In the Alaskan wilderness . igh as this dish. On the tundra there grows a berry about thesize of a gooseberry and of a pale yellowish pinkcolor. It is known as salmon berry. Theseberries are gathered in season and stored. Theyare used for making some very choice dishes. Oneof these is called kamamok and is compoundedof cold storage fish roe, cold storage old seal oiland cold storage salmon berries mashed together. Akutok is even more refined. The cold storageagain furnishes the principal ingredients; thistime salmon berries, seal oil and deer are boiled together and afterwards coo
In the Alaskan wilderness . igh as this dish. On the tundra there grows a berry about thesize of a gooseberry and of a pale yellowish pinkcolor. It is known as salmon berry. Theseberries are gathered in season and stored. Theyare used for making some very choice dishes. Oneof these is called kamamok and is compoundedof cold storage fish roe, cold storage old seal oiland cold storage salmon berries mashed together. Akutok is even more refined. The cold storageagain furnishes the principal ingredients; thistime salmon berries, seal oil and deer are boiled together and afterwards cooledby mixing in fresh snow and whipping the wholemixture up into a kind of thick cream. In their natural condition the food supplyof the Kuskwogamiuts was abundant and, aswill be seen from the above, existed in a goodmany varieties. The reduction of the foodsupply, together with the effects of disease, bothdue to foreign influence, must be held responsiblefor their diminished numbers and for their changedoutlook on
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