Greenland
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Suaasat
The seal soup: suaasat — a thick soup of seal meat (or whale, reindeer, seabirds) with barley or rice, onions and potatoes — Greenland's traditional warming pot. Ingredients: seal meat (or other game), pearl barley or ri…
Mattak
The whale delicacy: mattak (muktuk's Greenlandic form) — whale skin with a layer of blubber, cut in cubes and eaten raw or lightly cooked, prized for its nutty crunch and vitamin wealth. Ingredients: beluga or narwhal sk…
Arctic Char (Greenland)
The northern char: Arctic char from Greenland's lakes and fjords — dried (for storage), smoked, or pan-fried fresh with butter — with dried cod and halibut completing the fish table. Ingredients: Arctic char, butter or s…
Kaffemik Table
The coffee gathering itself: kaffemik — Greenland's institution of open-house coffee, cake and celebration (birthdays, confirmations, first days) where the whole town passes through — with dried fish, mattak, cakes and e…
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