Yep.Seal oil if done right should be clear and no flavor. It's easy to burn and turn rancid though. Still part of the diet here for the old timers. They dip the hard smoked fish into the oil to replace the natural oils lost during the cooking.
Even when clear, it has a flavor. I've tried to like it many, many times. Liquid at room temp.
You gotta figure that at some point in the past, everyone was starving to death and they remembered burying some guts. They dig them up and survive so it became a celebratory meal. I don't know what the numbers are but maybe a dozen folks a year don't make it after eating stink flipper.
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