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 skin and blubber; soy sauce (the modern town dip) or none.
What it is
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 skin and blubber; soy sauce (the modern town dip) or none. Recipe: 1) Cut the mattak into small cubes (the skin scored in a grid traditionally). 2) Serve fresh, raw. 3) Chew thoroughly — the texture is the experience. 4) Sometimes boiled briefly for elders. Serve: at celebrations and kaffemik (coffee gatherings) as the honour food. Flavor: nutty, oceanic, chewy. History: mattak provided vitamin C in the Arctic diet for millennia — scurvy's answer. See also: Suaasat, Arctic Char (Greenland).
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