A Haines Junction Workshop Puts Smoked Fish in Jars for Winter
At a fish-canning workshop in Haines Junction, Yukon, Rita Burns pulled jars of preserved fish from a pressure cooker. The jars held smoked trout and whitefish packed during the workshop. Burns says canning helps prevent fish from going to waste in the freezer while giving families another source of food during winter. She says grocery costs make the skill particularly valuable.
Jordan Cote-Germain, who cut smoked fish during the workshop, said it was his first time learning the process, though his grandmother used to can fish.
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The relay matters more than the recipe: Burns learned the skill from elders and is now helping others learn it.
Nostalgia doesn't fill a cupboard: Burns says canning helps prevent fish from going to waste in the freezer and gives families winter food, and grocery costs make the skill valuable.