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[[Image:Dreierprofil.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Atlantic Puffins on Mykines]] |
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'''Puffin''' is a culinary speciality of the [[Faroe Islands]], in the North [[Atlantic Ocean]]. [[Atlantic Puffin]]s breed in the islands in large numbers, notably on [[Mykines]], and from July, after the breeding season, it is legal to catch them for food. Puffins are also widely harvested and eaten in [[Iceland]], especially in the [[Vestmannaeyjar|Westmen Isles]]. |
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==Puffin harvesting== |
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The Faroes are home to about five million [[seabirds]], including two million breeding pairs, with a [[Biomass (ecology)|biomass]] of 3000 tonnes. Seabird harvesting in the Faroe Islands has been carried out [[sustainability|sustainably]] for at least 300 years, forming a very important component of the Faroese diet. Bag limits are now set each year to maintain the harvest of tens of thousands of birds annually. Ownership of the [[seabird colony|areas]] where puffins, and other harvested seabirds, breed and are caught, may be by individuals or communally by villages. Puffins and [[Northern Fulmar|fulmars]] are the most important species harvested, but [[Common Guillemot|guillemots]] and [[Northern Gannet|gannets]] (and, historically, other species) are also taken.<ref>Nørrevang, Arne. (1986). Traditions of sea bird fowling in the Faroes: An ecological basis for sustained fowling. ''Ornis Scandinavica'' '''17''': 275-281.</ref><ref>International Arctic Science Committee (Content Partner); Sidney Draggan (Topic Editor). 2007. "Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment).[http://www.eoearth.org/article/Management_and_conservation_of_marine_mammals_and_seabirds_in_the_Arctic](Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 8, 2007; Retrieved 6 February 2009)</ref> |
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[[Image:Fleygamenn Trongisvágur.jpg|thumb|left|320px|Faroese fleygers, late 19th century]] |
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Puffins are caught by the traditional method of "fleyging". This is catching the birds in flight by actively netting them with the hand-wielded "fleygestang", a 3.6 metre-long pole with a small net at the end suspended between two rods, somewhat like a very long [[lacrosse stick]]. Fleyging is usually carried out on a cliff-top from a "fleygeses", or fleyging-seat, built of stones in a small depression so that the fleyger is concealed from overflying puffins. Several hundred puffins may be caught in this way by one person in a day.<ref>Mohr, Janus. (12 December 1979). About the fleyging (catching) of puffins on Mykines. ''Oyggjatiðindi'' '''58'''.[http://heima.olivant.fo/~mykines/niclasgb.htm]</ref> |
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==Puffins in Faroese culture== |
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Puffins are culturally important in the Faroe Islands. The Faroese word for puffin is "lundi". A popular and much loved Faroese cartoon character is the bespectacled puffin known as Ludvik Lundi. |
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===Puffin cuisine=== |
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The birds are traditionally prepared by being skinned, the feet, wings and internal organs removed, soaked in a simple marinade of saltwater, milk or ale, browned in a pan and then boiled. They are sometimes just smoked before being boiled. More recently other methods, such as grilling the breasts, are being used. Puffins may also be stuffed with sweet cake dough, raisins and spices, before being boiled or roasted.<ref>[http://www.thegastronaut.com/Puffin.htm The Gastronaut: Puffin]</ref> |
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[[Image:Stora dimun puffins for kitchen.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Atlantic Puffins prepared for the kitchen]] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.framtak.com/cartoons/ludvik.html Ludvik Lundi]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Birds of the Faroe Islands]] |
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[[Category:Hunting]] |
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[[Category:Game birds]] |
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[[Category:Faroese cuisine]] |
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[[Category:Poultry dishes]] |
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[[pt:Papagaio-do-mar (culinária)]] |
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