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Old 02-15-2011, 09:43 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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I was looking at this website ALASKAN SET HS312 for a friend on FB who was interested in obtaining a cookie cutter in the shape of Alaska & ran across this set of cutters. The description contains the following, "One of several of our state-specific collections. This set features cookie cutters appropriate for the state of Alaska, and includes: 3" Alaska state, 3.5" grizzly bear, 3.5" pine tree, 4.5" moose head, 4" salmon and 4" cabin. Also includes an appropriate cookie recipe!"

Is there an Alaskan cookie recipe that might not be found in the -48, a recipe that is uniquely Alaskan? I'd be interested in other desserts as well. Has anyone tried baking with seal or whale fat & if so were the results tasty?
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Old 02-15-2011, 09:54 PM
 
Location: Anchorage
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I found this recipe for sourdough cookies on a regular recipe website but it still sounds pretty Alaskan to me.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1610...242201,00.html
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Old 02-15-2011, 10:37 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Sourdough cookies? I'll have to try them.
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Old 02-15-2011, 10:47 PM
 
Location: Bliss Township, Michigan
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Hmm, first thing I thought of when I read the title of this thread was Muskox Poo / Alaskan Cookies.
Sorry, I couldn't hold back on that.
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Old 02-16-2011, 03:32 AM
 
Location: Point Hope Alaska
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whale fat and seal fat are extremely flamable; why would you even consider putting it into an oven ???

If that stove is gas or propane - BOOM !!!

THERE: are your cookies. all over the ceiling and walls.
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Old 02-16-2011, 03:47 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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SD that oven would have to have an open flame (ovens do not have open flames in the actual cooking area of the stove) and even then would need to reach a temp around 550*F to 600*F in order to ignite the fat.

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Fats and Temperature
At the time that these tests were developed, rendered animal fat (lard) was typically used in commercial kitchens to fry various foods. Commercial cooking operations, appliances and supplies have changed greatly since the 1960's. Health concerns have reduced the use of lard. Efforts to cook faster have caused the use of insulated "high efficiency " fryers that heat faster and cool slower. Restaurant suppliers estimate that 70-75% of commercial kitchens use vegetable oils for frying in high-efficiency fryers.
These changes have significantly altered the fire hazard in cooking areas. Lard has a large percentage of saturated fat whereas vegetable oils have a very low percent of such fatty acids. The auto-ignition temperature of most animal fats in the 550-600 degree F. range compared to the auto-ignition temperature of most vegetable oils which is at 685 degree F. and higher.
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Old 02-16-2011, 03:59 AM
 
Location: Point Hope Alaska
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I guess you have never seen what happens with sicpan !!

that's ok !!

Many a whaling captain - has burnt down his tent using this extremely flammable fat !!

You can take wood that is soaking wet, place as much lard as you want all over that wet wood. You will never get it to light with a match.

Take seal blubber (sicpan) sick pun and put a very small piece in : about the size of a milky way bar. use one match! that wood will burn for days once that oil coats the wood as it melts.

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Old 02-16-2011, 07:01 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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SD you can't defy the laws of physics. there are no open flames in ovens you would be allowing toxic fumes to bleed into the food you are cooking. Cooking cookies @ 325*F is not going to ignite the small amount of animal fat in the cookies.

Enough with this conversation.

Sorry to highjack your thread Barkingowl
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Old 02-16-2011, 07:56 AM
 
Location: on top of a mountain
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thanks for the link Chris..will be getting some cookie cutters...as for open flames in oven...that's why you have a "pilot light" in some commercial overn guess you've never looked in a gas over before...mine has open flames on both sides of the bottom and the next time I bake/cook in it I will post a photo! the stove is all gas and only 5yrs old!
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Old 02-16-2011, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Blue your oven has a flame spreader then the floor of the oven above that.There are no flames reaching into the oven.
What I am explaining is that in order for the animal fat to ignite the flame would have to come in contact with the oils. If your oven has flames reaching into the oven you better call a repairman ASAP.
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