Just this morning I had a piece of Pilot Bread and some
Fireweed Jelly that was made from the purple leaves of the fireweed plants on
the Buckland flats. Tonight we quickly threw together a Bear Creek soup but
made it Alaskan by dropping in some small bits of steak from the Moose that Ben
Mettling shot last Fall.
Aqpiq (salmonberries) in my pancakes. Caribou soup with
flatbread for dunking.
I am eating well in Alaska.
But Nothing – and I mean nothing can compare to the delicious
meal I had on Thursday evening. And nothing screams “Life in Bush Alaska” like
the story that goes with it.
I have a new favorite Papa Murphy’s Take & Bake Pizza.
Their Steak and Garlic pizza is to die for and I discovered that in Kivalina,
Alaska. (Home of the $16 dollar Tombstone.)
You heard correctly. I had a Papa Murphy’s pizza delivered by
plane to my house, a hundred some miles above the Arctic Circle. Emma has lived
and taught here for five years but just learned from a friend a few weeks ago
about some smashing deals that the Anchorage Papa Murphy’s does with the
villages in the farthest outreaches of Alaska. For their regular menu price the
will make and send you out a pizza or ten pizzas for $36 dollars. So for every
10 pizzas you order, it’s another $36 bones. If you wanna sell pizzas at a ball
game for a school fundraiser, go for it. If you wanna go in with a few others
and split the cost of shipping, go for it.
For less than a Tombstone from the Native Store that is just
15 yards from my front step, I can get a FRESH Steak & Garlic Papa Murphy’s
Pizza from Anchorage, Alaska. If I would have known this in August or September
I’m not sure I would have been able to shed as much weight as I have to this
point.
But from here on out…we may periodically treat ourselves to
a pizza pie from the real world.
On a similar note:
I will be adding PTARMIGAN to my list of sampled Alaskan Native
food after we cook these bad boys up for supper this week.
3 shots and 4 birds
on a Sunday afternoon make for a Happy Camper.
4 comments:
That is a little closer to the Alaska they advertise.....the smile looks sincere! This just made my day.
I agree...a little closer...it was a good day.
The Pizza thing is pretty cool too.
Thx man. See you soon.
kirby
Looks like it would be fun.....peanut gallery is still watching
We've just caught up on a couple months of blogs. We've been away from the computer for a bit, but are home now, and are actually glad to be back. Mr. Tveit took good care of our house and kept us informed of the local news. Kirby, I like ,others, laugh and cry when I read your blogs. I really hope you take some time to put this experience into a book - not necessarily for the masses, but for your family to relive this time with you. I always said that the class of '93 was special, and you certainly are an example of the "specialness" - is that a word? - that senior class exhibited. Thanks for sharing your life with us. Mrs. H.
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