Common name | K'aaw |
Language | Haida |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | British Columbia |
Ref. | Jones, R., 1999 |
Life stage | eggs |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | were harvested on kelp and hemlock branches; sometimes picked from other substrate such as eelgrass and eaten on the spot; sun-dried on gravel beach; drying eggs indoors was slower and the product was of poorer quality; dried egg fronds were tied into bundles of about ten and stored in bent-wood boxes; these were susceptible to insect damage, turned brown and lost flavor; it was eaten dried or soaked in fresh water, then dipped in boiling water or fried; it is often eaten with eulachon oul or 'hum'. |