I think that’s highly suspect.
(Tunnit or Inukpasuit) “Once captured, they (the Inuit) would be cooked and eaten with relish.”
Ah, but where would they get the relish?
Hmmm. I censored my own comment.
Were they red-headed?
For relish, Maybe they used Dulse, a red seaweed lichen.
Dulse is frequently mentioned in the sagas and other medieval writings and seems to have been eaten widely, up until the late 19th century; now they are mostly used as a snack.
There was a famous incident a few years ago, when a member of the Althing was taken to task by the Speaker for bringing food into the meeting hall and eating it at his desk; he maintained that he had not brought any food, just dulse, which wasn’t food anyway - citing Egill SkallagrÌmsson, who had chewed dulse when he was trying to starve himself to death.
Dulse can be eaten raw but it can be rubbery (someone compared it to chewing on a salted rubber band). Now it is usually dried (partially at least), cut into strips or shreds and added to skyr or porridge, soups, stews, bread and - well, just about anything. Or they were simply eaten with butter or some kind of