{"id":160,"date":"2014-04-28T02:13:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T07:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/derrick-dobbs\/?p=160"},"modified":"2014-04-28T02:13:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T07:13:13","slug":"pukpuk-pook-pook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/derrick-dobbs\/2014\/04\/28\/pukpuk-pook-pook\/","title":{"rendered":"Pukpuk (pook pook)"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the privileges of working overseas is trying new things and eating all kinds of different foods! A big part of the Sepik culture is crocodiles or as we say in the local langugage, \u201cpukpuk\u201d. They live on the rivers and can get pretty big. \u00a0I have seen pictures of them up to 12 feet!\u00a0 Thankfully, I have never met one this size!<\/p>\n

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They aren\u2019t really something we fear too much.\u00a0 Because they are regularly hunted for food, their population is kept at a good number of them. They actually have to go way up or down river to find them but there are still plenty around.<\/p>\n

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If you have read anything about the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, you may have read that the young men get scarification on their backs and legs that look like a crocodile. It is a big part of their legends and a big part of there culture.<\/p>\n

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Our girls acquired the taste for crocodile when we were in bush orientation as Allie and Kara couldn\u2019t get enough. Now the whole family enjoys them (except LaShawn \u2013 she is still not sureJ).\u00a0 We usually have to divvy them up evenly, as everyone (except LaShawn J) wants to get their fair share of the \u201cpukpuk nuggets\u201d.<\/p>\n

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They have a few crocodile farms in this country, especially around our area!\u00a0 So this meat was purchased at a store in town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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