Herring Eggs and Seal Grease in an Off-the-Grid Cabin | INDIE ALASKA

Fifteen minutes outside of Wasilla, the Little Su River calmly rushes by the small, off-the-grid cabin of Ben Schleifman and Meda DeWitt-Schleifman. The Schleifman family has lived in the cabin for two years and despite the endless list of chores (splitting firewood, hauling fuel, etc.), they have become adept at preparing feasts for friends and family who make the short trek out to their land.
The Schleifmans travel extensively throughout Alaska, but both hail from Southeast Alaska and try to eat the food they’ve grown up with as often as possible. On the menu tonight, Herring Egg Salad and Fried Rice with Seal Oil.
Part two of a four-part series looking at the connection that modern Alaskans have with their food.
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[@SoundlessFantasy]

Herring eggs bomb

[@peteocean2848]

Subcribed from Arizona. Born in Sitka

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[@SchoolProjectArchive]

Yooo these sound so great! I wish we had these in my country 😍 I've never had Seal Oil before and smoked salmon here is scarce. I dont think we have herring eggs here but we do have the Japanese Tobikko 😁

[@algigirl]

Nice...food. the egg roe... if you take a a mug of milk.. add chopped garlic and onion. Add chilli paste or powder one teaspoo n. Turmeric one tea spoon.. cilantro..chopped.simmer then add the roe..then eat with rice. Or pan fried the roe but add turmeric and salt.. yummm Lucky people..

[@wendywesley9220]

We use oolichan grease with our herring eggs.

[@scarletroulette6747]

They just like the Free food.

[@akhoneybee9076]

Hey free food is a blessing for sure! 😁 It’s not entirely free though when it requires hours of backbreaking work. It definitely helps us get through the winter with the high cost of living here. If you have multiple kids it becomes even more necessary to hunt, fish, and gather in the short summer months.

[@samboriboun2213]

Never heard of this mmmm

[@highspacefox]

very cool, never knew about the effects of hemlock on herring eggs, such an interesting relationship the natives had with the land! could you guys interview an alsakan back-country ranger?

[@sushigimme]

The music sounds like "Touch the Sky" by Hillsong.

[@ussglowcloud6988]

Those are overcooked 💀

[@cornelialkoenig91]

Eggs cooked in very warm water not hot slowly will smell like herring with a little flavor of hemlock.