Pass the whale blubber...

My dear friend Sherry shared with me some of her native foods.  She is Siberian Yupik originally from Gambell.  From top to bottom here are the following mangtak (raw whale blubber), cooked walrus meat, qesni (cooked walrus boob) on the right, and manguna (cooked walrus skin).  Growing up in rural Alaska this is common food.  I've never been fond of mangtak also known as muktuk the white is the fat part and the black is the humpback whale skin which is like chewing through leather.  Walrus meat isn't so bad, it's kinda like a fishy tasting beef.  Qesni is more fatty, and manguna is kinda like cartiliage.

The King and I

A movie trailer I made using the iMovie on the iMac.  Love it!

Smoked Salmon tastes just like candy...

Smoked salmon tastes just like candy

Even the jar tastes like candy

Some photos I took of the twins for my new smoked salmon canning label.

Salmon Lake 2010

Earlier this summer we took our camper to Salmon Lake.  We had a fun time and enjoyed the scenery.

Reindeer Herd

Rudolph and the gang showed up across the street from our house, spring of this year.

My son with his 10 pink salmon that he caught.  Age 7 in this photo.

Sockeye Salmon in Nome, Alaska

My video catching sockeye salmon.