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When you live in one of the coldest places on Earth, what do you eat?
Notters.
A lot of soups and a lot of stews.
a lot of comfort food, a lot of hearty dishes.
Food and its preparation are very carefully thought through, shaped by generations.
Knowing what foods to eat, when to eat,
because it can have long-lasting effect on your health and well-being.
This is the food chain from the BBC World Service with me Ruth Alexander and this week it's all about how to eat well in the cold.
We're going to be hearing about your freezing weather favourites and finding out how people who live through the bitterest of winters can still find flavour in the most inhospitable landscapes.
So you would take off the top layer of the snow and underneath it would almost look like sugar,
the snow.
and we would pack it and we would boil it down and we would use that water for tea.
They'll tell us about the vital importance of a good winter store that's months in the making.
We have really nice weather.
One summer day fits the winter.
And how ultimately a harsh climate can inspire culinary creativity.
I think I would never have that idea if I would walk the easy way.
When you are outside at minus 50, you get inside of the warm house.
It's not enough to be in a warm place.