Ooligan stink box at Bella Coola, 1935

Oulachin grease is still made each spring Along the river shore are found stink-boxes and cook-boxes, wooden bins used for storing and cooking ooligan to make grease. Ooligan remain important to the nuxalk diet, and grease is regularly used to accent the flavour of other foods. It may be serverd over dried salmon, halibut, berries, or potatoes, filling the air with a wonderful, unmistakable scent of health and well-being.

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