Cathy,

Alaskan natives eat some "fun" stuff- 'tho most of it isn't cooked!

Of course they use seal oil as a dipping-sauce/condiment for most everything.

Most fish and big-game they hunt/trap/harpoon/capture is eaten both cooked and uncooked, such as whale, walrus, seal, sea lion, musk ox, moose, caribou, salmon, etc.

And NOTHING is wasted. There are 12 different "Eskimo" native cultures (among them are: Aleuts, Inuit, Athabascan, Y'upiks and Tlinget...) and they believe when an animal surrenders it's life to them, they are to use the entire sacrificed body given up for their survival. Flesh and all soft tissues (eyes, muzzle/nose, ears, innards, etc.) are consumed. Blood and milk is harvested/consumed. Bones are utilized- as is skin/fur, and even seal gut and whale baleen (which is the 10-15 ft. long fern-like "fronds" inside a whale's throat used to skim/strain microscopic plankton and critters from sea water for eating). Bladders are used to make leak-proof bags and canteens, intestines are slit open wide, dried and sewn together and stitched into thin leak-proof liners for parkas and anoraks. And skin is used to surface kayaks and to stretch across drums for music.

An interesting "delicasy" that natives love are fish eggs. When playing outside near a creek, they'll wade into water and snatch twigs and branches out of the water and if a herring has deposited eggs onto the weeds or branchs they insert it into their mouths and pull it out squeezing all the eggs off with their tongue/lips/teeth. They also catch and pick up swimming fish with their hands and if she's fat around her middle w/ eggs, they'll hold her hind-end directly to their mouths, gently squeeze her belly and savor the eggs that squirt into their mouths. They call this "candy"! Interesting to observe- but way to freaky for me to try- HA!

Lastly, Eskimo Ice-Cream? It's a "delicious" mixture of rendered whale/walrus blubber (like rich Crisco) sugar and berries!

Wow good recipes CanMan! I have had fries Gator Tail! The best I ever had was at a restaurant in Central Florida near Ocala, called "The Yearling" and it was fabulous tasting! The restaurant actually was located close to where the story "The Yearling" took place and was written. My love of Florida runs deep, the history intrigues me! The crystal clear waters of the natural spring fed rivers and watering holes are a thing of exqusite beauty and excellent swimming on a hot summers day!

The Indians I knew were similar to the Alaskan Indians Kevin, my girlfriend told me a legend about spiders, their belief against killing a spider was that if you did it was akin to killing your Mother. I love it, spiders are beneficial! It is neat how all living things are considered worthwhile. I still hate mosquitos though, and I know my Miccosukee friends did not mind swatting them too! LOL

Take um snake, bash in head with stick and cut off head. Bury head deep so Chief don't step on. Cut off end of snakes tail. Run stick through snake to push out gunk. Put stick and snake over fire and burn snake till done. Peel off burned snake and eat stick. Stick taste like chicken.

Yew-w-w-w-w IC what tribe taught you that horrid recipe:confused: Them's some heapin' stupid red man~~~~~Tonto would kick them out of his tribe..LOL He would say must eat snake not stick STUPID!:eek: