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Sunday Potluck Offers Feast of Wild Foods
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Sitka Conservation Society’s annual Wild Foods Potluck has historically attracted a wide variety of fare.
“In the past, people have made full roasted leg of deer, that we cut off the bone,” said SCS Director Andrew Thoms. “Last year the Winter Fellows made huge bowl servings of coconut crusted shrimp ...”
This year’s potluck will be held 5 to 8 Sunday at Harrigan Centennial Hall. It’s free and open to the public, but those attending are asked to bring a food to share that’s “locally caught, gathered or grown.”
Thoms said the turnout is usually more than 300, representing all walks of life.
“People are really creative, and the food traditions are constantly evolving,” he said. “People are coming from all over, and merging traditions from where they’ve come from with local traditions and knowledge. We’ve gotten venison tamales, halibut cheek paella, smoked salmon croquettes.”
Thoms expects to see use of this year’s bumper-crop of wild berries in desserts, wild Tongass mushrooms in salads, and Redoubt sockeye in main dishes and appetizers, if current trends are represented as well as they were in past years.
The event is a membership drive, and to educate the public about the organization. There will also be the opportunity to buy Sitka Conservation Society merchandise and pick up a copy of the annual report. About 1,000 Sitka residents belong to SCS, in addition to hundreds of others who live elsewhere.
The mission of the nonprofit conservation society is to protect the Tongass National Forest, and support the development of sustainable communities in Southeast Alaska, Thoms said.
The theme this year for the potluck is “Wild Gratitude.” Dawn Jackson, general manager of Kake Indian Association, will be a guest speaker, but is also attending as a member. A program with other presentations and speakers, including a talk from the 4-H Club, also are on the agenda.
Thoms said the tone is light, and one of “celebration of wild food and the environment it comes from.”
Prizes will be given for “most generous,” “most innovative use of local food” and “best overall effort.”
“Many Sitkans look forward to this all year long,” Thoms said.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
The 7th Annual Honoring Women dinner will feature Roberta Sue Kitka, ANS Camp 4; Rose MacIntyre, U.S. Coast Guard Spouses and Women’s Association; Christine McLeod Pate, SAFV; Marta Ryman, Soroptimists; and Mary Sarvela (in memoriam), Sitka Woman’s Club.
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April 1974
Eighth-graders Joanna Hearn and Gwen Marshall and sixth-graders Annabelle Korthals, Jennifer Lewis and Marianne Mulder have straight A’s (4.00) for the third quarter at Blatchley Junior High.