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Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Freiman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, ski patrollers are striking against a veil, and it's about as chaotic as a beginner pizzaing down a black diamond.
Then the internet is not a fan of Meta's weird AI chatbots. It's Monday, January 6th. Let's ride.
One of the great New Year's traditions, along with the ball dropping in Times Square, is the first tuna auction of the year at the famed Toyosu Fish Market in Tokyo, and this year brought the goods. Over the weekend, a 608-pound bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million, making it one of the priciest tuna ever to be sold in the history of sushi, equivalent to $2,100 per pound.
The buyer was a Michelin-starred Japanese sushi restaurant chain, which said it would put the tuna on the menu at 13 of its restaurants. Toby, $2,100 per pound. Do you think you'd be able to tell the difference if I gave you that tuna versus sashimi-grade one I pick up at Whole Foods?
Absolutely. I have a very delicate palate. It was very funny, though, to see all the news headlines comparing this tuna to various things in terms of size. The Washington Post went with it weighs as much as a grizzly bear. The Guardian went with a motorbike. And a Japanese publication, Captain Simple, just called it as fat as a cow.
But I have to ask, Neil, are you a toro guy, a true toro, or a o-toro? That's fatty tuna, medium fatty tuna, or very fatty tuna. Well, if I think I want the most flavor, then I got to go with the fattiest, right? Which is Otoro. I'm an Akimi guy, which is just that lean, very pink, that's ruby red tuna. So I'm a lean tuna guy. You're a fatty tuna guy.
Yeah, but I'm not even nowhere near as snobby as far as tuna is concerned as you. I didn't know this about you.
I had to Google those words. I'm not as snobby as I think. Now a word from our sponsor, Public.com. Neil, whoever said you can't have it all, they were a liar.
I think that was just your mom trying to get you to eat less dessert over Christmas.
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