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(Eric) wrote in message om>...
> repulsive. Either use as much of the animal you kill as possible or
> don't take it at all.) My jaw pretty-much dropped when the captain
> told me his customers always just want steak, and the fins are usually
> discarded. He told me he'd save all the fins I wanted in exchange for
> an occasional bowl of soup. I know how to make the soup, but I don't
> know how to prepare the fins...
>

Eric,

So, how do you make the soup?

And what is so unique about it that causes people to do the repulsive
finning you described. Does it have that much of a unique flavor or does
it get its fame for alleged magical curing (sex drive, health, etc...)?

Also, does it work with any old shark fin or is it supposed to be a
certain kind?

I'm surprised that if there is THIS much of a market, at least someone
would be hanging out at the docks collecting the fins for export.

Just curious,

-t