Out of Alaska's Kitchens

[justjohn]

This should spark some interest from Kaima.

Found an old cookbook from my travels 'Circa 1960'.
Interesting recipes include:

Fried Sea Lion Hamburger
Pot Roast of Whale
Grilled Halibut Sandwiches
Braised Bear Chops
Pot Roast of Beaver
Caribou Swiss Steak
Roast Goat
Mooseburger Meatloaf
Russian Puff (with moose meat)
Hassenpfeffer (rabbit stew)
Reindeer stuffed cabbage rolls (something for us northern poles)
Baked Venison Ribs
Walrus Heart
Walrus Pot Roast
Broiled Sablefish with onions
Pirok (Russian Pie)
Seagull Egg Pie
Cooking Sea Cucumber (maybe for Polish Sea Dills)
Baked Crab
Fried Abalone
Lute Fisk
Octopus Fritters
Ugashik Goulash
Stuffed Alaskan Cabbage Rolls
Roast Wild Duck
Roast Wild Geese
Eskimo Duck Soup
Breast of Ptarmigan in Sour Cream
Kelp Sweet Relish

and a host more.

If anyone would like to try a recipe let me know.

[bujno]

Just John, I am interested! Could you pass the Ugashik Goulash recipe, please?

[rdywenur]

JJ...I just got home from work and did not eat yet and after reading that list of recipes it will be a long time since I regain my appetite. ;D

Eskimo Duck Soup

Ahhh so that is where the eskimos have all disappeared to.

[bescheid]

J.J.

No sure where or how you happen to have this, but, some of those dishes sound very delicious. Especially the see food sandwich's and the kelp. Never tryed baked crab, but for why not

Not sure of Raindeer meat though, possibly very dry meat, not sure as never eaten it. Hassenpffer though, is good , just not to get to attached to the little bunnies before their demise.

Hmmm, just have eaten and now after looking at all the sea food dishes, beginning to become hungry once again.

Charles

[kaima]

OK, I'll bite!

There are a lot of them I haven't heard of, but several I have tried and enjoyed. Now reindeer is first cousin (or the same, depending upon which biologist you talk to) to caribou. The meat is delicious, and dry only if you botch the cooking. The best Polish sausage I have had in the last 20 years was reindeer sausage!

Now the one delicacy I have heard raves about and do not see on your list is salmon cheeks! Honestly, they are supposed to be a magnificent treat, the best part of the salmon.

Now the squeamish should stop reading here and skip the PS.




Kai


PS then of course I have heard of (and never will try) fish-eye soup...

[justjohn]

bujno said:

Just John, I am interested! Could you pass the Ugashik Goulash recipe, please?

Here it is bujno - - -

1 cup of rice - instant

Mix together:
3 tablespoons of flour
1 teaspoon of chili powder
3 tablespoons of butter or margarine
1 pound of mooseburger
3 tablespoons of chopped onion
1.5 teaspoons of salt
.25 teaspoons of pepper
1 can of tomatoes , # 2 can
1 12 oz. can of whole kernal corn

Grease a 2 quart casserole. Spread rice on bottom; spread half of the flour mix over this; dot with half tablespoon of butter; spread mooseburger and onion over rice in a layer; repeat half flour mix and butter as previous.

Make a layer of tomatoes, including the liquid. Repeat flour and butter as previous. Spread corn on top and dot with butter.
Cover and bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 to 50 minutes.
Serves 4 to 6.

Now Kaima,

This one really caught my attention.

Real Eskimo Ice Cream

Boil together, for 2 or 3 minutes the following ingredients:

2 cups of Seal Oil
1 to 1.5 lbs. of reindeer fat

Cook until lukewarm. Take a bowlful of loose snow (not to powdery)
and add oil. Beat well to avoid lumps. Let freeze a bit. Fold in berries if desired.


Not sure I would want to mess a good thing up by adding berries. What do you think?

[rdywenur]

PS then of course I have heard of (and never will try) fish-eye soup...

I can top that one. Watching a program on tv not too long ago . I think it was a travel channel and they were doing the strange food around the world. One was if I am correct in my memory is reindeer poop. Yuk. They also mentioned the eye balls. Maybe that is where the famous line from Casabalnca came from. "Here's looking at you kid. ;D

[justjohn]

bescheid said:

J.J.

No sure where or how you happen to have this, but, some of those dishes sound very delicious. Especially the see food sandwich's and the kelp. Never tryed baked crab, but for why not

Not sure of Raindeer meat though, possibly very dry meat, not sure as never eaten it. Hassenpffer though, is good , just not to get to attached to the little bunnies before their demise.

Hmmm, just have eaten and now after looking at all the sea food dishes, beginning to become hungry once again.

Charles

Charles,

There are a host of seafood dishes listed. They include salmon, halibut, shrimp, crab, sablefish and tuna. If you are interested I would be happy to pass one on.

[kaima]

Well, thanks for bringing up the topic in such a timely fashion. This is the day before my Polish-American friend returns to Ohio after his fourth visit and we headed into Anchorage for one of the reindeer Polish sausages at the downtown hot-dog stand. My buddy has been there just about every visit & we had to continue the tradition, and the place lives up to its name, "M.A.'s Gourmet Hot Dogs". The fellow has been in business 14 years.

The stand can be seen at www.alaskacam.com/ when the picture comes up, run your cursor over the center of the photo right above the street light post, and when it becomes a "hand" then click for a closeup.

They also advertise, "M. A.'s Gourmet Hot Dogs was featured on the PBS show "A Hot Dog Program," June 30, 1999."

Obviously there are two more happy customers today.

Kai

[rdywenur]

Kai...Have you caught "Men in Trees" yet. I think of you when watching this . ;D ;D

[kaima]

justjohn said:

bujno said:

Just John, I am interested! Could you pass the Ugashik Goulash recipe, please?

*** If you want to try the Ugashik Goulash and don't have a cooperative moose or generous neighbor (with surplus moose meat), then you might try it with very lean hamburger.

Now Kaima,

This one really caught my attention.

Real Eskimo Ice Cream

Boil together, for 2 or 3 minutes the following ingredients:

2 cups of Seal Oil
1 to 1.5 lbs. of reindeer fat

Cook until lukewarm. Take a bowlful of loose snow (not to powdery)
and add oil. Beat well to avoid lumps. Let freeze a bit. Fold in berries if desired.

*** the Eskimo ice cream I tried once was just plain whale fat with berries mied in. I was not told of any cooking beforehand, but it was amazingly delicious! This from a fellow who has had a life-long aversion to fat.

Now seal oil is another matter, and has nothing to do whti the Eskimo ice cream I know. Seal oil is quite ... ah ... odiferous? Smells quite strong, to say the least. In most places it would empty out the house in short order, and i am only familiar with the fresh stuff. I guess it gets stronger with age. It is an oil at room temperature and it will act as castor oil if your system is not used to it.

There was a former State Trooper out with an old Eskimo from Barrow & they had to hunker down for a few days in a shelter while a storm blew by. After several days of not going to the John, the Eskimo noticed the Trooper was looking a bit green, so he talked him into some seal oil as a cure... and cure it did. The trooper ran out into the storm and quickly answered the call of mother nature and then returned to the tent without his green tone and the cause of his problem gone with the wind.

I hope that tale is understandable, it is tough trying to write and keep a family tone to some stories!

Kai


Not sure I would want to mess a good thing up by adding berries. What do you think?

[nancy]

yup, kai, we get the message of your story. seal oil cures everything!

PS. you write well, but where is the new avatar??