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Skriven 2008-04-01 09:10:45 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Manny Rothstein
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 -=> Quoting Manny Rothstein to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ->  -> And once upon a time, simple igloos were used...
 -> 
 -> GJ>  It was in admiration of the ingenuity of people in
 -> earlier days, who managed to survive in reasonable comfort when they 
 -> didn't have the imported materials and fuel which are now available, 
 -> but just used animal bits and snow.

 MR> Now that I understand what you meant, I have to admit that I am in
 MR> full agreement with you. People like the Inuite and the Khalahari
 MR> Bushmen are part of the family of man who have created niches for
 MR> themselves at the extremes of environmental survivability through the
 MR> application of  human ingenuity. Outstanding examples of human
 MR> intelligence triumphing  over adversity. Even though I can take no
 MR> credit for it, I feel a sense  of pride in my fellows accomplishments.

Yes, but there is more than that.  I think it is very important that we
learn from such people as the Inuit, the Bushmen, and closer to home,
the Australian tribal Aborigines. These people have all learned how to
live a truly sustainable lifestyle, using only the food and materials
which are fully renewable. The knowledge of how to do that has been
slowly acquired over thousands of years, and this knowledge will
becomes crucial to the survival of the human species as our current
fossil resources are squandered forever.

In the past some relatively sophisticated societies have evolved which
blossomed for a while before collapsing because of their lack of
consideration of sustainability.  The Incas and the former inhabitants
of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) are typical examples of failed societies.
Unless we can move to a completely sustainable life style before our
present limited resources are gone, the same will happen to us.
Therefore it is of vital importance that we should learn all we can
from those people who have done that successfully.  Because of their
more extreme environment - harsher than the bushlands of Africa and
Australia - the Innuit have demonstrated the greatest skills of all.

(Whew!  Sorry about the rant, but it is something I feel about.)

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      Title: Some Inuit Dishes
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  Ptarmigan
  
  Take the feathers off the ptarmigan. Cut the meat and wash so they
  won't have dirt or feathers on. Put in a pot with water and salt.
  Sometimes people make soup of it.
  
  Salted Ducks
  
  Remove the feathers and clean the ducks. Put a layer of ducks on
  bottom of barrel, cover with rock salt, then more ducks and more rock
  salt, until barrel is filled and packed tightly. Use in winter time.
  Take as many ducks as needed, rinse off salt, let soak in water,
  changing the water until the ducks lose the salty taste.
  
  Bear Feet (Ee-tee-yait')
  
  Most of the people like the bear feet better than the meat. We cook
  them well, add salt. Four feet would take about one teaspoon salt.
  Take them out of the pot and let them get cool. Eat them with seal oil
  
  Oogruk Flippers (seal)
  
  Cut the flippers off from the oogruk. Put the flippers on the seal in
  fresh blubber. Let them stay there for about 2 weeks. Take the loose
  fur off the flipper. Then cut them in small pieces and eat the meat.
  
  Seal Oil
  
  Seal oil is made from the blubber or fat next to the skin of the
  seal. The blubber and skin is cut off the skin, cut into strips and
  stored in seal pokes or tins. If left where warm or during the
  summer, it renders itself. From this you have the seal oil.
  
  Seal Poke
  
  The inside of the seal together with the head and all, is cut and
  taken out through the head part of the sealskin. The skin is then
  turned, cleaned, and blown up for drying. This is then used to put
  the meats, berries, leaves, or other foods for storing in the winter.
  
  Seal Head
  
  Skin the seal. Cut the head from the seal. Cut the head into as small
  pieces as you can. Put into a pot of water, add salt. Boil plenty.
  When cooked, eat the meat. Break the skull and eat the inside of it,
  too.
  
  Oogruk Intestine Soup
  
  Wash the intestines very carefully. Push the inside meat off the
  intestine with a spoon. Then take the meat out of the intestine and
  wash again. Cook it in a pot with water. Cut blubber into little
  pieces and put them in to boil. Add salt.
  
  Clam Soup Put the clams in a pot of hot water. Take the clam shells
  out when they are open. Take the meat and wash it. Put the clam meat
  in a pot. Add water and salt. Bring to a boil; then add flour and
  water that has been mixed. Always stir.
  
  Eskimo Tea
  
  We find Eskimo tea in hill, at Serpentine. They are a little
  different than white men's tea. There's lots of them. Some people
  gather some for tea. They put them in kettles and let boil. Then pour
  the tea into cups and drink. They are dark green.
  
  Willow Meats
  
  Inside of barkbirch there is something that is yellowish in color.
  That is called the meat of willows. They are very good to eat. People
  eat it with sugar and seal oil. First, clean off the barkbirch from
  the meat of the willow. There is also soft green barkbirch inside of
  the outside barkbirch. Never eat green stuff on willow. Oftentimes,
  we use a knife to scrape off the barkbirch. I don't think they use
  ulu for scraping out the barkbirch.
  
  Ah-pick (Salmonberries)
  
  First, we pick the salmon berries in dippers or pots. After the pot or
  dipper is full, put them into Amouk (Eskimo bag for carrying
  berries-made of seal skin). When the amouk is full of salmonberries,
  take home and put in a big pan ready for putting in a seal poke. When
  the poke is full, tie the poke with string. Save for winter in any
  cold place.
  
  An Eskimo Cook Book of Shishmaref, Alaska compiled by the students of
  the Shishmaref Day School in 1952. Put on line in 1999 by
  www.grand-forks.k12.nd.us/~wilder
 
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