Muktuk
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Muktuk[1] is the English word for the traditional Inuit/Eskimo meal of frozen whale skin and blubber. However, in some dialects, such as Inuinnaqtun, the word may refer only to the edible parts of the whales skin and not to the blubber.[2][3] It is most often made from the skin and blubber of the Bowhead Whale, although the beluga and the narwhal are also used. Usually eaten raw, it is occasionally finely diced, breaded, deep fried and served with soy sauce. It is also sometimes pickled.
It has been found to be a good source of vitamin C containing up to 38 mg/100g.[4][5]
[edit] Spellings
- Maktaaq, Siglitun, Kivalliq, Aivilik , North Baffin, East Baffin, South Baffin[6]
- Maktak, Inupiat[7], Siglitun, North Baffin[8]
- Maktaq, Inuinnaqtun,[2] Natsilingmiutut (Inuvialuktun)[9]
- Mattak, Labrador, Greenland[10]
- Mungtuk, Siberian Yupik
[edit] References
- ^ muktuk. Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
- ^ a b Ohokak, G.; M. Kadlun, B. Harnum. Inuinnaqtun-English Dictionary. Kitikmeot Heritage Society.
- ^ edible whale skin. Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
- ^ Vitamin C in the Diet of Inuit Hunters From Holman, Northwest Territories
- ^ Vitamin C in Inuit traditional food and women's diets
- ^ maktaaq. Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
- ^ Uqaluktuat: 1980 Elders' Conference, Women's Session ISBN 1881246019
- ^ maktak. Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
- ^ maktaq. Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
- ^ mattak. Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
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