Akutaq – Alaska
Traditional Eskimo Ice-cream: Akutaq is made from reindeer, caribou, or moose fat (back fat), animal oil (seal, walrus, or whale), divided, 2 cups loose snow, berries (blueberries, cloudberries, cranberries, salmonberries, or blackberries)
Akutaq. Source: Shutterstock
Modern Eskimo Ice-cream: solid vegetable shortening, sugar, water or berry juice or snow, berries (blueberries, cloudberries, cranberries, salmonberries, or blackberries). There you have it. No spices needed, no cooking what-so-ever, all raw. So if you’re into the whole raw food diet, this dish might be for you.