On Aug 01, 2008, at 2:03 pm, Rundle wrote:

> Where did you read that the Inuit made broth?... this seems highly  
> unlikely to me since their energy sources were very scarce and long  
> cooking outdoors [the igloo would melt if cooking was done indoors]  
> is very inefficient energy wise... for some odd reason they DID hard  
> boil eggs gathered from nests... in long STONE troughs  
> [outdoors] ... you'd think they'd eat them raw...

Now I've looked, I can't find any reliable reference to the Inuit  
doing this.  (If you google for "inuit bone broth" you get a few  
people that make the same comment I did, but no primary sources.)  It  
seems they did make broths[1], but not bone broths.

Ashley


[1] http://forums.canadiancontent.net/canadian-culture/60870-first-nations-inuit-metis-food-2.html
(near the bottom, quote from Stefansson)