I think people with food fetishes are very short sighted. For instance, I am fascinated with akutuq, which is also called Eskimo Ice Cream. It is centuries-old dish that is a favorite throughout Alaska.
The classic northern Alaskan ingredients include hard fat (caribou, bear, muskox), sea-mammal oil (seal, whale), and a flavoring (from either flora or fauna). In Southwest Alaska, native cooks use eulachon, better known as candlefish, mixed with oil and snow.
The ingredients proportions—one part hard fat, one part seal oil, one part water, and four parts plant or protein material—have been the same for centuries. The ingredients are quickly stirred with splayed fingers until it becomes white, smooth, and tripled in volume. Then seal oil is added, a tablespoon at a time, then a little ice cold water and snow to increase the fluffiness. After 45 minutes the mix looks like a shiny white frosting ready to cover a cake. In go the salmonberries and blueberries—and a little sugar, an ingredient the whalers introduced in the mid-1800s. The ice cream created is delicate, slightly sweet, and rich with fruit. The texture is smooth and silky, with the sensuous feel of a French buttercream.
I bet if Eskimo Ice Cream was served in a Ben and Jerry’s container, it would be a national rage with these diet extremists. There would be a demand for it because it was not made from dairy products—until they found out what it really was. LOL!
The lack of tolerance to other religions is disappointing. Hindus are fairly benign. I agree he should read the label and act accordingly but we can agree to disagree more agreeably.
We always called that muktuk, but I guess that is different and not icy.