#sharkfin soup

[the-trinket-witch]

Hello! Long time no see, skele-pal! I need to know No. 17 for all-

ask meme here: (Also HOI HOI!!! You get to meet The Cook and Mr Khan too, now!)

What is the weirdest thing your oc regularly eats? (I'm changing it a little by adding 'the oddest thing your OC has ever eaten')

Albert:

Being from Altus, RQ, he's had exposure in trying things like Pie and Mash (which so happens to have eel in/accompanying it). It isn't often, but he does still enjoy the dish on occasion. As well, He's tried Chicharrón de pulpo. This was only on accident, though, as it was in the weeks following Azul's attempts to take the Dorm from them. Yuu had learned how to 'Passive aggressively' cook things like the aforementioned octo-chicharrón to pointedly bring to lunch. Needless to say: Yuu smugly shared some with the Twins, while said Tweels got a show in the grave face Al made on the realization.

Yuu:

This is probably the weirdest that others would probably balk at but: huitlacoche, corn smut or 'mexican truffle'. They loved how their grandma could make it a big deal because of how difficult it is to get a hold of fresh. 'Canned never tastes the same, mi hijo' She would say.

Tidus:

It might be easier to count on fingers things the dude hasn't tried yet. There were a few misses, but some like okonomiyaki were a knock outta the park. Similar to how Floyd likes making odd takoyaki concoctions, Tidus loves putting different things in okonomiyaki to see what works and doesnt.

Lázaro:

He has a pretty varied palate, but the one he just couldn't get into were fluffernutters (Peanut butter/marshmallow fluff sandwiches). Something others might think 'odd' he eats on the regular though, would be menudo, only because of the tripe.

The Janitor:

They motion that while they don't have a sense of taste, they do experience temperature differences and textures. Because of that, many a non-edible thing has been chewed on, with the one of the least preferred textures being non-neutonian fluid. AKA Gak/slime/putty. They describe it as squeaky, cold and sometimes grainy.

Aadesh:

He has had a chance to try a lot of things, being the closest underling to Mr. Khan. His consistent 'irregular' favorite is beef tar-tare. The strangest thing he's tried (and didn't like) was snake wine. He only choked it down at the insistence of Mr. Khan, one evening, having to feign an absence of utter disgust.

Jon Teach:

"Ahaha! Y'can eat most anything if ye fry it in enough butter and salt! The things ye can stomach, though, when the billfold's feeling a bit light and the fishin's been rough."

Mr. Khan:

Something he enjoys on a more regular basis is shark curry. He has tried sharkfin soup and birds nest soup, but prefers the greater substance in something like curry. The 'Strangest' thing he's ever consumed isn't something he'll put in his financial books. He has a taste for more 'exotic' meat. (Read: hard to obtain due to regulations or ethical concerns)

#albert eastwind #tidus rhin #eugenio hernandez #lazaro muertinez #aadesh sona #The Janitor #jon teach #rajesh khan

[smithanonsworld]

So is there any kind of food you haven't tried yet?

Well yes. Starting of is Balut, something from.the vietnamese cooking, don't wanna try it either.

Next is sharkfin soup, bland and a waste of shark meat.

Another one is bat soup which, let's be honest probably was the reason the pandemic started.

There is plenty.

[fluffylandshark]

Anon who asked for height- I got the joke, I'm just an awkward person- Though I do enjoy learning about folks' sonas!! Well, not sure if you consider fluffy your sona- uhm. Yeah- :]

Ye he is. He's specifically meant to be a sona unlike my other OCs.

Some fluffy facts for ya:

He was once a regular Great White Shark (although in his reality sharks are basically sentient just in a different way to us)

He floofy now because he got bit by a werewolf surfer, to be fair to the surfer Fluffy bit first (surfers look a lot like seals from below (don't worry they both fine now)

He's banned from going closer than 100 meters to the seal enclosure at the local zoo, for trying to make SLT sandwiches(seal lettuce tomato)

He used to hate humans (his cousin Jeremiah was caught and definned, fluffy watched him slowly die and later on he got tangled in an abandoned fishing net (post fluffyfication)

He later learned that not all humans are bad when some humans helped him untangle himself from the aforementioned net.

He lives in a cave at the ocean.

He got a Skateboard.

He like to go fast

I am speed

Indeed fluffy you is speed

He takes very good care of his fluffyness

He loves hugs, pats, scritches and general physical affection

Some of his favorite cold hooman foods is Sashimi and Mettbrötchen with onions.

He dislikes sharkfin soup(don't even mention the stuff near him), cruelty(if you're going to kill something do it quick and painless), wasteful behavior (if you eat the cows meat at least use as much of the body as you can, not doing so is disrespectful), the JAWS Franchise, dolphins and Pollution.

His tail wags when he's exited and he has a tapetum lucidum (that thing that makes some animals eyes reflect light in the dark(for example cats)

And don't worry about being awkward. Both me and fluffy are awkward too. Hooman social norms and cues are difficult to understand when you run on shark OS

Do you want a hug hooman?

#shark posting #fluffylandshark #fluffylandshark lore #my sona #ask #art made by log-the-monster-maker

[yanquihash]

i would try sharkfin soup if..

#giving away my answer

[iceh34rt]

Sharkfin soup?

DISQUALIFIED

#toonami #food wars

[friendofgum]

I've been thinking about things I did as a kid that I really enjoyed at the time, but that I could never share with my own kid because of what I've learned in adulthood

Like. I've eaten shark (not sharkfin soup, like shark fillets). It was really good! But knowing what I know now about mercury buildup, shark is like the worst fish you could eat!!

I also have a really vivid memory of going to Sea World for my birthday when I was like 6 or 7 years old. One of the orcas had a massive erection that my best friend pointed at and I loudly asked, "what's that?!" which my dad did not answer, just pretended not to see it lmao. I got a bunch of cute little sea creature figurines there that I played with almost every day for years, some of which I still have to this day! But of course it was the early 90s and I was a little kid, I had no idea how bad Sea World was or even just the ethics of keeping an animal like a whale in captivity.

It's kind of a weird feeling, having positive memories associated with something you know in hindsight was a bad thing to participate in, but also understanding that at the time you couldn't have known how and why it was bad.

#the pain meds are kicking in so I'm kind of rambling a lil #memories #i really hate sea world because of how they treat their animals and also it's hugely unethical to keep whales but #going there as a little kid is still one of my favorite memories #it's a bit of a conflict in my brain

[sewerelk]

This person with the wonderful haircut is named Sharkfin, the bastard lil man  on their head is named Soup. 

#oc #digital art #digital drawing #shark #art #artists on tumblr

[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

Sun Myung Moon’s fish business had plans to corner the shark fin trade

▲ Sharks that died after their fins were cut off.

Moonies Fishing Shows Little or No Profit—So Where Do They Get Their Money?

by Tim Sullivan  (National Fisherman, September 1981 or a few years later)

Are the “Moonies” trying to take over the United States fishing industry, and are they succeeding? After following the activities of Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church and related businesses for the past five years, these are two of the questions I am most frequently asked. My answers, most simply, are yes and no.

The Plans Going back to the beginning of Moon’s involvement with the industry in 1976, the record is quite clear: the Korean industrialist/evangelist would like very much to exploit the profit potentials of the fisheries. Outwardly, this intent came in an announcement from Stephen Baker, an advertising agent who had just completed a job of promoting Moon’s God Bless America Festival in Washington, D.C. In September 1976, Baker told The New York Times that Moon had purchased a fleet of seven trawlers and a fleet of trucks and “is going to make fish a staple” in the country. Baker said that with his advertising help, “We’ll make fish another Perdue chicken.” Later, he described this announcement as “premature,” which was partially accurate. There were, in fact, no trawlers and no fleet of trucks. Moon’s yacht New Hope and speedboat Flying Phoenix were making some waves in the New England rod-and-reel tuna fishery, and there was one truck to carry the fish around, but the major efforts were only in the planning stage.

Robert Brandyberry, a former Unification Church member, testified at a recent trial that he had attended a high-level church meeting in September 1976 at which Moon made fishing a major topic of discussion. Notes taken during the session indicated plans for marine enterprises centered in key areas of the country: Boston, New York, New Orleans and Florida, Los Angeles and Seattle. “We need to have all connected businesses within our organization,” Brandyberry wrote. “No competition because we use our own members.With worldwide network we can control business. All young men must go all over the world fishing.”

An internal church document, written on October 30, 1976, and obtained soon after, cited projected sales of $600,000 for the following year and profits of $86,000 but warned of problems involving the use of aliens and the poor corporate image of Tong II, the original Moon-related fish business. The document, signed by A. Richard Arnold, “director of marketing services,” stated: “We are building no foundation for the huge harvest of fish that Father (Moon) is planning to help restore the world.” “We must ‘crack’ the wholesale markets or fail in our mission. Every day we waste with no results is failing our fundraisers in the streets. Tong II’s business reputation is very bad. A new corporation can start a clean operation and quickly achieve bank credits that would be impossible as a division of Tong II.”

The Threat Reports of these pronouncements and plans were widely circulated in the industry and prompted a fear among many that the church, using the free labor of its members, its tax-exempt status, etc., could indeed “crack” the markets as Arnold had suggested and “control business” as Moon demanded. And Moon and his affiliates certainly had the resources with which to try. Only three days after the Arnold report was drafted, a new corporation—International Oceanic Enterprise, Inc.—was formed in Virginia. The company, doing business as International Seafood, began operating out of a plant on the Norfolk waterfront, and the church money began to flow.

Records of the Unification Church International show disbursements of $250,000 to International Seafood on November 7, 1976; $250,000 to International Oceanic on November 13; $150,000 on April 12, 1977; and $250,003 on July 5—a total of $2,400,003 during a 15-month period ending in February 1978. The latter-day expenditures during that time undoubtedly helped to fund both a new venture in boatbuilding and the acquisition of more than 700 acres of waterfront property in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, in early 1978. This purchase by International Oceanic also signaled the formation of a few more corporations: U.S. Marine to handle shipbuilding; Master Marine, also involved in boatbuilding; and One-Up, a hold company. Total expenditures: approximately $5 million. Other acquisitions related to fishing included a small lobster company in Gloucester, Massachusetts, purchased for $300,000, which was $100,000 over its market value.

The church also purchased an old milk factory in San Leandro, California, for an unknown quantity of money, named it Golden Gate Seafoods and began describing it as the secondary processing arm of a budding operation in Alaska. The Alaska operation, a small yet highly efficient processing facility, cost more than $7 million, according to former International Seafood employees who have since disassociated themselves from the operation. The church has dabbled in other fisheries, too, working the waters off Florida with a small fleet of boats pursuing kingfish for sale in a small store in Miami. They’ve acquired another shipyard in Mississippi. Most recently, they descended on Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a fleet of thirty 25’ boats built by Master Marine for use in the bluefin tuna fishery. This brings to over 60 the number of vessels now licensed in this one fishery and more are on the way. Those seven trawlers that ad man Baker spoke about back in 1976 finally do exist, along with several other large vessels around the country.

There is another international trading company known as Uniworld, and a trading company in Japan— Shiawasa Shoji. UCI has done other business in fish under a variety of little-known names like Fast Brothers, Father’s Fish Co., Happiness Seafoods and the Ginseng Co. The total capital outlay just for the most visible holdings exceeds $15 million, making the affiliated companies one of the largest seafood catching, processing and marketing networks in the country.

Former church members have verified private businessmen’s fears that the workers in many of the operations, being church members, either go unpaid or return their money to the church as a donation after the formal exercise of paying the help is completed.

That many of the various companies received start-up and operating monies from the tax-free holdings of the Unification Church International is fact, well documented in church records.

With extensive holdings on every coast and involvement in many of the major fisheries—from shrimp, scallops and Atlantic bluefin to Alaska bottomfish—it seems obvious that the inroads and power Moon sought have been achieved. No other operation in the country has shown such phenomenal growth in such a short time. By all appearances it is successful, but the appearances belie the reality.

Losses The Norfolk operation was a dismal failure, a drain on the corporate coffers rather than a source of income. Its various leaders suffered from a lack of experience in the industry. Products were packed in an inappropriate manner, there were some troubles with short weights, and big plans fell through on a number of attempts to corner the market on a variety of exotic seafood ranging from shrimp and squid to sharkfins (see National Fisherman December 1980, page 34).

▲ Shark fins

▲ Commercial shark fin categories: primary and secondary sets

Numerous efforts were made to attract business by paying the boats more than the prevailing rates and selling to wholesalers at lower-than-competitive prices, but this tactic gained few inroads.

In 1978, company officials admitted candidly that International was losing money, probably at a rate in excess of $250,000 per year. In 1979, International’s competitors estimated even greater losses, and in May 1979, the operation ceased, to the surprise of few. What was surprising was that only six months after the closure, International returned to spend $1.6 million to purchase the plant and surrounding waterfront property it had previously rented.

Shipbuilding In Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and Moss Point, Mississippi, the shipbuilding operations continue at the same slow pace the rest of the shipbuilding industry has experienced for the past two years. Master Marine’s production in 1979 was around a dozen vessels, and a comparable production from the combined facilities in Alabama and Mississippi was reported last year. “They’re getting by,” says a rival builder in Bayou La Batre, “but they’re not making any killing; no one is right now.”

The scene is markedly different than it was in 1978, when International, Master Marine, et al swooped down on the town to buy up the shipbuilding facilities and the 700 acres of waterfront property while announcing plans for expanding the shipbuilding operations and establishing fish plants and a marine academy. The shipbuilding has stagnated, and the 700 acres lay idle. There are no plants, no academy, and Moon’s affiliates are known not for their fishing involvement but for a youth center they opened for the community’s teenagers.

Costly Delays The operation in Kodiak, Alaska, too, is less extensive than expected. The fish plant is now in operation and handling a variety of locally-caught seafood, but the fleet of company-owned, company-built boats to supply the plant hasn’t materialized. There are many vessels, sporting names like Sunrise and Green Hope, the products of labor at the Master Marine yards, but repeated advertisements throughout the industry have failed to attract enough experienced skippers to handle the vessels in the often-treacherous waters of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea.

The plant, which has been operated by many of the same people who operated the Norfolk operations, also took three years to complete—double the original predictions—and costs rose accordingly, from an original estimate of $3 million to now over $7 million. “Perhaps it will yield profits some day, but there are some great costs to overcome,” says Mulk Prudent, an old hand in fish dealing who was hired to salvage the Norfolk operation and then worked selling product from the Alaska plant out of his office in Seattle.

In San Leandro, Golden Gate Seafoods also appears to have suffered because of the construction delays in Alaska, designated, as it was, to be the final processing arm of the Kodiak plant. The operation appears to be making some money handling the catches from vessels in the Oakland area, and costs have certainly been cut since the days of the late 1970s when Golden Gate, with no plant of its own, bought fish from the local boats, trucked it whole across the country to Norfolk for processing and then trucked it back to the West Coast for shipment to Japan. Golden Gate is also involved in a lawsuit in which a Moon-affiliated operation in Gloucester, Massachusetts, charges it did not pay for a shipment of squid that was packed and shipped last summer. “From the investigation we’ve done, we’d have to say they are no big money-maker,” says Anthony Bertolino, Gloucester attorney. He is trying to recover money allegedly lost by Capt. Joe and Sons, the Gloucester fish processor that actually packed the squid that is the focus of Moon affiliate A’s lawsuit against Moon affiliate B.

And, certainly, if there are profits, they are so modest that they could hardly be a source of funds with which to prop up the other operations. The most publicized and apparently successful operation is in Gloucester. There, International Seafood has a lobster company, while Uniworld trades in tuna, and the church itself has a fleet of 50 tuna boats, with Master Marine holding another 10. Cries that the “Moonies” are taking over the industry can be heard everywhere.

But, again, the appearances overshadow the reality. The profits, if there are any, are certainly not great and, most assuredly, aren’t the source of money for propping up Norfolk, Kodiak or the lesser holdings elsewhere. And none of Moon’s non-fishing operations in the country are known to be large enough to support the fishing enterprises, either.

Who Has the Money? The church itself could be the source, according to many. But Mose Durst, the president of the church, maintains that the reverse is true. Since the “Moonies” have downplayed begging and their flower and candle sales as a source of income, the businesses support the church, he says.

This seems doubtful, but anything is possible in the financial maze of the Unification Church, Unification Church International, International Oceanic, International Seafoods, One-Up, U.S. Marine Corporation, Master Marine, Fathers Fish, Fast Bros., [Ocean Enterprises of Alaska, Inc., International Seafoods of Alaska, Inc., Ocean Peace, Inc., Top Ocean, Inc.] etc., etc.

Where the money comes from remains a mystery.

____________________________________

A huge Moon Church scam in Japan is revealed

Moon extracted $500 million from Japanese female members

Moon church of Japan used members for profit, not religious purposes

Shark finning: The cruelest cuts

Moon owned Sushi Company, True World Foods, Linked to Whaling

The Dark Side of True World Foods

Sushi and Rev. Moon – Chicago Tribune

FDA cites Elk Grove True World Foods seafood plant for unsanitary conditions

Jack White and his crew of five in the ‘Green Hope’ drowned off Alaska

John Williams died in a tragic Ocean Church accident in 2003

Japanese Unification Church member froze to death

SEASPIRACY website

SEASPIRACY trailer (Netscape) Seaspiracy examines the global fishing industry, challenging notions of sustainable fishing and showing how human actions cause widespread environmental destruction.

#sharkfin soup #Sun Myung Moon #Ocean Church

[thriftrescue]

lil ZIP N ZOOMERS Shark toy at local retail! would've like to see more traditional coloring but.. still . FUN

#retail #toy sighting #zip n zoomers #zoomers #sharks #sharks are friends not food #ban sharkfin soup #sharks are cool #save the sharks

[sharktopia]

(Please take a moment to read the full caption, it’s appreciated ❤️)

I created this little cartoon-esque sketch back in 2015. Over the past four years, this illustration has been seen and shared by millions of people across the world. That’s amazing since this piece has one real purpose; to create an emotional response and open the dialogue about shark finning (which needs to end). Unfortunately, millions of people don’t know “Sharktopia” due to the art being shared without artist credit and from too many sources to get back to the original. My unique artist signature has always been on it (my name; Caiti)...but I wasn’t in the habit of writing “Sharktopia” on my art until recently. Honestly, I always thought my signature would be enough. Understandably, my name as my signature (which I’ve used for 20+ years!) wasn’t leading anyone back to my little world of Sharktopia, where I have even more awareness artwork, numerous pieces about shark finning, and 50+ free non-profit conservation coloring pages, etc etc. Thus, I’ve added my dear “Sharktopia” to this sketch.

🔥Now, I’m asking you to consider spreading this drawing far and wide with artist credit. Spread the word that shark finning needs to end. We NEED sharks alive and thriving if we want to ensure our own future as well. 70% of our oxygen comes from healthy Oceans...which can only remain healthy with the help of sharks; a vital and irreplaceable keystone species. Despite how much we need them alive, more than 100 MILLION sharks are slaughtered every single year. Our Oceans will fall when extinction comes...and my dear friends and followers...we are witnessing ‘the end’ grow nearer every single day. It’s not a time to tone down the dramatic vibe. It’s time to yell louder, call for action, and do what we can. Every moment counts. [www.sharktopia.org]

#sharkfin #sharkfinsoup #shark fin soup #stop shark finning #shark finning #ban shark finning #ban shark fin soup #stop the slaughtee #vegan artist #shark art #sharktopia #shark conservation #sharkie #love sharks #vegan #shark life #cute sharks #save sharks #protect sharks #ocean conservation

[miss-eucatastrophe]

It’s an interesting choice that “The Meg”’s beach scene takes place in China.

The meg be like:

#movies #movie meme #the meg #Megalodon #shark #great white shark #stop killing sharks for stupid shit #youre fucking up the ecosystem #shark finning #end shark finning #sharkfinning #shark fin soup #meme #biology #sharks are my favorite animal #i wrote my college exit paper on shark finning

[shoku-and-awe]

リッチカップヌードル（贅沢とろみフカヒレスープ味＆あわび風味オイスター煮込み）// Rich Cup Noodle (Sharkfin Soup in Thick Sauce & Oyster Stew with Abalone Flavor) I had sharkfin soup once when I was maybe 13 (not knowing it was controversial) and didn’t like it at all. I was a guest at my friend’s family party and worried it’d be rude not to finish it, but my friend said, “Don’t worry! Nobody actually likes it!” She said there was just the one uncle who always ordered it for everyone to show off how wealthy he was... and, luckily, another uncle who couldn’t get enough of the stuff! He spent the afternoon walking around finishing everyone’s for them. And so everything was fine. Anyway, I doubt I’ll end up trying this, but it does seem to be pretty popular with my older Japanese Facebook friends!

#japanese food #noodles #cup noodles #ramen #rich cup noodles #sharkfin soup #abalone oyster stew

[tze-tze]

#Macau #firstround #lunch #braisedbeef #konlaumien #sharkfin #soup #lasttripof2019 #family #grateful #foodgasm (at Tam Ka Shark's Fin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6r7cioAD3iknylSnsuQRD6z3XbT7m3Hv6eeSk0/?igshid=1ok6gcydelcjs

#macau #firstround #lunch #braisedbeef #konlaumien #sharkfin #soup #lasttripof2019 #family #grateful #foodgasm

[oneshortdamnfuse]

I made a vegan version of the "Devilfin Soup" from FFXV (aka Sharkfin soup).

I took the idea for the "gilled" mushrooms from the FFXV fanmade cookbook, but I found a lot of vegan Chinese recipes use beanthread noodles and bamboo shoots as well. So, I used those too. They have a gel-like texture which is similar to sharkfin.

I added miso for flavor and color but it's not traditionally in the soup.

This recipe is also low-fodmap and gluten free.

#ffxv recipehs #ffxv #food cw #low fodmap #gluten free #vegan

[dynam-patron-of-good-decisions]

Hmm, for... Kthnaid, Nido, and Captain S.Sunn, favorite kind of Soup?

Hmm, tomato soup.

Sharkfin.

YOU SON OF A-

*Technical Difficulties*

[chari-artist]

I have always loved sharks of all shapes and sizes (espcially hammers), and have always been frustrated with the injustice they have dealt with. In many places across our oceans, whether legally or illegally, hundreds of sharks are lost due to long-line fishing and the human greed for their fins. Sharks are incredibly important to our ocean ecosystems, and things will be so much worse if we lose these beautiful animals. (sharkwater is a great documentary on the subject btw)

Just doing what i can as an artist to spread awarness. Please feel free to hit that reblog button, or share from one of my other pages if you'd rather. Please don't save and repost though!

#art #comic #shark #hammerhead #comic strip #sad #spreading awareness #sharks are friends not food #ban sharkfin soup #save the sharks #long line fishing #poaching #boat #implied death #dying #fish #water #ocean #animal cruelty #divers #animal conservation #animals #traditional #colour pencils #inkpen #Chari-Artist #Chari Was Here