Why an Alaskan Hospital Added Reindeer Pot Pie and Seal Soup to Its Menu
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Why an Alaskan Hospital Added Reindeer Pot Pie and Seal Soup to Its Menu
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Chef Amy Foote preparing fresh Alaskan salmon for soup. Courtesy of Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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You’re not going to find jello cups on the menu at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Instead, patients and visitors choose between reindeer pot pie, smoked hooligan, birch sourdough biscuits with fireweed jelly, herring roe, salmon-belly or seal soup, and Eskimo ice cream (made with animal fat, fish oil, and berries).