Food
The Inuit were, and still are hunter-gatherer people. This is because nothing can be domesticated in the Arctic's extreme climate, everything had to be scavenged and hunted.
- They gathered what's naturally available such as seaweed, grass, roots, ect.
- Hunted polar bears, walrus', caribou, whales, seals, narwhal and even foxes for food and skins.
- Because they ate mostly meat, their diets consist mainly of protein and fat. Also, due to lack of fruits and veggies the Inuit also ate little carbs because it is impossible to cultivate the naturally growing plants. Even though they ate very little carbs, the excess of protein supplements the absence of carbs.
- Ringed seal, whale skin and narwhals are essential to the existence of the Inuit since they contain vitamin C, commonly found in fruits and vegetables, as that is crucial for the humans to function normally.
- Depended very much on catching and preserving food during the hunting season since that is the only time where a sustainable source of food is available since many of those animals only appear at a certain time of year.
- The Inuit preserved their food by drying it out or immediately freezing it on the sea ice.
- Ate almost everything raw due to kindling being a very valuable and scarce resource
- They are also very conservative, they ate almost every part of the animal, used the inedible bone to make tools and the skins for clothing. They wasted nothing due to how scarce it is.
Make Yourself a Tasty Treat!
Oogruk (Seal) Flippers:
You will need:
Flippers of one Oogruk
Oogruk Blubber
How to make It:
Cover whole flipper in blubber COMPLETELY!
Let sit for two weeks
Take flippers out of blubber, deskin
Cut up meat and serve!
*Do not throw away the blubber! It can be reused as fuel!!*
Oogruk (Seal) Flippers:
You will need:
Flippers of one Oogruk
Oogruk Blubber
How to make It:
Cover whole flipper in blubber COMPLETELY!
Let sit for two weeks
Take flippers out of blubber, deskin
Cut up meat and serve!
*Do not throw away the blubber! It can be reused as fuel!!*