[Fictionary] jinkim

[J-J Cote]

Eeliioot wrote:
> I can just about believe that you can
> ferment fish, but would anyone eat it afterwards?
Duuuuude... ain't you never heard of surströmming?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming

In Iceland, they also have a related delicacy that may smell worse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl

And it looks like Hutch's fish definition is actually close to something 
real, though he got the type of fish wrong:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongeohoe

Meanwhile, a little web searching suggests that my idea that people used 
to chew whalebone is pretty doubtful.  Despite this weird page:
http://www.e-synonym.info/62441-whalebone.html

Jean-Joseph