Yadao Inong, Traditional Foods

Series Title

Food For Thought

Authors

Contributor

Jennifer Bell, Host

Yadao Inong, Interviewee

Jessica Eden, Engineer

Episode Description

Eel is one of my favorite foods from our region — but I wasn’t always a fan. If you’ve ever seen lamprey eel you will know it isn’t one of the most glamorous looking foods — in fact I’m sure there have been many horror movies that have used the idea of the lamprey to create a monster that would terrify us. It has a mouth that seems like just a sucking hole lined with teeth — and really…does it have eyeballs? I never got past the mouth.

Lucky for me one of the Humboldt Del Norte County Master Food Preservers brought some smoked and canned eel to one of our meetings to share. What I discovered for myself is that eel is a comfort food for me. With that smoky flavor and oily delicious flesh, I think eel hits a part of me that is satisfied no other way. If you ever get a chance to taste eel, I suggest you do yourself a favor and try it. I’ve also had it deep fried and, well — I’ve never met a deep fried food I didn’t like…but still smoked is my favorite.

I was very happy to have the opportunity to talk with a young man who grew up along the river and fished for eel and has been enjoying it all his life — Yadao Inong. I learned about fishing for eel and also about other traditional foods he grew up with.

Broadcast Date

2018

Genre/Subject

Fish, Native American, Salmon

Publisher

KHSU

Filename

FFT_Lamprey_Eel_Yadao_Inong_1.mp3; FFT_Lamprey_Eel_Yadao_Inong_2.mp3

Language

English

Digital Format

Audio/MP3

File Size

23.2 MB; 23.0 MB

Duration

00:10:08; 00:10:02

Generation

Copy

Collection

KHSU

Recommended Citation

"Yadao Inong, Traditional Foods" (2018). Food for Thought. 124.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/foodforthought/124