CAKALANG FUFU

Cakalang Fufu

Manado is known for its various seafood dishes. One of the most popular seafood dishes is Cakalang Fufu, a smoked seafood dish. It is made from skipjack tuna that was split and clamped with bamboo and covered with salt. It is then smoked until the fish is cooked and dry. The smoking process takes up to 4 hours and 2 hours for cooling. For the locals, this dish is favoured for its spicy and savoury taste. Many tourists make this dish as souvenirs, as it is popular and unique to Manado. 

Cakalang Fufu or skipjack tuna is a very popular, common delicacy in Manado. It is much loved by both the local residents and tourists. Numerous locals make their living by producing skipjack tuna as it competes very well in the fish market, and some may say that it’s very well ahead of its competitors, because of the delicious taste and cheap price.  

There is no festival that focuses on the skipjack tuna recipe itself, because it is a delicacy, where you can find it very easily in every corner of Manado. However, there is a festival relating to the fish species itself, which is the North Sulawesi Tuna Festival. Regional Office Leader of DJBC Erwin Situmorang says, “This activity was deliberately made to display North Sulawesi's mainstay products or commodities, namely tuna.” It was followed with a statement encouraging the people to help break the heaviest tuna eaten and the most tuna eaten record. There are several ways to preserve this cultural food. We need to be careful of overfishing so we can preserve the fish species itself and we need to share and pass it down to the next generation, as being remembered and understood can serve the purpose of preserving things.  

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