Does Japan use dolphin meat in their rations?

Eddo36 · Post by **Eddo36** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:37 am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JSDF-JGSDF-JAPA ... 2096836098

Was looking around Ebay for international rations, and saw "dolphin" (iruka) in the description. I suppose it would depend on the species of dolphin, but what do you guys make of it?

steve1989 · Post by **steve1989** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 3:24 am

Has to be Mahi Mahi - if it were Dolphin, that would be nuts! They DO eat that over there, though I think.

I have heard of Mahi Mahi being called Dolphin a lot here in Florida. Mahi is just a regular fish.

laughing_man · Post by **laughing_man** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:57 am

A "dolphin" does not exist in Japanese rations.
Fundamentally, Japanese people do not eat a dolphin.
As an exception, only one small town eats a dolphin traditionally.
That eBay page has mistaken.

Eddo36 · Post by **Eddo36** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:30 am

I contacted the seller, this is what he said:

The MRE is written in Japanese.
I read Japanese.
Iruka is Japanese for dolphin.

laughing_man · Post by **laughing_man** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 2:55 am

Eddo36 wrote:I contacted the seller, this is what he said:

The MRE is written in Japanese.
I read Japanese.
Iruka is Japanese for dolphin.

If that seller is not a liar, he mistakes.

StickyFingaz745 · Post by **StickyFingaz745** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:36 am

I bought that exact ration from that eBay seller thinking it was dolphin.. I came to find out it wasn't dolphin at all, but pork sautéed in ginger instead! I told him it was a mistake and proved him wrong. He eventually offered me a partial refund for the "false description." I'm not sure why he still has "dolphin" on his item description. I guess people that bought it will complain if he admits it was a mistake. Check out my vid if you wanna see the "dolphin" review.

laughing_man · Post by **laughing_man** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:49 am

StickyFingaz745, Welcome to this forum

I was surprised that the true character of a dolphin is pork saute LOL

I imagined the reason for which the seller mistook it.
There are two dolphins in a Japanese character.
- イルカ
- 海豚

Generally, we use a "イルカ".
Your ration is a "豚しょうが焼き".
A "豚" is a pig. (Pork is "豚肉" and it is often omitted.)
Probably, the seller mistook the "海豚" for the "豚".

Thank you for the information.

YouTube · Post by **housil** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:24 am

Thank you laughing_man for clearing this up. I´ll closed this thread with this.

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