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kiviak
[kiv-ee-ahk]
noun
a traditional, communal Inuit winter food made by fermenting numerous whole, undressed little auks inside an airtight seal skin for several months before eating.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kiviak1
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The Kiviak, a traditional winter dish consumed by the Inuit in Greenland is a seal stuffed with 400 to 500 birds, fermented out of doors under a pile of rocks for anywhere from 3 to 18 months and then eaten raw.
And they need the narwhal skin for vitamin C. Personally, I'd get in my kayak and paddle south, until I reached somewhere I could grow vegetables, or keep a chicken, or at least where there was a Tesco Metro, with orange juice, and pizzas as an alternative to kiviak.
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