Muktuk

A Bowhead Whale which is most often used in muktuk

A group of people eating muktuk

Elders sharing maktaaq, 2002

Muktuk^[1] (various spellings; see below) is the English word for the traditional, pre-agrarian, Inuit/Eskimo and Chukchi meal of frozen whale skin and blubber. Note that in some dialects, such as Inuinnaqtun, the word refers only to the edible parts of the whale's skin and not to the blubber.^[2][3]

Preparation

Muktuk 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.^[4]

Nutrition

Muktuk has been found to be a good source of vitamin C, the epidermis containing up to 38 mg per 100 grams (3.5 oz).^[5][6]

Spellings

• Ikiilgin, Chukchi
• Maktaaq, Siglitun, Kivalliq, Aivilik , North Baffin, East Baffin, South Baffin^[7]
• Maktak, Inupiat,^[8] Siglitun, North Baffin^[9]
• Maktaq, Inuinnaqtun,^[2] Natsilingmiutut (Inuvialuktun)^[10]
• Mattak, Labrador, Greenland^[11]
• Mungtuk, Siberian Yupik

References

1. ^ "muktuk". Asuilaak Living Dictionary. http://www.livingdictionary.com/search/viewResults.jsp?language=en&searchString=Muktuk&languageSet=all. Retrieved 2007-11-23. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Ohokak, G.; M. Kadlun, B. Harnum. Inuinnaqtun-English Dictionary. Kitikmeot Heritage Society. 
3. ^ "edible whale skin". Asuilaak Living Dictionary. http://www.livingdictionary.com/search/viewResults.jsp?language=en&searchString=edible+whale+skin&languageSet=all. Retrieved 2007-11-23. 
4. ^ http://news.travel.aol.com/2010/09/09/10-weirdest-foods-in-the-world/
5. ^ Geraci, Joseph R.; and Smith, Thomas G. (1979-06). Vitamin C in the Diet of Inuit Hunters From Holman, Northwest Territories. Arctic, Volume 32, Number 2 (June 1979), pp 135-139. Retrieved from http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic32-2-135.pdf.
6. ^ Fediuk, Karen; Hidiroglou, Nick; Madere, René; and Kuhnlein, Harriet V. (2002). Vitamin C in Inuit traditional food and women's diets. Journal of food composition and analysis. Retrieved from http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13924632.
7. ^ "maktaaq". Asuilaak Living Dictionary. http://www.livingdictionary.com/search/viewResults.jsp?language=en&searchString=maktaaq+&languageSet=all. Retrieved 2007-11-23. 
8. ^ Uqaluktuat: 1980 Elders' Conference, Women's Session ISBN 1881246019
9. ^ "maktak". Asuilaak Living Dictionary. http://www.livingdictionary.com/search/viewResults.jsp?language=en&searchString=maktak&languageSet=all. Retrieved 2007-11-23. 
10. ^ "maktaq". Asuilaak Living Dictionary. http://www.livingdictionary.com/search/viewResults.jsp?language=en&searchString=maktaq+&languageSet=all. Retrieved 2007-11-23. 
11. ^ "mattak". Asuilaak Living Dictionary. http://www.livingdictionary.com/search/viewResults.jsp?language=en&searchString=mattak&languageSet=all. Retrieved 2007-11-23. 

External links

• Muktuk in "Bizarre Foods - Alaska 1/6"

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