Comments on: Ben & Jerry got nothing on these guys.

Ben & Jerry got nothing on these guys.

DeepFriedTwinkies — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:36:22 -0800

Eskimo recipes from the students of the Shishmaref, Alaska Day School in 1952.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:48:56 -0800

Most of those recipes are still used today. Though now agutak (eskimo ice cream) is often made with a substitution of Crisco for the animal fat. Pretty gross, actually.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:24:11 -0800

Almost nothing concerning cooking, e.g: frying, boiling, baking, sauteing, broiling, etc. Just various ways to mix or preserve calorie-dense ingredients. Why do I see my future in this?

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:49:44 -0800

Inuit, please.

By: zardoz

zardoz — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 01:38:33 -0800

I remember seeing a documentary several years ago in which an anthropologist in Africa was studying eating habits. One tribe he was staying with held grubs and maggots as staples, and the people thought nothing was more delicious. So he tried an experiment and made a plate of spaghetti. Just some noodles and a simple tomato sauce. It took a long time for this one guy to get up the nerve to eat it, and when he finally did, he ate only half as he threw it all up, the spaghetti being the most disgusting thing he'd ever tried. Presumably he went back to his grubs and maggots. It's interesting how what you're exposed to as a child and what societal norms are affect what you can and can't eat.

By: growabrain

growabrain — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 01:46:49 -0800

This is so interesting -

By: D.C.

D.C. — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 05:15:24 -0800

I just googled Shishmaref and found that the island is crumbling into the sea due to global warming.

By: sleslie

sleslie — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 05:57:40 -0800

Almost nothing concerning cooking Half of these recipes called for boiling water.

By: kozad

kozad — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:18:38 -0800

"I'll take a bowl of your clam soup and maybe some salmonberries for dessert. Intestines? Oh no, they sound delicious, but I just couldn't. I'm on a diet."

By: TTNoelle

TTNoelle — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:25:46 -0800

Add seal oil slowly while beating with hand. I'm just not clear on this - should I beat the oil or the seal? Sounds like a Far Side cartoon - Eskimo with a bowl in one hand, beating a seal with the other.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:27:44 -0800

This is great, a very cool snapshot. Thanks, DeepFriedTwinkies.

By: carter

carter — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:01:05 -0800

That is nice, thanks!

By: TTNoelle

TTNoelle — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:45:28 -0800

I hope my comment didn't come across as racist as I now think it might.....I found the image hysterical, and of course forgot that sadly there are people who would mean that in the most negative way possible. Replace the "Eskimo" in my comment with "child following a cookbook" and I still think it's funny though.

By: PurplePorpoise

PurplePorpoise — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:56:39 -0800

Interesting about the amount of fat in the diet. Intestines? Oh no, they sound delicious, but I just couldn't. I'm on a diet." - posted by kozad Intestines can be really good. Polish Flaki, Chinese chili-tripe (the dimsum), French Tripes à la mode de Caen, tripe and beef tendon in Vietnamese pho, &c.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:27:32 -0800

Thanks. Interestin'. Yeah. I can now never ever eat another Eskimo Pie®

By: sacre_bleu

sacre_bleu — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:50:29 -0800

Intestines can be really good. Polish Flaki, Chinese chili-tripe (the dimsum), French Tripes à la mode de Caen, tripe and beef tendon in Vietnamese pho, &c. Um, tripe is stomach lining, not intestine. Agreed: tripe can be darn tasty. /PedantFilter

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:52:49 -0800

Everything on there sounds so damn gamy; no onions, no garlic, no spices. Just boiled wildlife with salt. Yuck. Yeah, I'm ethnocentric when it comes to food. I don't think Persians ever prepare beef, lamb, or chicken without onions and spices.

By: QIbHom

QIbHom — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:32:45 -0800

Here in Detroit,we use intestines to hold in sausage meat. Delicious. Natural casing hot dogs are so much better than the other kind.