ralph diaz wrote: > > I don't know about you guys, but on the 22nd I am going up on my > Manhattan brownstone's roof, assembling my double Klepper, filling it > with provisions (I have some blubber left over from Maligiaq's NYC > visit; turns out he prefers the spicy cheroot shaped beef sticks, the > kind you buy in delis; he must take after the non-Greenlandic half of > his family's roots), and waiting the situation out. Ok, folks. Let's see how many of you kayakers are serious enough about emulating their Inuit paddling brethern to have eaten blubber? And what kind do you have, Ralph? I had whale (I know it's not PC and all)* Mike * but I passed on the dried seal gut. It looked as appetizing as snowshoe webbing. The dried arctic char was delightful... but you'd expect that. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_home.com> >Ok, folks. Let's see how many of you kayakers are serious enough about >emulating their Inuit paddling brethern to have eaten blubber? >I had whale (I know it's not PC and all)* > > >Mike Many years back I had the good fortune to be staying in a Inuit community as the first whales of the season were being brought in. Although they now hunt with outboard-powered aluminum Lund boats, the tradition of sharing out the first whales brought back lives on (I think this may have developed because towards the end of the winter everyone's larder was propably getting pretty empty, so the sooner you could refuel the village, the more folks could harvest whales - a sort of social security programme, minus the bureaucrats.) I found muktuk (whale fat) to taste a lot like marinated mushrooms - very rich, and a bit cloying for summer. But I could see how in winter, when the craving for fat becomes so great I've been known to put butter in my tea, muktuk would be the very ticket. The village elders assured me that "green" (fresh) muktuk is not at its best; to really bring out the flavour, it should be buried under the cobbles on the beach to age for about six months, like a fine, stinky cheese. By the way, wouldn't a real test of a kayaker's seriousness to play at being a Inuit be their willingness to HUNT a whale from their kayak, using only traditional weapons? :-) I've always been awed when whales have come up within touching distance of my kayak - no way I'm picking a fight with them! Philip Torrens N49°16' W123°06' *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Philip Torrens wrote: > > I found muktuk (whale fat) to taste a lot like marinated mushrooms - very > rich, and a bit cloying for summer. The stuff I had was actually dried beluga. It tasted like fish. You are what you eat, I said at the time. Mike PS I had it at a party held by a ethnically Japanese woman who was a status Indian whose half Japanese, half Ojibwa kids lived in what is now Nunavut. Nothing like cultural diversity! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I've tried seal meat while vacationing in Newfoundland. Easy to find in cans up there. Tastes a bit like roast beef - even looks like it. On the way back to the states, I heard about a marionet from Canada that was being sent to the US to be strung and was confiscated at the border because it contained suspected seal parts. The news stories told of potential $10,000 fines under the Marine Mammel Protection Act. So, I had seal meat for dinner, lunch, and breakfast, and left two cans in Stephenville, NB before crossing the border. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_home.com> To: "Paddlewise" <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Blubbering on (was: One bright thing pre Y2K) > ralph diaz wrote: > > > > I don't know about you guys, but on the 22nd I am going up on my > > Manhattan brownstone's roof, assembling my double Klepper, filling it > > with provisions (I have some blubber left over from Maligiaq's NYC > > visit; turns out he prefers the spicy cheroot shaped beef sticks, the > > kind you buy in delis; he must take after the non-Greenlandic half of > > his family's roots), and waiting the situation out. > > Ok, folks. Let's see how many of you kayakers are serious enough about > emulating their Inuit paddling brethern to have eaten blubber? > > And what kind do you have, Ralph? > > I had whale (I know it's not PC and all)* > > > Mike > > > * but I passed on the dried seal gut. It looked as appetizing as > snowshoe webbing. The dried arctic char was delightful... but you'd > expect that. > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not > to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In 1979 I cycled across the U.S. and up the Atlantic coastline finishing in St. John's Newfoundland. The people there were wonderfull, taking me in for days at a time during wet weather. While there I learned that a mailboat took on passengers for a small fare stopping at numerous villages that were not reachable by car. Many of these were purposely located in isolation, since it was against British law to permanently live there. A few years later I read that the Canadian government was actively discouraging people from living in these communities, since Canada was subsidising their existence. What a resource these would be for sea kayakers! Has anyone paddled these areas? Have these communities fared well? Bill O'Brien At 07:22 PM 12/17/99 -0600, Glenn Stauffer wrote: >I've tried seal meat while vacationing in Newfoundland. Easy to find in >cans up there. Tastes a bit like roast beef - even looks like it. On the >way back to the states, I heard about a marionet from Canada that was being >sent to the US to be strung and was confiscated at the border because it >contained suspected seal parts. The news stories told of potential $10,000 >fines under the Marine Mammel Protection Act. So, I had seal meat for >dinner, lunch, and breakfast, and left two cans in Stephenville, NB before >crossing the border. > >Glenn > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_home.com> >To: "Paddlewise" <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> >Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 7:56 PM >Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Blubbering on (was: One bright thing pre Y2K) > > >> ralph diaz wrote: >> > >> > I don't know about you guys, but on the 22nd I am going up on my >> > Manhattan brownstone's roof, assembling my double Klepper, filling it >> > with provisions (I have some blubber left over from Maligiaq's NYC >> > visit; turns out he prefers the spicy cheroot shaped beef sticks, the >> > kind you buy in delis; he must take after the non-Greenlandic half of >> > his family's roots), and waiting the situation out. >> >> Ok, folks. Let's see how many of you kayakers are serious enough about >> emulating their Inuit paddling brethern to have eaten blubber? >> >> And what kind do you have, Ralph? >> >> I had whale (I know it's not PC and all)* >> >> >> Mike >> >> >> * but I passed on the dried seal gut. It looked as appetizing as >> snowshoe webbing. The dried arctic char was delightful... but you'd >> expect that. >> >*************************************************************************** >> PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and >not >> to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission >> Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >> Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >> Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >> >*************************************************************************** >> > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not >to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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