That's really interesting stuff!
Most of the shark you can buy in the fish stores here in Gothenburg is of the smaller varieties. We don't get tiger sharks in the nordic countries. I once had the chance to taste Brugd which I believe is called 'Basking shark' in English. It is a shame that this animal's meat is wasted for making shark fin soup, oil and so on. Shark fin soup is a bland and unapetizing dish, like many other Chinese traditional foods. Swallow's nests, and so on. I can almost not believe that some of these noble animals are slaughered just for their fins. Apparently, sometimes they just dump the carcasses into the sea after harvesting the fins.
Brugd has a taste that is somewhat similar to Havskatt (Atlantic wolffish). It is a cutlet fish with a meat that is much firmer than cod, for example.
Most of the shark you can buy in the fish stores here in Gothenburg is of the smaller varieties. We don't get tiger sharks in the nordic countries. I once had the chance to taste Brugd which I believe is called 'Basking shark' in English. It is a shame that this animal's meat is wasted for making shark fin soup, oil and so on. Shark fin soup is a bland and unapetizing dish, like many other Chinese traditional foods. Swallow's nests, and so on. I can almost not believe that some of these noble animals are slaughered just for their fins. Apparently, sometimes they just dump the carcasses into the sea after harvesting the fins.
Brugd has a taste that is somewhat similar to Havskatt (Atlantic wolffish). It is a cutlet fish with a meat that is much firmer than cod, for example.
