Hunting and Eating Whale!! Europe’s Most Controversial Food!!
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1. FISKASTYKKIÐ
ADDRESS: 12 360 Úti á Bakka Sandavágur, 360, Faroe Islands
WEBSITE: www.fiskastykkid.fo/
🇫🇴FISKASUPPA (FISH SOUP): In a bowl, add salmon, potatoes, carrots, bacalao, herb oil, and parsley. Pour in the broth (made using fish bones, sriracha, cream, salt, carrots, onion, and thyme) on top.
🇫🇴SALTFISKABRANDADA VIÐ GARNATÁLG: On a plate, add mashed potatoes and bacalao mix. Add pickled gooseberries, seed mix, fermented lamb tallow, and fresh herbs.
PRICE: FISKASUPPA - 135kr/$17.95 USD | SALTFISKABRANDADA VIÐ GARNATÁLG - 155kr/$20.58 USD
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2. SÚSANNA & IVAN’S HOME
🇫🇴DRIED WHALE BLUBBER: Dry whale meat for 3-4 weeks, depending on how moist it is outside.
🇫🇴BOILED & SALTED WHALE MEAT: Cut salted whale meat and blubber and fresh whale meat and blubber into chunks. In a pot, add fresh whale meat and salt and boil for 1 hour. Add blubber and let it boil a bit longer. Served with boiled potatoes.
🇫🇴PAN-FRIED WHALE STEAKS: Marinate steaks in vinegar and water overnight. In a frying pan, add sliced onions. Cut steaks into pieces. In a separate bowl, add flour and pepper. Coat whale steaks in flour and pepper. Add whale steaks to the frying pan. Add beef stock and allow it to cook for 30 minutes.
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YES, this is a repost. KZhead removed the original video after it had already amassed 4 million views. The reasons are complicated, boring and dumb, but I’ll explain. We used some footage from a channel that labeled it as “Creative Commons” meaning anyone can use it in their edit. Then we got a copyright strike on the channel for using that footage. It turns out, the footage we used wasn’t Creative Commons. Some KZhead channel had just reloaded this footage and labeled it as such. Sadly, this means youtube’s Creative Commons labeling system is useless, because anyone can just load someone else’s footage and label it as such. So, in order not to waste our extraordinary effort in making this video, we’ve reedited it, having taken out those handful of clips we’d used. That said, the strike still remains on our channel. Fun, right? The channel whose footage we inadvertantly used refused to make any type of licensing deal with us. Oh well. That’s their right.
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Hello😂
I love this channel ❤
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Great 👍
I grew up in Alaska where whale blubber, called muktuk, was considered a delicacy. I have had it and it is a very distinctive taste. The native Alaskans who hunt whale are extremely respectful of the animal and have traditionally used every part of the whale possible to sustain the tribe for the long winters.
It's been the practice of most Indigenous and First Nations peoples. I spent my teen years 20 minutes outside of a Cree reserve and befriended one of the girls. She and I hung out constantly and I got to help prepare a moose they'd hunted for the winter. First time trying this moose fat and Saskatoon berry mixture and it was sour and waxy and salty and a bit sweet. I ate as much as they'd let me with moose jerky. They used every part of the moose because every part has a use.
Loaded with mercury and shouldn’t be eaten.
Same.. I grew up teething on muktuk and dried salmon in Ankorage, Unalakleet and Noorvik. We were also often given seal meat by local inuit/Eskimos numerous times or simply invited to their homes to have it. Both my parents still prefer their ulus over a chef knife too.
is it taste like meat (as mammals) or closer to fish?
Any legend of korra fans making any cool connections here or just me?
I love the Faroese locals. They just seem both confident and friendly, the kind of folk that give the respect they receive. I would like to visit the archipelago before I go in the dirt. This series showed me how much.
Thx bud i live There
Very influenced by Lutheranism, in addition to that Scandinavian culture :)
Hi Sonny, my name is Gary Dutton I live in England I have been watching you for years. This video was a fantastic insight regarding Wales and the way you have explained it in depth and dealing with the unique culture of others. I genuinely believe you deserve a medal. You are a fantastic person and character and for that alone thank you very much for the time and effort to show me and also others around the world regarding unique traditions. This series was absolutely amazing regarding the Faroe Islands. Thank you very much sunny once again thank you very much ❤
Glad that reply dragging feminism into a food review comment section was removed. Nobody wanted to see their baggage and what was in it.
I guess there are alot of commonalities between Faroese and Wales. Both are fishermen cultures.
@@adrianaslund8605 Funny one..I'm, a Faroese man, I recently got a genetics test back from MyHeritage, my ancestors came from Wales, Ireland and Scotland :)
To be fair... This episode was deserving of another watch.
Fucking facts.
Aint that the truth
Stupid environmentalists need to mind their own damn business before they become next on the menu. "Leftists.......It's What's for Dinner"
I’ll watch it again
@@davevd9944 fax
This video is important and wonderful because of YOUR content, lack of those clips does nothing to decrease the excellence of this video. I'm sorry yall had to go through the hassle. But seriously thank you for going through it, doing the new edit and sharing it so people can continue to be educated about this. 💜
Yeah, but now they have a permanent strike on their account for trusting YT's own system. The issue is that the strike is permanent and channels only get 3 before they are shut down and removed from YT. I don't expect Sonny and crew to purposefully get another, but in a world where you can get one even when you're acting in good faith, it's a little worrying that someone else has the power to completely destroy your business and the livelihoods of everyone working there.
@@jimmyvau Yeah, I was trying to keep the comment positive and left out the KZhead politics cause I'd probably use language that would get me banned. ;P
@@jimmyvau They don't have a permanent strike. A strike will be removed after 90 days.
His best, in my opinion. I don't mind watching again for the views.
@@briley672 hi, what clips are missing here? I didn’t see the original upload. Thanks
Low key, Sonny has a Food review, Nat-Geo and History Channel all in one show. Amazing!
I love your content. You show such respect and kindness to EVERY PERSON.
This was an informative and eye opening video. I now understand the ideal of local foods. Makes so much sense now when shown in this context.
Thank you for uploading many kinds of food tradition all across the world. After watching all the videos I got to know more of the traditional foods of the world. 😊
I will rewatch it for you love your channel, it's not only food but also a cultural document!
Thanks for the video! And thank you to the kind people who let you share their way of life. It's fascinating! I'd love to visit some day.
I think I’ll just leave this running over and over all day because of what happened. I’ve been watching since 2017 and this is 100% my favorite channel.
that is what i am going to do help the view count
KZhead limits you to a couple views. You're wasting your time
@@pappi8338 limits you to 1 view by your ip adress
In Norway we commercialy hunt minke whale. Its fantastic, also does not have high amounts of mercury, so can be safely consumed by everyone.
How about dont?
@@PsychedSushi43 why? Tastes great, healthy and eco friendly
Let us keep something from our viking era please. Took our religion that's enough. /Swede@@PsychedSushi43
That’s not 🆒
@@greyfox3931 why? Is there any logical reason why its not cool? There is plenty of minke whales, theyre not endangered at all. Its also healthy and enviormentally friendly meat. So whats the issue?
I REALLY love these kind of videos from you all. The perfect mix of facts/culture and the staple a little comedy mixed in! Well done as always ands i look forward to more like this!
oh, i loved the first upload and of course this one. It is amazing how respectful you put this together
I like this channel because Sonny tackles "The Elephant in the Room" sans bias, and directly in the head. Great vid again!!
Honestly i am more than happy to rewatch, yall make some great content
Never thought that a food review show can give me goosebump. Well done Sunny! You and your team are the best!
@DrivableNote seemingly, to a few others too!
What exactly gave you goosebumps ?
@@andreadoolan416 the goose gives him bumps
@@andreadoolan416ur mom's
I'm really grateful you went to the Faroe islands. I honestly wish you'd stayed longer. Reposting this video is just a gift. Thanks Sonny!
I support whatever anyone’s eating ❤ the problem comes when the animals are treated really bad or if the animal is endangered ! ☺️
@@remsfairyy just curious if you would support cannibalism
@@jamesnesran2348 hmmm i don’t know . if the human is already dead ? maybe
@@remsfairyy they treat the whales more than bad
I think those people should go extinct then the whales can live in peace
Glad you reposted this! Was worried KZhead was gonna keep being you down for how pathetic they are
@Don't Look @ Me and exactly what other platform am I supposed to go to then hmm?
@Don't Look @ Me BIG "I am very smart" energy from you lol
@@the_canadian_goose6033 bili bili xD
@@Wailingllama lmao
i was having deja vu, i am like i saw this before. thank god i did not loose my mind. i agree with you, there are so many videos that are not good, but when Sonny posts this they think of taking it down. smh. When natgeo etc shows then its a show, when a content creator shows, its controversial.
Very interesting content! Done in the most respectful way possible. Kudos.
Tbh I like his videos a lot because they educate us the viewers on how people survive on different necessities that lack the normal necessities of food
Thank you for posting this video and all your videos from no matter where in the world. LOCAL food is so important now and in the future. We need more of it and people need to realize that food security is so important these days that harvesting and eating more locally obtained food will help the local area survive.
@Scott Burke they can have pigs, cows and other farm animals if they want to. Killing whales is not a must.
@@TheMaverickq neither is fruits being shipped or flown across waters but yet that happens
@@TheMaverickqcry more
@@TheMaverickq Too bad the world doesnt revolve around your privileged lifestyle
@@TheMaverickq so its fine to kill pigs, cows and other farm anmials but not whales??
Great videos as usual sonny and team. I’m amazed how you always try to potray local culture and their way of eating it to the world in the most open way possible. I also want to go to Faroe Island one day 🎉🎉
Look how clean and beautiful the place is and their houses are sparkling
This is the greatest channel on youtube in my opinion. Incredibly eye opening. Thank you.
Hi Sonny. These videos are exceptional. The way you portray local cuisine is amazing. Please come to New Zealand and try some rarities over here!
Thanks for your honest views and truth on topics of this nature. Keep up the great work man
Love your guys stuff , keep up the awesome work.
This is a very objective documentary on the Faroese tradition of the "Grint", of whale hunting, and whale eating. You approached this delicate subject very professionally, sensitive to both the environmental impact by continuing the practice, and the cultural impact by ceasing it. I'm impressed. This may be your best episode. And you described the textures and flavors very accurately. I ate whale meat and whale blubber a number of times while traveling up the northwest coast of Norway, and you nailed the taste: a mix of venison, salmon, and liver (and I'd add pigs feet and eel oil to the mix because of the buttery fat). I never had it dried but it sure tore apart like jerky on your show. The texture is really difficult to describe: because its too soft to be like beef, yet too solid to be like fish. Very good show, sir, with award winning qualities.
just because its tradition doesnt mean they have to do it, not all traditions are good. it was 'tradition' for women to stay at home and be housewives until the feminism movement
Thanks that was really informative!
@@nzvplc that was good tradition though
@@nzvplc Not your place to say. That's the bottom line here. You have absolutely no right to prevent someone from engaging in a >1000 year tradition, and why the hell should you?
@@nzvplc Women's happiness has taken a sharp decline since their 'liberation' (which ultimately was just them being pushed out of the home and into the workplace, so why wouldn't they be unhappy?). So don't assume it's a good thing to eschew tradition. It's there for a reason; it works. Traditions don't just happen, they evolve with the people who take part in them, usually through necessity.
That’s actually one of the most interesting videos you have posted 👌🏼
I like those houses with grass growing on the roof. Looks like something from a fantasy world.
Looks like something from the hobbit.
I like how this channel approaches cultures completely openly and exposes the culture to the world in a nonpartisan way. You are doing important educational work. Thanks!
Nonpartisan my ass he keeps insinuating that this will make pilot whales there are hundreds of millions of pilot whales they are in no danger of Extinction
Didn't get to see it the first time. Thanks for putting it back up.
The channel has grown so much in the last five years (that's when I started following you). 2 mill to almost 10 mill!!
Watching this channel has tremendously improved my culinary skills 👌🏾
This is soo educational, one cannot overestimate the great work you do and the great knowledge you share over these reviews. thanks a lot for continually sharing and seeking the truth.
Good this episode is a personal favorite and I'm happy to see it's back.
Your channel is always a learning experience for me I enjoy watching you ❤❤
Watching again because it’s an amazingly well made video and look into the lives of these people and it should be boosted
@@sharans5626 Yeah check the pinned comment
If they've been doing it for 1200 years, it HAS to be sustainable
You're right they do it less today than 1000 yrs ago
Now say the same to Chinese people who's been grinding rhino horns for thousands of years.
hunting is sustainable, industrialism and capitalism are not
well population of china is largly different today @@elmohead
@@LeviathanCb but faroe island population is unchanged for 1200 years?
No worries Sunny, we will support you and your channel. You deserves it after traveling all over the world to create the most unique food content for us! Hope you reach 4 mils plus for this video in no time!
Love your work, been a fan since eversince 😅
The island looks marvelous all season👌
I watched this the day it came out the first time and imma rewatch it again just 11 hours after posting keep up the good work i love watching your videos about other countries and cultures foods ive been in america my whole life and only know food from New Orleans and florida
The village is so clean and beautiful ❤️
to everyone, pls keep pushing in life and never give up. can't wait to see you successful one day and May God Bless You! 🥰🥰
i needed to hear that. my parents had to sell our holiday home because of too much costs. god bless
@@chaseniwa7971 yeahh my friend 🥰🫶🏻
@@chaseniwa7971 your holiday home?!?! I’m sorry, you’re so strong! What a warrior 😢
I went to the Faroe Islands last year, and it was the best experience of my life. I waited years for this!! Also, I went to the same restaurant and had the same dishes, and WOW, they are incredible. Didn’t have the guts to try whale meat even though I bought it at the supermarket (gave it to a local). When you visit the islands and get to know the culture and people, you get a different perspective of all this “controversy”.
they have no culture at all.
Thank you for the reupload. Your channel is great for learning about different cultures and ways of life. God bless you all.
I might be wrong but doing something for 1200 years would suggest that it is sustainable.
An extinction of a species is over thousands of years sometimes millions the way we are causing anima,s to go extinct is way faster than how it would happen naturally but then again fishing is one of their main incomes you can’t take all that away
But the way these people do it is the correct way it should be done nomover fishing
the word "controversy" has lost all meaning to me in this modern age
Why
@@DS11111 because me saying I like white sneakers can be seen as controversial
@@HybridBlueDream lmao that’s a reach, nobody would find that controversial pal😂
@@HybridBlueDream by who? lol. exceptions don't prove the rule. just because someone somewhere at some point in history used a word inappropriately either seriously or ironically doesnt change how the majority of people use and understand the word.
@@HybridBlueDream "it's not like i prefer white sneakers but don't get me started on black ones. just imagine your daughter coming home wearing black sneakers.. i'd be devastated."
This whale hunting feels like a scene from Avatar 2 when they were trying to catch the big fish.
In Norway we shoot the whale in the brain with a harpoon that has a grenade in it. Kills it immidelty.
I would love to love this dish, thanks for the presentation and the ingredients
i loved this video so much. your attitude and approach towards the custom and culture was perfect. 4 million other people thought so too. ah, it pains even me to see those views go. i can't imagine the frustration and pain you and your team went through.
This episode was deserving of another watch.
Hi Sonny. I am from Trinidad. I have relatives in St. Vincent. Over the years I was fortunate enough to get some of the blubber, the meat and some Whale oil.I loved it. The islanders eat the Whale with Farine together with some of the oil and blubber. Farine is bitter cassava, grated,dried and toasted to form a consistently like corn meal.
What's next on the menu, elephant?
@@benbrown9053Exactly, the guy above us has no brain to speak of obviously
@@benbrown9053it's very though, you need cook it for hours but it'll be tough
Just amazing this dude is trying every food around the world... Wow
As sad that it makes people and me it's still very important. It's how these people live thanks for sharing Sonny.
What a beautiful country
I really enjoyed this episode! Learning about the whales and how they harvest them and of course eating them.
I love the way you do things and keep it up love the show
Once again excellent job from you and your crew. The filming was amazingly awesome, and deserving of great praise. Sonny, your approach to such a controversial subject was brilliant and allows eyes to be opened as to the traditions of the local people that has sustainably continued this practice for many years. I applaud you and your teams efforts to bring this much needed content to us all to enlighten and enrich our understanding of each other's cultures and diversities. Thank you. And aaah Peace!✌🏾
I would love to try this one day, hopefully I'll be able to visit the Faroe Islands someday
Thankyou for showing our way of life.
I had read about this practise before but never considered the local ppls pov so thanks for bringing me the full story.
It's OK Sonny and team... It is a great video, worth the re-watch... Spreading awareness at a different level ❤👍🏻👍🏻
Wow that dinner looked like a traditional Danish meal. Even had Aquavit.
He is right, food belongs to the area... Also its a dream to be there..nice view...it looks so chilling
What a beautiful place. Looks so peaceful
I appreciate your true respect and non-judgmental attitude. In this day and age that is rare.
I love the Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 ❤ I went in 2019. 😊
Loved this the first time, even better a second time
Bro if I ever come in to money I would live life like sonny experiencing different cultures and cuisines I love this channel and its host makes my day everytime I watch the videos😊😊
I looked at it twice coz this episode i watched already, then went to comment section and there the unjust happened. No worries Sonny, every content is worth watching every now and then ❤️ surely nobody gets tired watching again and again your videos all effort are worth it. Kudos team ✨ luv from philippines
These people are definitely doing it the right way! I appreciate their toughness, and their generosity to share this tradition, and this delicious looking food with you, for us to see. 👍🐳🙏💙
Great job sonny. another classic
I like the view in the window.. that scenery is the image I always see in pictures..hope I can live there someday
Hi Sonny and crew, I’ve been watching your videos for such a long time now and in every other video that’s been posted on this channel opened up my mind towards certain things. Watching this video made me think about the indigenous people in the northern part of Canada. Today, as far as I know, these groups are struggling to keep up their tradition of seal hunting due to the same reasons that are in the video-thoughtless activism(and animal rights groups were going on and on about white seals even though they weren’t endangered). I am a cegep student and I recently learned about the fight for their rights, fighting to be able to sell seal products and for them to thrive. The documentary I watched (Angry Inuk) I think was 5 or so years old and this fight had been going on since the 20th century. In the documentary, it was already said that the ban did happen and they are not able to sell anything because of the ban on seal products. It would be very helpful for their community if a documentary was made about their food and their ways of living, shedding more light into this matter.
This series has made this chain of island look lit! Small counties hunting, farming, and fishing together. Love it!
You wouldn’t say the same for the Chinese & Japanese won’t you? Mf hypocrite
Sonny I'm a huge fan of this channel😍 it's so addictive and very educational.. Kaise, South Africa
this series was one of the best you did anyway
Saw the original...Rewatching this one because you deserve the views. Love what you do, sorry about the strike. The world is a weird place. Keep it up Sonny and the gang!
Oh that's what's happening here. I could have sworn I has already watched this. Was wondering
may i know what's been removed?
@@DanilaGaming It says in the pinned comment from BEFRS. It was a creative commons licensing issue I think
To be honest i was just watching and thinking how beautiful was that island and homes 😍
I’m so happy this video is back
I think this is a important video and didn't mind re-watching it. Thanks for reposting it. BTW, I would do exactly do what they do if I lived over there.
Very interesting, I agree that this seems sustainable to me, and it's an important part of their culture and identity. In a greedy, globalized world, I have a lot of respect for the Faroese people standing up for their culture and history.
Fishing what you can eat is very sustainable, buying fish on market where most get trown away is not :)
production quality..top notch
I love these trips we all go on together
This is just another case of the completely bonkers way big tech handles creators on their platforms. We really need to start thinking about moving away and to more distributed yet still monetizable platforms. Appart from that, awesome video. I was on the Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 shortly during my ferry trip from Denmark to Iceland but I did not try whale meat at any of those places. I didn't think it was ethical for me to do it. I definitely do not have an issue with locals doing it the traditional way, especially after this video!
I was going to say I swear Iv seen this very informative Vlog! You Tube it’s good that we are made aware how other traditions still live on. we may not all agree as society has got so sensitive but it’s called history and it’s reality!! TBF I wouldn’t hunt whales but this is sourced naturally with hard man labour and it’s sustainable! This is a fantastic food channel don’t spoil it please.
Ah that's why, I was thinking I am sure I have seen this video, that sums it up, creative content.
Amazing documentary!
I don't understand what the big deal is, 800 whales from a population of 1 million isn't noteworthy.
I couldn’t agree more. Some people just do not try to understand the situation
Yep totally agree, we dont see them talking about spiecises we have exctinct, even hundreds of them
All the people from nagaland please raise your hand. ✋ I'm from nagaland and i have been a fan of this channel since 2019. I always enjoy watching all his videos . It's so informative, unique and interesting
Watched and Liked! I'm glad I also caught it when the Original came out! 🔥
I always watch ur videos, for me u deserve a minimum 10m views per video, ur doing great and ur documentations are so informative. Keep doing making videos🙏🏻
I THINK I remember this place being on Animal Planet's "Whale Wars" show.
Trying to work out if anything's been edited out from the original upload (I imagine it was pulled, along with the Faroe's compilation due to some TOS issue, or someone complaining about the more graphic scenes from the hunt, as the Dolphin one stayed up). Anyone else notice if somethings missing?
The scenery of that place is so beautiful 🤩