The Whale as a Dish Dave Malloy

[BELL RINGS]

[STUBB]
I want a whale steak!

[CREW]
He wants a whale steak!

[STUBB]
I want a whale steak!

[CREW]
Cook it in the pan

[ISHMAEL, spoken]
Which brings us to the matter of
The Whale As A Dish!

[STUBB]
The whale as a dish
It's not the most popular dish
It's too big and too fat and too weird and too exceedingly rich
To be considered good by most

But five centuries ago
Whale tongue
Was an esteemed great delicacy in France
And King Henry VIII
Was known to be quite partial
To barbecued porpoise
And I've heard of an Inuit doctor
His name is Zogranda
Who recommends that infants suck on the blubber
Exceedingly nourishing and juicy
He says
[spoken]
Cut in strings[?]! Here we go, men