Post by Okwes on May 16, 2007 10:23:36 GMT -5
Boiled Sea-Slugs Part 1
Categories: Native, Fish, Salmon
Yield: 1 servings
1 Text file
This is a transcript of the George Hunt translation of the sea-slug
recipe, as narrated in the Kwakuitl Language, by his wife Elie Hunt,
circa 1913. Part 1, is the catching, Part 2 is the cooking & Part 3
is the serving.
(Catching sea-slugs)
When a man wants to take sea-slugs, he first goes for a thin shaft
which is used by the salmon fishers. He takes two thin cedar sticks,
each one a short span long and a little thinner than the little
finger, flat on one side and he takes cedar-bark and splits it in
narrow strips. The two cedar-sticks are to be hooks at the end of the
sea-slug spear. He puts these near the end of the harpoon-shaft, and
ties them on with split long strips of cedar-bark. When it is
finished, it is this way: [A simple illustration is omitted, of spear
with hook lashed on end].
Then he waits for it to be calm at low tide. When it is calm, he
launches his sea-slug-gathering canoe. He takes his sea-slug-
gathering paddle, and his knife for cutting off the heads of sea
slugs, and also the stick for catching sea-slugs. Then he paddles to
a place where he knows there are many sea-slugs. He looks down into
the water; and when he sees a place where there are many of them
together, he takes his stick for catching sea-slugs and pushes it down
into the water. He pushes the hook-end under the sea-slugs. Then it
comes up lying crosswise over his canoe.
He takes the sea-slug, takes his knife, and cuts off the neck. Then
he squeezes out the insides, and he throws it down hard into his
canoe, saying as he is throwing it down,<cite> "Now you will be as
stiff as the wedge of your grandfather"</cite>. He does this to each
of them, and says so as he throws the sea-slugs into his canoe. When
he has caught many of them, he goes home.
As soon as he arrives on the beach of his house, his wife takes a
basket and goes to meet him and carry up what he has. She puts her
basket into the small canoe; and the woman takes one of the sea-
slugs, squeezes down the whole length of its body, holding it by the
hind part, the head downward; and when what is left of the insides has
come out, he throws it into the basket. He does this to all of them.
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Title: Boiled Sea-Slugs Part 2
Categories: Native, Fish
Yield: 1 servings
(Cooking sea-slugs)
When they are all in, she carries her basket of sea-slugs up the
beach and takes it into the house. Then she takes a large low
steaming box and pours some fresh water into it. When it is half
full, she takes the basket of sea-slugs and pours them into the water
in the box. She leaves them there for two nights with the water over
them. They are ready to be boiled.
The man takes the kettle for boiling sea-slugs and pours water into it
until it is half full. He puts it over the fire; and when the kettle
for boiling sea-slugs is on the fire with the sea-slugs in it, he
goes into the woods and breaks off hemlock-branches. He carries
these back and puts them down where the sea-slugs are boiling in the
kettle. After he has done so, he takes the low steaming-box in which
the sea-slugs are, and places it by the side of the fire, and also
the tongs. When the water begins to boil, his wife takes one of the
sea-slugs and squeezes the body so that the liquid comes out from the
inside.
Then she puts it in the boiling water. Her husband stirs it with the
tongs. The woman squeezes out the whole number of sea-slugs; and
when they are all in the kettle, the man continues to stir them. When
the water begins to boil, the man picks up handfuls of dirt from the
floor of the house and throws it into the boiling water. Then it
stops boiling over, for the water of the sea-slugs almost always
boils over, and only the dirt from the floor of the house stops the
boiling-over.
The man tries to take hold of one of them with the tongs; and when he
succeeds in taking one, it is done. The skin gets rough when it is
done. The (sea-slugs) are slippery when they are raw, and he can not
get hold of them with his tongs. When they are done, he takes off
the fire the kettle for cooking sea-slugs. He takes a large dish and
puts it by the side of the kettle. He pours some water into it; and
when it is more than half full of water, he takes the tongs, lifts up
the sea-slugs, and puts them into the dish for washing the boiled
slugs. As soon as they are all in, the man sits down by its side and
washes them, they being stiff.
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Title: Boiled Sea-Slugs Part 3
Categories: Native, Fish
Yield: 1 servings
1 Text file
Serving the Sea-slugs:
After he has washed one of them, he gives it to one of his guests to
eat first a sea-slug; and the one to whom the first sea-slug is given
eats it at once. The man washes the sea-slugs quickly, and gives one
to the second man; and he continues doing this with his other guests;
and when the first one finishes eating a sea-slug. he is given
another one.
After they have eaten enough, they take some to their wives, for
sea-slugs are only eaten in the winter, when they are good. They are
bad in the summer. That is about one way of cooking sea-slugs.
Categories: Native, Fish, Salmon
Yield: 1 servings
1 Text file
This is a transcript of the George Hunt translation of the sea-slug
recipe, as narrated in the Kwakuitl Language, by his wife Elie Hunt,
circa 1913. Part 1, is the catching, Part 2 is the cooking & Part 3
is the serving.
(Catching sea-slugs)
When a man wants to take sea-slugs, he first goes for a thin shaft
which is used by the salmon fishers. He takes two thin cedar sticks,
each one a short span long and a little thinner than the little
finger, flat on one side and he takes cedar-bark and splits it in
narrow strips. The two cedar-sticks are to be hooks at the end of the
sea-slug spear. He puts these near the end of the harpoon-shaft, and
ties them on with split long strips of cedar-bark. When it is
finished, it is this way: [A simple illustration is omitted, of spear
with hook lashed on end].
Then he waits for it to be calm at low tide. When it is calm, he
launches his sea-slug-gathering canoe. He takes his sea-slug-
gathering paddle, and his knife for cutting off the heads of sea
slugs, and also the stick for catching sea-slugs. Then he paddles to
a place where he knows there are many sea-slugs. He looks down into
the water; and when he sees a place where there are many of them
together, he takes his stick for catching sea-slugs and pushes it down
into the water. He pushes the hook-end under the sea-slugs. Then it
comes up lying crosswise over his canoe.
He takes the sea-slug, takes his knife, and cuts off the neck. Then
he squeezes out the insides, and he throws it down hard into his
canoe, saying as he is throwing it down,<cite> "Now you will be as
stiff as the wedge of your grandfather"</cite>. He does this to each
of them, and says so as he throws the sea-slugs into his canoe. When
he has caught many of them, he goes home.
As soon as he arrives on the beach of his house, his wife takes a
basket and goes to meet him and carry up what he has. She puts her
basket into the small canoe; and the woman takes one of the sea-
slugs, squeezes down the whole length of its body, holding it by the
hind part, the head downward; and when what is left of the insides has
come out, he throws it into the basket. He does this to all of them.
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Title: Boiled Sea-Slugs Part 2
Categories: Native, Fish
Yield: 1 servings
(Cooking sea-slugs)
When they are all in, she carries her basket of sea-slugs up the
beach and takes it into the house. Then she takes a large low
steaming box and pours some fresh water into it. When it is half
full, she takes the basket of sea-slugs and pours them into the water
in the box. She leaves them there for two nights with the water over
them. They are ready to be boiled.
The man takes the kettle for boiling sea-slugs and pours water into it
until it is half full. He puts it over the fire; and when the kettle
for boiling sea-slugs is on the fire with the sea-slugs in it, he
goes into the woods and breaks off hemlock-branches. He carries
these back and puts them down where the sea-slugs are boiling in the
kettle. After he has done so, he takes the low steaming-box in which
the sea-slugs are, and places it by the side of the fire, and also
the tongs. When the water begins to boil, his wife takes one of the
sea-slugs and squeezes the body so that the liquid comes out from the
inside.
Then she puts it in the boiling water. Her husband stirs it with the
tongs. The woman squeezes out the whole number of sea-slugs; and
when they are all in the kettle, the man continues to stir them. When
the water begins to boil, the man picks up handfuls of dirt from the
floor of the house and throws it into the boiling water. Then it
stops boiling over, for the water of the sea-slugs almost always
boils over, and only the dirt from the floor of the house stops the
boiling-over.
The man tries to take hold of one of them with the tongs; and when he
succeeds in taking one, it is done. The skin gets rough when it is
done. The (sea-slugs) are slippery when they are raw, and he can not
get hold of them with his tongs. When they are done, he takes off
the fire the kettle for cooking sea-slugs. He takes a large dish and
puts it by the side of the kettle. He pours some water into it; and
when it is more than half full of water, he takes the tongs, lifts up
the sea-slugs, and puts them into the dish for washing the boiled
slugs. As soon as they are all in, the man sits down by its side and
washes them, they being stiff.
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Title: Boiled Sea-Slugs Part 3
Categories: Native, Fish
Yield: 1 servings
1 Text file
Serving the Sea-slugs:
After he has washed one of them, he gives it to one of his guests to
eat first a sea-slug; and the one to whom the first sea-slug is given
eats it at once. The man washes the sea-slugs quickly, and gives one
to the second man; and he continues doing this with his other guests;
and when the first one finishes eating a sea-slug. he is given
another one.
After they have eaten enough, they take some to their wives, for
sea-slugs are only eaten in the winter, when they are good. They are
bad in the summer. That is about one way of cooking sea-slugs.