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| Cherokee Recipes |
| Fry Bread 3 cups all purpose flour 1-1/3 cups warm water 1-1/2 teaspoon baking vegetable oil for frying powder pinch of salt honey combine the flour, baking powder and salt. add the water and kneed the dough untill soft. roll the dough out on a lightly floured board untill 1/4" thick. cut out 4" rounds. heat 1"-2" of oil in a sauce pan. fry the bread untill puffed. turn bread when edges are brown. on both sides. serve with honey. Bean Bread 1cup corn meal 1/2 cup flour 2tsp baking powder 1 tbsp sugar 2 cups milk 1/4 cup melted shortening 1 beaten egg 2 tbsp honey 4 cups drained brown beans mix all of the ingredients, except beans, thoroughly, and then fold in the beans. pour into greased heated pan, bake at 450 untill brown. (usually about 30 minutes or so) Leather Breeches Gather Green Beans as soon as the beans in the pods mature. break off the ends, and string the pods, on a thread or lay them out in a single layer on a sheet. put the beans in the sun for several days to dry. bringing them into the house at night and during rainy weather. store for future use by hanging from the rafters or the wall. when ready for use, soak the beans over night, and cook all day the next day. salt and grease may be put into them while they are cooking if desired. Ramps Gather young ramps soon after they come up. parboil them, wash and fry the Ramps, in a little grease. meal may be added if you wish. they may be cooked without being parboiled, the Ramps can be eaten raw if the eater is not social minded. Wild Onions and Eggs Gathering wild Onions in the spring is a ritual amoung the Cherokees. wild onions and eggs are often frozen and kept to be eaten in the winter months. begain with a cup of wild onions, that have been cut into small pieces two or three tablesoons of bacon drippings are put into a skillet and warmed over medium heat. place the chopped onions and about one fourth cup of water. Simmer while Stirring untill the onions are tender. you can add small amounts of water if needed, when the onions are tender and most of the water has cooked away, add seven beaten eggs and scramble Grape Dumplings 1 cup flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tbsp shortening 1/2 cup grape juice 2 tsp sugar 1/4 tsp salt mix flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and shortening. add juice and mix into stiff dough. roll dough very thin on floured board and cut in to strips 1/2" wide. (or roll dough in hands and break off pea sized bits). drop into boiling grape juice and cook for 10 -12 minutes. |
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