The sale of reindeer meat is an important source of income for the Lapp people.
And we see some tundra-dwellers eating raw reindeer meat.
Dried and salted reindeer meat is a traditional Sami food.
The recollection triggered a whole set of associated memories - including the taste of reindeer meat.
The reindeer meat, imported from Sweden, is smoked and tastes a bit like lean corned beef.
They split various tribes into Kolkhoz brigades, and obliged them to pay reindeer meat as taxes.
The price includes a traditional dinner, relying heavily on reindeer meat, served in a Sami tent.
After a long time, the man shook her by the shoulder and handed her a strip of dried reindeer meat to chew.
Alongside with reindeer meat, fish is a major component in the Nenets' diet.
There is also makkara and meetvursti with game, like deer, moose or reindeer meat.