31 Jul
2012
31 Jul
'12
7:30 p.m.
On 31 Jul 2012 at 19:21, Sam O'nella wrote:
Perhaps this is just a silly question but why whale
oil? Was whaling
super common at the time and they had an excess of whale oil to sell?
Standard ground oil wasn't good enough?
I remember that the local market back in the 60s sold whale meat at
one time. I recall that my brother, who worked at the market,
brought some home. It was terrible tasting.
Population pressures make everything scarce.
--Chuck