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橄榄树与太平洋海岸 Pacific Northwest Indigenous: Salmon, Cedar, and the Sea

The Pacific Northwest Coast traditions (Haida, Tlingit, Coast Salish, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, and many others) developed around the extraordinary productivity of the Pacific Coast and its river systems — specifically the annual salmon runs that provided the primary protein source. The specific techniques developed for salmon — cedar plank cooking, smoke preservation, and the specific preparation of eulachon (candlefish) — are among the most regionally specific food traditions in North America.

Overview

Pacific Northwest Indigenous culinary traditions.

Source

SCANDINAVIAN NORDIC DEEP + TURKISH DEEP + INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICAN

Cross-Cuisine Parallels

Scandinavian cold-smoked salmon (same cold-smoking preservation principle — different fish species, same climate necessity), Japanese dried fish preparations (same wind-drying preservation — different