Cherokee
Fry Bread
Recipe
1- package. yeast
3-cup's floor
1-tsp. salt
1-table. sugar
1-table. baking powder
1-cup. warm water
mix yeast and sugar in 1/4 cup warm water
and then set aside next to heat for 5 min. mix the salt and baking powder
and floor together stir in the yeast and sugar mix and add warm water
as you go till dough is soft and firm. take dough apart and shape the way
you like and put into deep fryer or frying pan and let cook till golden
brown.
cooking:
6 - cup's oil
heat till boiling , you can check by
dropping a pinch of floor in and if it sizzles and turn's brown then it
is ready.
Serve with butter and jam
Bean
Bread
Ingredients:
Dried Beans
Corn Meal
Boil dry beans in plain water until tender.
Pour boiling beans and some of the soup into the corn meal and stir until
mixed. Have a pot of plain water on the fire boiling. If you want bean
dumplings, just make mixture out into balls and cook in the pot of plain
water
uncovered until done.
Eat these dumplings plain, with butter,
meat grease (a favorite), wild game, hot or cold, as suits one's fancy.
If you want broadswords you should
mold the dumplings flat in the hand and wrap in corn blades, cured , or
hickory, oak, or cucumber tree leaves. Tie with a stout reed unless able
to tie the wrappings. Drop this into the boiling water, cover, and boil
until done. Do not put any salt in Bean Bread or it crumbles.
Cornbread
Soup
Slice cold cornbread as thin as possible.
Toast both sides before the fire, drop the toasted pieces into boiling
water, and season with grease and meat if you have it.
Peanut
Soup
Ingredients:
1 9.25 ounce jar, dry roasted peanuts
2 cups water
2 cups milk
2 5.4 gram packages instant chicken
broth
1 tablespoon minced chives
Directions
Chop the nuts fine or puree in a blender.
Place the nuts and remaining ingredients in a
large saucepan and heat, stirring for
5 to 20 minutes. Serve hot.
Egg
Soup
Directions:
Beat eggs (chicken or bird) slightly
and pour into boiling water. Season with salt and
grease. Add meat if you have it. Serve
the soup hot with mush.
Fried
Corn
Ingredients:
12 ears fresh corn
1/4 cup lard or bacon grease
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Cut the corn off the ears, scraping
the cob to get all the milk and kernel. Put in a frying pan over medium
heat w/ melted grease or lard. I always use a spatula to turn the corn
every 5 minutes or so until some of the corn starts to brown. Turn down
heat and cover,
stirring regularly to make sure the
corn doesn't scorch. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Baked
Cucumbers
Ingredients:
4 cucumbers, peeled and quartered,
lengthwise
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 teaspoon dill seed, crushed
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1 teaspoon salt
Directions
Place a layer of cucumbers in the bottom
of an 8" x 8" x 2" baking dish and dot with half of the butter or margarine.
Mix together the seasonings, and sprinkle half over the layer of cucumbers.
Add a second layer of cucumbers, dot with butter, and sprinkle with
remaining seasonings.
Bake, uncovered, in a hot oven (400º
F) for 1 hour. Stir cucumbers
lightly once, pushing the top layers
to the bottom and lifting the bottom cucumbers to the top. Serve hot.
Fried
Green Tomatoes
Ingredients:
2 lbs. Green tomatoes
4 eggs
1 1/4 cup Corn meal
3/4 cup Water
1/4 cup Minced chives or wild onions
1 Tbsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Pepper, fresh ground
1/4 cup Butter or margarine
Directions
Slice the tomatoes 1/2" thick, but
do not peel or core. Drain well between several thicknesses of paper toweling
until most of the moisture of the tomatoes is absorbed.
While the tomatoes are draining, make
a batter by beating the eggs until light, then mixing in the corn meal,
water, minced chives, salt, and pepper.
In a large, heavy iron skillet, heat
the butter or margarine until bubbly. Dip the tomato slices into the batter,
and brown quickly on both sides. Serve immediately.
Ramps
Directions:
Gather young ramps soon after they
come up. Parboil them, wash and fry in a little grease. Meal may be added
if you wish. They may be cooked without being parboiled, or even eaten
raw if the eater is not social minded!
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