Title: Roasted Salmon Part 2
Categories: Amerind Fish
Yield: 1 Servings

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"As soon as that is done, the man requests permission from his wife to invite his friends to come and eat the roasted salmon while it is warm. As soon as his wife tells him to go ahead and call them, the man goes and invites them.

"Then his wife takes a mat, which is to be the food-mat of the guests of her husband; then she spreads a mat for the guests of her husband to sit on; and it does not take long before her husband comes back followed by his guests, for they try to come before the roasted salmon cools off.

"Immediately they sit down on the mat that has been spread out; and when they are all in, the woman takes the food-mat and spreads it in front of her husband's guests. Then she goes back and takes the two roasted salmon in the tongs; and she takes them out, one for each two men . Then she lays them skin down, on the food-mat. When there are four men, there are two food-mats, and there is one roasted salmon.

"There is not oil for dipping, for the dog-salmon is very fat while it is still phosphorescent, when it is jumping in the mouth of the rivers. Then the guests themselves break it and eat the salmon speared at the mouth of the river.

"Early in the morning, dog-salmon speared at the mouth of the river is not eaten, for it is fat it is only eaten in the afternoon and evening. Whenever it is eaten in the morning, it makes those who eat it feel sleepy the whole day long, for it is very fat. Therefore they are afraid to eat it in the morning.

"As soon as the guests finish eating it, the man takes what is left and eats with it with his wife, while his guests drink water freshly drawn. After they finish drinking, the guests go out. They only wash their hands in their houses; and after the man has finished eating with his wife, he gathers the bones and skin left by his, puts them on a mat, and throws them into the sea on the beach. This is all about salmon speared at the mouth of the river.

http://www.hallman.org/~bruce/ Bruce Hallman's home page. bruce@hallman.org

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