s your choice, but I have at least 4-5 different cheeses in my fridge, and not all of them are hard. Throwing it out because it’s not exactly the same as another well known type doesn’t make it not cheese.
A better argument would be it doesn’t fit the definition of cheese because it isn’t curdled. It might have a consistency similar to curdled milk, but if it hasn’t actually gone through the process iirc it doesn’t follow the definition.
Though I guess at this point we’re just getting pedantic, and no one really wants to read that.
most popular does not mean only
Please re-read my comment.
