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There's also kiviaq: "a dish made by packing 300 to 500 whole dovekies—beaks, feathers, and all—into the hollowed-out carcass of a seal, snitching it up and sea
by dendrite9 4y ago
There's also kiviaq:
"a dish made by packing 300 to 500 whole dovekies—beaks, feathers, and all—into the hollowed-out carcass of a seal, snitching it up and sealing it with fat, then burying it under rocks for a few months to ferment. Once it’s dug up and opened, people skin and eat the birds one at a time."
Here is one of the articles I found that wasn't too focused on how gross it is that these people eat this and instead digs into the history and purpose of the food.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-kiviaq https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-kiviaq
- eternalban 4y agoam ~ashamed that that description immediately made me wonder how gross it must be :} https://modernfarmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fermented_hero.jpg https://modernfarmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fermente... But seriously, the extraordinary power of hunger and culture are on full display with the items discussed in this thread.
- dendrite9 4y agoDon't be! I think that's a completely normal response to something like this. But you aren't writing about it. And I think why and how it became a thing is far more interesting than just "Look at this gross food. And here is why it is gross"