On Saturday lunchtime we went to the Iqaluit Country Food Market which I had seen advertised on noticeboards around town. (Iqaluit doesn't do classifieds, Kijiji, Ebay, or Craigslist, we have noticeboards in the Post Office and grocery stores.) I took along my Pike Place Market canvas shopping bag in anticipation of buying lots of goodies, but we hadn't really developed any preconceptions.
surprise #1 - the market really was in the square i.e. outside
surprise #2 - some of the meat was in ziplock bags, most of it was just there, unwrapped and (naturally) frozen
surprise #3 - the meat could be identified by the head sat next to it on the table, of course you could buy a Caribou head if you didn't want steak...
Although a medium sized seal would have cost us only $80, we decided to head to the North Mart for our groceries instead. I bought ingredients to make thai pork curry, Sunday brunch and roast beef dinner.
A fellow blogger has posted way better photos than I took, and provides an intelligent commentary. Clearly he has been here longer than us and was less shell shocked therefore I encourage you to visit his blog to see more of the market.
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