Do inuits fry their food in whale blubber? or for that matter what do they cook their food in? thankyou?!
Answers: im am interested in finding out if Inuit alaskans fry their food in whale blubber?
I have not been able to find any information on Inuits using the frying method using whale blubber. My research shows that they prefer raw or boiling their meat.
Internet excerpts:
The Inuit cooking process with meat was boiling - like when you make soups or stews. This diet has been credited to the Inuit health and longevity and many other groups that settled in the North adapted this diet. They avoided scurvy by eating raw meat, which is packed with Vitamin C.
Further excerpts:
Inuit usually eat whale skin and blubber (called muktuk) either raw, boiled or dried. They get it frozen in pieces that are no larger than the size of 8 1/2" x 11" paper, cut up fresh from the whale. You take it out of the freezer and let it thaw on the table for half an hour and then cut it into smaller pieces, usually no bigger than 1" x 1". To make it easier to chew through the cartilage, you'd take your ulu, a crescent-shaped knife, to cut a grid pattern through the blubber into the cartilage but not down to the skin. The cartilage is very tough, the skin is chewy and the smell stays on your hands despite multiple washings. Some Inuit like to dip it into soya sauce or seal oil. You can also eat it boiled which softens the cartilage and tones downs the smell. I've eaten beluga, narwhal and bowhead and my favourite is raw narwhal dipped in soya sauce.