Ice cream made from the milk of whales might be quite tasty (I believe whale milk is very rich and fatty, so it would be of the 'premium' variety). And I imagine a whale produces quite a bit more milk than your average cow, so you could get plenty of it.

Milking whales would also serve as a fun and profitable challenge to 'extreme scuba divers' who are bored with just swimming around and looking at coral.
-- Jeremi, Mar 08 2002

Or, this http://www.halfbake...om/idea/HumanButter
[mrthingy, Mar 11 2002]

A place http://chefmoz.org/...Deli1065191713.html
[DesertFox, Feb 28 2006]

Whale Ice Cream http://mdn.mainichi...ph/040701ice/3.html
By the Japanese! [DesertFox, Feb 28 2006]

Look for: "Nam June Paik's classic 'Creep into the vagina of a living whale.' " http://en.wikipedia...wiki/Downtown_music
Downtown music. Conceptualism. Not really related. [JesusHChrist, Feb 28 2006]

Endangered Species? Safe Distance? Environmentalists ramapage?
-- rbl, Mar 08 2002


where are whales udders??? poor little baby whales, having their milk nicked from under them. Its Margaret Thatcher all over again.
-- po, Mar 08 2002


Yeah. Might be tough getting them to stand still so the milk goes in the bucket.
-- phoenix, Mar 08 2002


What a fantastic idea. I love whales and whale paraphernalia. Super!
-- Voltron, Mar 08 2002


[admin] recategorised to Food: Ice Cream

Thanks to mrthingy for spotting it.
-- st3f, Mar 11 2002


Croissant just for the extreme scuba divers.
-- Tabbyclaw, Feb 28 2006


Whale milking is described in "The Deep Range" (1957), Arthur C Clarke.
"What flavour is it?"
"Krill"
-- coprocephalous, Feb 28 2006


'Ee took me leg for half a pint o' milk that damn vanilla whale.
-- wagster, Feb 28 2006


Killer whales sometimes separate a baby whale from its mother and eat it. You could wait until this happens and then milk the mother for just long enough to prevent her getting a painful buildup of milk.
-- spidermother, Feb 28 2006


I'm torn on this one. On one hand, it sounds a bit cruel. On the other, it would remove the same treatment from quite a few cows for every whale needed and I assume the whales will at least be free-range. Regarding the endagered species bit, this would make preservation directly profitable and should help grow populations. [+] for the creative thought.
-- Worldgineer, Feb 28 2006


I presume the fishbones against this were actually a marine-based compliment. (+).
-- neilp, Feb 28 2006


We could cross this idea with the clothes dryer ice cream system.

Krill flavored, indeed. Might want to do a prototype batch of shrimp ice cream.
-- normzone, Feb 28 2006


on that note, I'm just gonna go an mix up a BaconShake™ for breakfast
-- neilp, Feb 28 2006


Um, I think that's whale ice cream, rather than whale milk ice cream...ew either way.
-- DrCurry, Feb 28 2006


I want me some whale cheese... Can we make some of that too?
-- Pac-man, Feb 28 2006


No, I think you'd get enough that you could package it in larger containers than that.
-- normzone, Mar 03 2006


How is everyone so sure this would not taste good? I'm sure the first time a person started sucking on a cow everyone thought him disgusting.
-- Worldgineer, Mar 03 2006


Why bother with milking a whale when it would be simpler to milk an elephant?
-- Jscotty, Mar 03 2006


Ooh, look. Mouse milk is on sale. I love the cheese flavor.
-- Worldgineer, Mar 03 2006



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