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caribou tongue
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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the tongue of the caribou, considered a delicacy in the North.
See: brochet banana
Quotations
1682-3
The Indians being present after my arrival laid out their presents before me, being Beavors' tailes, cariboux tongues dry'd, Greas of Bears, Deere, & of Elks.
1896
We usually had a few fresh caribou tongues each Sunday . . . and a ball of freshly made pemmican.
1958
A visitor may find himself . . . dining on beaver-tail soup and caribou tongues. . . .