Back in 1959, in observance of Alaska’s new statehood (1958), the Southern Baptist Convention sponsored an evangelistic effort, partnering with existing SBC churches in Alaska. My dad obtained sponsorship from the baptist church in Seward, Alaska, along with its partnering churches in the lower 48, and spent a month as part of evangelistic meetings, clinics on church music and church education, and in personal evangelism.
I have copies of letters between him and the sponsoring church, copies of various agendas for meetings, and a very special “cookbook” compiled by students of Shishmaref Day School, Shishmaref, Alaska.It’s a little ~4”x5” typewritten booklet with a hand lettered cover that includes such “recipes” (descriptions of preparation, no amounts given; kinda like my “Not a recipe” recipes I post here now and then *heh* like
Eskimo Ice Cream
- grate reindeer tallow into small pieces
- Add seal oil slowly while beating with hand
- After some seal oil has been used, then add a little water while whipping
- Continue adding seal oil and water until white and fluffy
- Some berries can be added to it
It might be difficult to come by reindeer tallow and seal oil, here in America’s Third World County™, but it’d certainly be “keto friendly.” 🙂
Alaska’s Statehood was on January 3rd of 1959, the same year I was born at Elmendorf AFB.
The “not a recipe” sounds interesting. Caribou tallow would be the same as Reindeer tallow. The whole thing sounds a little too fatty for me.
Yeh, all actions were finalized in 1958, with the effect in January ’59.