8. Ptarmigan **** – Greenland
A ptarmigan is a beautiful white bridled game bird. The predigested willow and birch plants it excretes were a valuable source of food in some parts of Greenland when resources were very limited.
Now their excrement is considered a delicacy.
Each ptarmigan will defecate up to 50 times in one spot, so it’s easy to gather. Urumiit, the inuit name for the bird’s droppings, is collected in winter when it’s dr, rather than in summer when it’s all gooey and unpleasant.
After harvesting, it’s cooked in rancid seal oil and chunks of seal meat.
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