292 THE LIFE OF E. J. PECK 



And the hare ? Well some weeks ago we got it, 

 and being in a frozen condition we saved it care 

 fully for Christmas. Two days ago I hung it up 

 near the stove to thaw. Before this it was frozen 

 as hard as a stone." As fortune would have it, 

 however, they did not after all depend upon this 

 particular hare, for on Christmas Eve an Eskimo 

 had brought them in another. This incident of the 

 frozen hare reminds us of another dish which was 

 Mr. Peck's own speciality. We can fancy him say 

 ing : " Now I have to be starting early to-morrow 

 morning to look up those Eskimos on the ice. So 

 I must make a good supply of Arctic balls." 



" What do you mean by Arctic balls ? " we can 

 imagine the new arrival asking. 



" Oh, they are a splendid dish for a journey. 

 You make them of preserved meat, bread-crumbs, 

 cooked preserved potatoes, and a little flour. All 

 these ingredients you must mix up into a mash and 

 then divide them up into balls of convenient size. 

 Let them freeze (n.b., there is no difficulty in this) 

 and they will keep indefinitely. On arrival at 

 snow houses all you have to do is to put them into 

 a frying-pan with a little grease or water to prevent 

 them sticking, and in a few minutes with the aid of 

 your methylated spirit lamp you thaw them. Then 

 proceed to make on excellent meal." 



This recipe might be recommended to English 

 housekeepers, but they have not always got a freez 

 ing house at hand. 



