fish

One of the first questions I hear from new non-Yakutian friends of mine is “What are your traditional meals?” I started my answer from the short sentence “We love frozen horse meat and frozen Arctic fishes.”

Well, I decided to start publishing posts about traditional cuisine in Yakutia. The one is dedicated to stroganina.

Stroganina is the traditional cold dish in Yakutia.

Stroganina is the traditional cold dish in Yakutia.

Stroganina is the first traditional dish that will be offered you to try in Yakutia in winter. It is thin long slices of frozen fresh Arctic river fishes, i.e. broad whitefishes, whitefishes, and white salmons. Read more…

A question from a Hungarian fisherman sounded like this:

What kind of fishing are in the Yana River and it’s tributaries?

Frankly saying, I am not a big fan of fishing. So, I decided to call the Republic’s Biological Resources Department. Read more…