Japan - News/General Discussion

bmwracer wrote:
For sure.

Any idea how much actual edible tuna the fish would yield?

75%?

More? Less?

Beats me, man...but it is an interesting question that I'd love to know the answer to! I couldn't even fathom a guess because I don't know much about being a fishmonger or sushi chef...but I would imagine they use most of our finned friend...the Japanese have been at this sushi thing for ages, right? :)

The Japanese don't waste much at all, even less when they pay that much for a fish, I would guess :)

Anime Dad wrote:The Japanese don't waste much at all, even less when they pay that much for a fish, I would guess :)

I am with you...I bet they are really efficient....which is why I own a blue fin tuna skin wallet which is sitting in my pocket right now.

Tu_triky wrote:

I am with you...I bet they are really efficient....which is why I own a blue fin tuna skin wallet which is seating in my pocket right now.

Seriously?

Anime Dad wrote:

Seriously?

No. :P

But I do know that, traditionally, chefs in Japan would use a grater made of shark skin to grate real wasabi root.

Tu_triky wrote:

No. :P

But I do know that, traditionally, chefs in Japan would use a grater made of shark skin to grate real wasabi root.

LOL. I guess it was possible...

Anime Dad wrote:Seriously?

LOL.

And he has a tuna skin suit as well. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL.

And he has a tuna skin suit as well. :hehe:

:hehe: :hehe:

Outed!

bmwracer wrote:

And he has a tuna skin suit as well. :hehe:

Nothing would surprise me with Tu ;)

Anime Dad wrote:

LOL. I guess it was possible...

I am sure you're right. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Any idea how much actual edible tuna the fish would yield?

75%?

More? Less?

They had a maguro cutting demonstration at Mitsuwa a couple months ago. They used pretty much everything except the tail.

Here's a video of how it's done:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STisrZ-Pc4M&feature=related

And this is a pretty small fish.

gaijinmark wrote:

They had a maguro cutting demonstration at Mitsuwa a couple months ago. They used pretty much everything except the tail.

Here's a video of how it's done:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STisrZ-Pc4M&feature=related

And this is a pretty small fish.

Sugoi! :applaud: I just watched that from start to finish. I must say, that long sword sure got me at the edge of my seat.

Wynter wrote:

Sugoi! :applaud: I just watched that from start to finish. I must say, that long sword sure got me at the edge of my seat.

Haha. You crazy, woman. :hehe:

Thanks for the video, 'mark. I went to Tsujiki but I never saw any of the fishmongers dismantle a bluefin so deftly from start to finish like that.

gaijinmark wrote:And this is a pretty small fish.

Ha! Throw that tiny thing back in! :hehe:

gaijinmark wrote:They had a maguro cutting demonstration at Mitsuwa a couple months ago. They used pretty much everything except the tail.

Here's a video of how it's done:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STisrZ-Pc4M&feature=related

And this is a pretty small fish.

Cool... No waste.

That's how you get your money's worth. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Cool... No waste.

That's how you get your money's worth. :victory:

I saw a video once... I think Toshi-kun sent it to me, where the traveling food guy (name just slipped off my tongue, yum) goes to a restaurant and the chef feeds him a fish... like every single possible part of the fish, in varying dishes. No waste what so ever. He even made a dish out of the stuff that was in the fish's stomach...

Now that's skill.

Wynter wrote:

I saw a video once... I think Toshi-kun sent it to me, where the traveling food guy (name just slipped off my tongue, yum) goes to a restaurant and the chef feeds him a fish... like every single possible part of the fish, in varying dishes. No waste what so ever. He even made a dish out of the stuff that was in the fish's stomach...

Now that's skill.

Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, me thinks...

Wynter wrote:He even made a dish out of the stuff that was in the fish's stomach...

Now that's skill.

No, that's gross. :bleh:

JAL to file Bankruptcy

TOKYO (AP) Troubled Japan Airlines is set to cut about 15,600 jobs, a third of its work force, and reject billion-dollar cash offers from Delta and American Airlines, as it files for bankruptcy and embarks on a government-led turnaround, reports said Monday.
Under a rehabilitation plan now being hammered out by a state-backed corporate turnaround body, JAL would make the job cuts during the three fiscal years through March 2013, Kyodo News reported. The plan would include a fresh investment of $3.3 billion by the body and wipe much of its soaring debts under bankruptcy protection.

JAL's shares, which have plunged in recent weeks, are to be delisted, the Asahi newspaper reported.

Officials at JAL, the transport ministry and the turnaround body could not be reached for comment Monday, a national holiday in Japan. The stock market was also closed.

The state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan will decline cash offers from Delta and American Airlines as it fears giving foreign carriers a foreign stake in the company would complicate the restructuring, according to media reports.

Instead, the airline will pursue only greater cooperation with either Delta or American, the business daily Nikkei said Sunday. The turnaround body will pick one of the U.S. carriers as JAL's partner after February, it said.

Delta and its SkyTeam partners have offered $1 billion to JAL, while American, which partners with JAL in the oneworld alliance, has countered with a $1.4 billion.

JAL could file for bankruptcy as early as Jan. 19, with company president Haruka Nishimatsu resigning soon after, reports said.

The Nikkei said Sunday the government and the turnaround body have asked Kazuo Inamori, founder of electronic component maker Kyocera Corp., to head JAL during the restructuring process. Inamori is to reply to the government by the end of the week.

Shares in JAL have tumbled and were off nearly 12% Friday at 67 yen. Friday's finish marked a staggering fall from JAL's closing price of 213 yen at the beginning of 2009.

gaijinmark wrote:JAL to file Bankruptcy

Yup. I've been following this story for months....it's a long time coming.