Loaves and Fishes

I just received a family newsletter from Ryerson & Anne Clark who live in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It has nothing at all to do with Baja California, but it had a couple of items I felt were of interest to all.

Their newsletter is entitled "Dancing with Bears" and usually includes great photography and appropriate commentary:




Baked Arctic Char

There are many ways to prepare a lovely fish like this. You can cook it the same as any salmon and it looks the same as salmon in colour. The taste is clean and bit more favorful than salmon.

Both the Inuit and the Dene people suggested this method of baking.

Clean the fish and oil the outside of it. Thinly slice lemon and onion and lay the slices on the top of the fish. You can use a rice stuffing if you like. I think the good old Betty Crocker Cookbook tells you how to make the stuffing.

Wrap in foil and bake as you would a salmon for weight and temperature.

This fellow will serve six or more. Dinner anyone?

This big fellow seen above is an Arctic Char from Hudson's Bay and they are yummy! It was brought to us last week by an Inuit friend who lives in Arviat. George was brought up on the land and only moved to the village in his early 20s or so. He does very well in his business but also still lets the land provide.

(Ryerson is a professional photographer. Anne is a project manager in NW Territories for the Canadian Government.) Ryerson's website is at URL:

http://web.mac.com/ryersonclark/iWeb/Ryerson/Welcome.html