OT Record tuna

[BruceB]

OK who wants to try to cut this one up?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_giant_tuna_sold

[thombrogan]

Would a tuna that big be yummy? Would the processing of its carcass into tasty slabs of goodness make a good video if The Benny Hill Show's soundtrack played in the background?

[willspear]

I bet its great the toro is probably going to amazing.

[boar_d_laze]

Would a tuna that big be yummy? Would the processing of its carcass into tasty slabs of goodness make a good video if The Benny Hill Show's soundtrack played in the background?

Shouldn't that be, tasty slabs o' goodness?

Just sayin,
BDL

[thombrogan]

I reserve "slabs o' goodness" for the fabled ham o' shanter. And toupee' o' goodness for the ham named Shatner. YMMV

[BruceB]

OK what kind of knife would you use to attack that beast? And how long would you think it would take to get it completly finished? Do the math, see what a plate of sushi would cost!

[MartinPiller]

They'll use a maguro kiri of let's say 4+ feet size and complete the breakdown in appr. 10 minutes (processed carefully).

Tzukuri must be heaven...

[chessler98]

I have been to Tsukiji and seen the tuna auction. After one particularly large fish was sold, the workers rolled up a big metal wheeled sled, loaded the fish, and then carted it over to a big industrial Hitachi bandsaw. There was a power lift table that raised the fish to the level of the bandsaw and moved the fish past the blade. The nonchalant worker simply sawed the fish into about six pieces (head, tail, and mayber four cross cuts). Only then did he pull out a long (really long - at first glance it looked like a sword) slicing knife to cut longitudinally.

They then carted the fish off and got to work. It took them just a few minutes to produce beautiful slabs that I presume were resold to restaurants. Amazing what a sharp knife, experience, and skill can do.

There also appeared to be some very well-stocked knife shops at Tsukiji. Didn't get a chance to visit them as time was limited (sigh).

[DrNaka]

This is only at Tsukiji and the first bid in New Year.
The highest bidder is in the news not only in Japan it is world wide.
Far better than paying on commercials.

Just for info.
Hong Kong-based sushi establishment is Sushi King.
The other Sushi Bar is Ginza Kyubei.

The toro of this tuna costs 1500Yen for one piece (kan) at Sushi King. It will cost more at Kyubei for sure.

[blwchef]

So sad
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=69

[DocNightfall]

So sad
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=69

"All populations of bluefin tuna are being caught faster than they can reproduce. Bluefin is being further depleted by ranching operations that collect small bluefin and raise them to full size to sell primarily to the sushi market."

I read that and thought to myself, "EAT IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!"

[DrNaka]

http://www.a-marine.co.jp/en_commodity01/index.html


At the Kinki University Fisheries Laboratory, we have succeeded in complete culture of bluefin tunas for the first time in the world in 2002 after 30-year studies. The whole body being well-reputed for its sublime taste of toro (fat meat), this completely cultured fish is a quality product most appropriate for sashimi and the ingredient of sushi.

There is hope.

[DocNightfall]

Ooh. Kinki.

[khman]

http://www.a-marine.co.jp/en_commodity01/index.html

There is hope.

Few years ago , an Australian company "Clean Seas Tuna Limited (www.cleanseastuna.com.au)" started selling their cultured Bluefin tuna .
http://www.agriprods.com/agriprods_companies/company_details/company/clean-seas-tuna-limited.html

sashimi ? yes , no problem :
http://zh-hk.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=327013280322

2 years ago , the cost of a cultured Bluefin tuna is only 1/3 of the price of buying a wild life Bluefin tuna .

might be Seb also know this company in Sydney:)

[khman]

This is only at Tsukiji and the first bid in New Year.
The highest bidder is in the news not only in Japan it is world wide.
Far better than paying on commercials.

Just for info.
Hong Kong-based sushi establishment is Sushi King.
The other Sushi Bar is Ginza Kyubei.

The toro of this tuna costs 1500Yen for one piece (kan) at Sushi King. It will cost more at Kyubei for sure.

oh yes !
This year , the highest bidder is the Ricky san from HongKong again .

i just read today's news paper about this :
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20100106/00176_018.html

other news paper said the cost of each piece of this Tuna is about few hundred hk$ , but Ricky san just sell them for less than few 10hk$ each piece . yes , this is the cost to spend on advertisement .

[DrNaka]

Few years ago , an Australian company "Clean Seas Tuna Limited (www.cleanseastuna.com.au)" started selling their cultured Bluefin tuna .
http://www.agriprods.com/agriprods_companies/company_details/company/clean-seas-tuna-limited.html

sashimi ? yes , no problem :
http://zh-hk.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=327013280322

2 years ago , the cost of a cultured Bluefin tuna is only 1/3 of the price of buying a wild life Bluefin tuna .

might be Seb also know this company in Sydney:)

There are many Bluefin tuna farms.
They catch young tunas and feed it to be bigger.
The Kinki University has completly cultured (that means they breed) Bluefin tuna.

BTW I could not acces the facebook link.

[khman]

There are many Bluefin tuna farms.
They catch young tunas and feed it to be bigger.
The Kinki University has completly cultured (that means they breed) Bluefin tuna.

BTW I could not acces the facebook link.

breeding the Bluefin tuna by fertilization need a breakthrough of technology .

i knew the Australian co. CleanSeas also using the fertilization technology .
but i don't know whether they got this technology matured or not .
even if they got this technology matured , they still need years for the infant tuna to grow big enough for sell .
so , at the meanwhile , they are probably unable to provide a completly cultured Bluefin tuna for the market.

other people told me they watched a documentation film about this technology .
inside the film , they said the tuna herded in japan was not yet welcome , because of high cost and taste requirement .


it seems the Australian co. CleanSeas is also promoting their tuna in NYC .
if you search the "Clean Seas Tuna Ltd." in facebook or google , you will find the facebook link to them .

BTW , sorry for facebook link on my previous post is not working , i also find this link is not always working & don't know why .

[bob13bob]

i read yahoo news saying they did sell that farmed tuna in japan, much cheaper than regular though. i hear flesh color and taste is completey off, . when mcdonalds starts selling blue fin nuggets, you know it's time to move on to new food. Watch food inc., freagin scary.

[khman]

i read yahoo news saying they did sell that farmed tuna in japan, much cheaper than regular though. i hear flesh color and taste is completey off, . when mcdonalds starts selling blue fin nuggets, you know it's time to move on to new food. Watch food inc., freagin scary.

extra antibiotics and hormone .... seems to be unavoidable :o

[khman]

i read yahoo news saying they did sell that farmed tuna in japan, much cheaper than regular though. ......


the Australian farmed tuna is cheaper than the Japanese farmed tuna .

[DrNaka]

breeding the Bluefin tuna by fertilization need a breakthrough of technology .


Kinki Uni succeeded in that breeding.

They are now at the 3rd generation.
http://www.21coe-kinkiuniv.jp/pdf/3rd_PBT_English.pdf

On December 6, 2007, the Fisheries Laboratory of Kinki University (Hidemi Kumai, Director, Shirahama-cho, Wakayama Prefecture) made its first shipment of 1,500 fry, the third generation of the artificially hatched (completely cultured) bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis, which had been artificially incubated and raised at the Lab's Ohshima Experiment Station (Kushimoto-cho, Wakayama Prefecture).

I know that because in a meeting of the chemical society in Japan we had a banquet and the first generation completely cultured bluefin tuna was served there.
The professor who was leading that project made a speech there.

About taste of it...
If the Ohma tuna (the same which has gone for 17M YEN) is 10 the cultured one was 6 in a 1 to 10 scale.

[khman]

Kinki Uni succeeded in that breeding.

They are now at the 3rd generation.
http://www.21coe-kinkiuniv.jp/pdf/3rd_PBT_English.pdf


I know that because in a meeting of the chemical society in Japan we had a banquet and the first generation completely cultured bluefin tuna was served there.
The professor who was leading that project made a speech there.

About taste of it...
If the Ohma tuna (the same which has gone for 1.7M YEN) is 10 the cultured one was 6 in a 1 to 10 scale.

That's a great achievement to have this oceanic treasure breeding under a controlled environment .

Thank you for helping us to understand the progress of this new achievement .

Your firsthand evaluation on the taste of this cultured bluefin tuna is better than billion words from the internet .

Very Best Regards:)