The world is big, there are no wonders, today I will take you out of the country to explore the more bizarre world outside. In the coldest Arctic Circle in the world, there is a strange group of humans living all year round, which is the Inuit who look like Chinese, also known as the Eskimos. The natural environment of the Arctic is very harsh, it is a place that is not suitable for human habitation at all, the perennial temperature is below minus 30 degrees, in addition to the extremely cold and long cold night is the direct sunlight of the day, not to mention what birds and flowers, beautiful mountains and rivers, even the most basic day and night cycle law is not.
The Inuit living in the Arctic
Strangely enough, the Inuit have lived here for a long time. Therefore, the life of the Inuit people was invisibly covered with a veil of mystery, and their food, clothing, shelter and transportation became the focus of many people's attention, arousing the strong curiosity of everyone. Needless to say, no matter who it is, to survive, to live, there can be no house, there can be no clothes, but it must not be without food. Because without food you have to starve to death. So, what did the Inuit people who lived in the Arctic eat? There are no vegetables or fruits in the Arctic, not even wild fruits and weeds.
Arctic walrus
In fact, our worries are completely superfluous. In the Inuit recipes, although vegetables and fruits are not seen, they eat what we see as "luxury" all year round - big fish and big meat, and they also use the most primitive way of eating human beings, directly raw, original, and better nutrition. However, in their diets, the vast majority are the world's most expensive rare animals, world-class protected animals, such as: seals, walruses, whales and reindeer, etc., they eat these animals more conveniently than we ordinary people eat pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, ducks, geese.
The Inuit people living in the Arctic region are actually very intelligent, perhaps the instinct of human beings to survive has created a unique way of life for the Inuit! Because of the limitations of the environment, they do not have fresh vegetables and fruits to eat, so there is no source of vitamins that the human body needs, and they eat reindeer liver, seal brains and whale skins raw to obtain a lot of vitamins, which looks very scary, but has to admit that the Inuit are very smart.
seal
In the gastronomic genes of the Inuit people, whether it is the way of eating or the method of production, there is always a "original rough" and "original" style. Therefore, they eat all kinds of animal meat raw, which is the only way to eat it forever. Let's take a look at the Inuit's most precious top delicacy, the pickled puffin.
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Pickled puffins, as the name suggests, are foods made by marinating a bird called "puffins", which sounds ordinary, but in fact not only is it not ordinary, but it will also subvert your three views, making you feel as if you have arrived at another planet in the universe!
seabird
How to make pickled puffins
Pickled puffin is a popular name, the formal name is "Kiviak", the English name "Kiviak". The practice of pickling puffins is to slaughter a captured seal, hollow out all the seal's internal organs, and then stuff the hunted seabird into the seal's stomach. There is a detail to pay attention to in this process, that is, the seabird stuffed into the belly of the seal is not treated in any way, almost maintaining the original appearance of the seabird, not pulling feathers, not taking internal organs, nor cleaning, the original taste, directly put it in. The number of seabirds to put in is completely determined by the size of the seals, and slightly larger seals can generally be stuffed with about 200 seabirds, and the general size can also be stuffed with about 100 seals.
After all the seabirds are stuffed into the seal's stomach, the next job is to discharge the air in the seal's stomach, and not let it leave air inside, close to a vacuum state, so that bacteria that need oxygen to survive cannot survive. After the air is discharged, the seal's stomach is sewn, and the knife edge is coated with the seal's own grease, in order to prevent flies from invading and destroying. As can be seen from this, the Inuit were very wise.
Sealed seals are buried. It's easy to find where seals are buried, and the Arctic itself is very cold, so just find a place with perennial frozen soil. Bury the seals under the permafrost and press them with stones. The rest is left to the magical Arctic Circle nature, allowing the seabirds to ferment naturally in the sealed stomach for a long time, and after 3 years it is time to witness the miracle and enjoy this amazing taste.
Seeing this, do you think that the production method of pickled puffins is both rough and original, 100% original, and the whole process does not add any condiments, not to mention the oil and salt sauce and spicy vinegar we usually use. Don't know what kind of magical taste it tastes like?
Pickled puffins that have been pickled for three years are considered treasures of food for the Inuit, and they are not taken out at any time, unless there is a guest at the door or a major banquet such as the wedding of a daughter, and their heirlooms will be used. And when eating, not all of them are taken out at once, but a few are taken at a time, which shows how precious the pickled puffins are in the hearts of the Inuit!
Well-made pickled puffins, inuit have 2 ways to eat
The first way to eat is to eat the pickled puffin as a precious dip, which is a way to eat that looks gentle and frugal. Because the seabirds have been pickled and fermented in the stomachs of seals for up to 3 years, the seabird's internal organs have become a pure natural seabird sauce, but its shell and feathers remain intact, which is the subtlety of the Inuit making pickled puffins. They eat it raw from the meat of other animals dipped in sparrow sauce and enjoy the natural taste of pickled puffins.
The second way to eat is a bit rough and wild, which is also the Inuit people who encounter extremely precious guests to visit, will highly recommend the way to eat for your guests, and in the eyes of the Inuit, the guests who can be entertained in this way are definitely not ordinary guests. Because this method is a very "luxurious" way to eat, the consumption is relatively large.
The specific way to eat is to directly cut the puffin's ass, use the mouth to face the cut place, go up and take a deep breath, and then suck hard, suck the sauce in the puffin's stomach into the mouth, which completes the whole process of eating pickled puffins, and the next step is to enjoy this delicious feeling. According to the guests who ate the pickled puffin in this way, they recalled: "At that time, I only felt a sour and refreshing mysterious juice spraying into my mouth, whether to swallow or continue to stay in my mouth, it was difficult to decide for a while", it is conceivable that this person was enjoying or suffering at that time, everyone should have a number in mind. I think that due to the master's hospitality, I still risked death to swallow it, as for the result, it can only be left to God to decide!
However, the pickled puffin seems to be a delicacy that we ordinary people cannot accept, but it has to be said that it is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Inuit people. After 3 years of natural fermentation, the sauce is of high nutritional value and is rich in vitamins and proteins. Not to mention the protein, because the Inuit diet is not lacking in protein at all, it is all rare animals with high protein content, and vitamins are what they really need, because in the cold Arctic, there are no vegetables and fruits that provide vitamins at all. So that's the real reason the Inuit regard pickled puffins as the best in the world!
Writing this, I not only lament the existence of such a mysterious food in this world, but also marvel at the strong intelligence and ability of human beings to adapt to the environment in order to survive. I believe that it is precisely because of the harsh natural environment of the Arctic Circle that the pickled puffin has been created, which has shocked the whole world!
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