On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Lisa Sporleder <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I imagine if I were a boreal cavegal, it would be my job to pick all the berries I could when they were in season.  Not only do they dry easily under the midnight sun for later use, but the whole cave family would eat as many as possible while they were available, knowing the season wouldn't come again for a year.  That's what it's about, especially in the sub-Arctic and Arctic regions:  gorging on the high-carb foods of summer to put on the fat stores to see you through the winter.  They follow the example of the wildlife they depend on.  Bears don't get tired of salmon and berries, so why would they?  When "the berry store is open," you eat berries...simple as that!  Modern man is the one who thinks you have to eat something different every day.  I tbelieve northern paleo man ate what he had available as long as he had it to eat, especially the summer foods.
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> Today, Alaska Native women that still practice their cultural ways will pick gallons of berries, day after day.  They didn't learn it from me; the practice has been handed down through the generations. They wouldn't ignore such a plentiful source of energy and vitamins as blueberries because they "got tired" of eating them.  I just can't conceive of that being an issue.
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> On the coast, berries are also combined with whale or seal oil and stirred (more like beaten into submission) into a mixture known today as Eskimo Ice Cream.  I'm not sure how long the berries keep that way, but it sure makes for concentrated nutrition that would put on fat stores in the summer and fall to help see you through a cold winter.
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> Lisa in Alaska
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Greatness.  Thank you.