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Calumet
Foodways: Fast Facts
PastyFest
PastyFest,
held every summer in downtown Calumet, celebrates the Keweenaw
meat pie's history with old fashioned games, a parade, and a Pasty
Bake-Off for the coveted Copper Pasty Award. (Visit the photo
album of the 2005 Pasty Fest). Remember – it’s
pronounced “PASS-tee.”
Whitefish
Fishing By Michigan Indian Tribes
Tribal commercial and subsistence fishing is big in the Marquette
area. In fact, in 2000, tribal fishermen caught more trout than
licensed sport fishermen in the region. Tribal fishing focuses
mostly on whitefish, but other species such as lake trout, salmon,
and herring are popular. Treaties – some dating to the 19th
century - govern tribal fishing practices, attempting to protect
tribal commercial and subsistence interests while preventing overfishing.
In addition, some tribes operate fish hatcheries, such as the
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community.
Thimbleberries
The thimbleberry
is a wild fruit which resembles the raspberry but is larger, flatter,
and softer. Thimbleberries make an excellent jam which is sold
as a local delicacy in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
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Events
July
13 - Aug. 25, 2007
Key Ingredients Michigan Foodways. Keweenaw Heritage
Center, Calumet.
August 22, 2007
7:00 p.m., “Brewing Large,” Tour of Keweenaw Brewing
Company Canning Facility, South Range
August 25, 2007
3:00 p.m., Tim Scarlett and Lee Sweitz, “Foodways in the
Long View: Archaeologists talk about Food, People, and the Passing
of Time on Earth,” Keweenaw Heritage Center, Calumet
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