IKITUQ/TARNAQ-WILD
CELERY
(HERACLEIM
LANATUM)
THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF WILD
CELERY HERE IN HOOPER BAY,
THERE IS THE "IKITUQ/TARNAQ" THAT GROWS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND IS TALLER AND TASTES SWEETER. THE OTHER KIND GROWS
IN THE HILLS AT THE
BEACH YOU HAVE TO PEEL THEM TO
EAT THEM OR THEY WILL TASTE BITTER.
YOU CAN EAT THEM BOTH WITH SEAL
OIL. BUT YOU DON'T COOK THEM AND
YOU DON'T PICK THEM WHEN THEY
ARE HOLLOW AND EASY TO BREAK. THESE
ARE THE KIND THAT YOU EAT. THERE
IS ALSO ANOTHER KIND THAT YOU DON'T EAT, THIS IS THE "UQUTVAGUAQ" OR WATER HEMLOCK. THEY
LOOK
LIKE WILD CELERY BUT THEY ARE
DEADLY POISONOUS TO EAT.
Dick
Bunyan
Interviewed
by
Emma Smith
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