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This myth was disproven by Andong on YouTube. He found a NYTimes article from 1975 about sushi in Japan that included salmon.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/1k4x9FrD5k4?t=668

Edit: Andong also specifically talks about the Nichirei deal.

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Existence and prevalence are not the same thing. Perhaps the title should replace “not eaten” with “not commonly eaten” for maximum accuracy but that doesn’t make it a myth. I’m sure I could find an American restaurant serving squirrel, but I’d still say squirrel is not normally eaten in America.

>I’m sure I could find an American restaurant serving squirrel, but I’d still say squirrel is not normally eaten in America.

Right, but if it's casually being shown on nytimes it's reasonable to infer that it's at least somewhat mainstream?

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