Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Whale blubber and skin, eaten as food.
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- noun The skin and
blubber of awhale , used as a traditional food by theInuit .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kenny placed a tray of "muktuk" - raw, frozen bowhead whale meat - on the kitchen table.
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I got to try narwhal skin known as "muktuk", which tasted like cod but had the consistency of rubber tire.
In the Arctic, Sleeping Soundly Sean Silcoff 2011
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The Inuit of Point Barrow AK (Inupiats?) don't have access to the food sources people in the lower 48 take for granted, Without a Bowhead whale or two there is no muktuk (whale blubber, a staple) for the kids and the people go hungry. b
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When we tried to microwave some frozen whale blubber sent down from Barrow, we ended up laughing as the muktuk sizzled and got tough.
Ellen Frankenstein: From Tofu to Muktuk Ellen Frankenstein 2010
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When we tried to microwave some frozen whale blubber sent down from Barrow, we ended up laughing as the muktuk sizzled and got tough.
Ellen Frankenstein: From Tofu to Muktuk Ellen Frankenstein 2010
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When we tried to microwave some frozen whale blubber sent down from Barrow, we ended up laughing as the muktuk sizzled and got tough.
Ellen Frankenstein: From Tofu to Muktuk Ellen Frankenstein 2010
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The Inuit of Point Barrow AK (Inupiats?) don't have access to the food sources people in the lower 48 take for granted, Without a Bowhead whale or two there is no muktuk (whale blubber, a staple) for the kids and the people go hungry. b
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When we tried to microwave some frozen whale blubber sent down from Barrow, we ended up laughing as the muktuk sizzled and got tough.
Ellen Frankenstein: From Tofu to Muktuk Ellen Frankenstein 2010
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I watched Eskimo villagers pull a beluga whale to shore and ate fresh muktuk.
Recipe: Pork and Sage Bites (Χοιρινό και Φασκόμηλο Μεζές) Laurie Constantino 2008
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I watched Eskimo villagers pull a beluga whale to shore and ate fresh muktuk.
Archive 2008-01-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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Once again, the consumption of raw meat comes to the rescue: vitamin C is present in uncooked caribou liver, seal brain and muktuk, a traditional food of frozen whale skin and blubber.
How did people in the Arctic get vitamin D with little or no sunlight? 2020
skipvia commented on the word muktuk
An Inupiaq Eskimo word. A sandwich-sized slice of whale blubber with 1-inch thick skin attached. (Picture a triangular slice of watermelon with white blubber replacing the red pulp and black skin replacing the green rind.) Eaten raw, the very chewy skin performs much like gum. Highly nutritious and caloric--essential qualities if you live where it is eaten.
November 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word muktuk
Interesting, skipvia. So the slice itself has this name?
November 4, 2007
skipvia commented on the word muktuk
No, reesetee--muktuk is simply the name for whale blubber. The slice I described is the way it is most commonly consumed in Alaska. It's usually eaten fresh, just after the whale is slaughtered. I can see why my comment was misleading. Sorry 'bout dat.
November 4, 2007
reesetee commented on the word muktuk
Nah, no problem. I just wondered. I mean, we don't have a name specifically for a triangular slice of watermelon, so I thought maybe the Inupiaq Eskimos could help us out. ;-)
November 5, 2007