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The Whale as a Dish

           AndthisremindsmethatcertainEnglishmen,wholongagowereaccidentallyleftinGreenlandbyawhalingvesselthatthesemenactuallylivedforseveralmonthsonthemouldyscrapsofwhaleswhichhadbeenleftashoreaftertryingouttheblubber.AmongtheDutchwhalementhesescrapsarecalled"fritters";which,indeed,theygreatlyresemble,beingbrownandcrisp,andsmellingsomethinglikeoldAmsterdamhousewives’dough-nutsoroly-cooks,whenfresh.Theyhavesuchaneatablelookthatthemostself-denyingstrangercanhardlykeephishandsoff.

           Butwhatfurtherdepreciatesthewhaleasacivilizeddish,ishisexceedingrichness.Heisthegreatprizeoxofthesea,toofattobedelicatelygood.Lookathishump,whichwouldbeasfineeatingasthebuffalo’s(whichisesteemedararedish),wereitnotsuchasolidpyramidoffat.Butthespermacetiitself,howblandandcreamythatis;likethetransparent,halfjellied,whitemeatofacocoanutinthethirdmonthofitsgrowth,yetfartoorichtosupplyasubstituteforbutter.Nevertheless,manywhalemenhaveamethodofabsorbingitintosomeothersubstance,andthenpartakingofit.Inthelongtrywatchesofthenightitisacommonthingfortheseamentodiptheirship-biscuitintothehugeoil-potsandletthemfrythereawhile.ManyagoodsupperhaveIthusmade.

           InthecaseofasmallSpermWhalethebrainsareaccountedafinedish.

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