THANKSGIVING RECIPES FOR THE *** TRADITIONAL *** CELEBRANT

Lyn Dearborn (anchor.esd.sgi.com!dearborn@sgi.com)
Mon, 25 Nov 1991 23:57:08 -0800


Thought you might want to have something to give to your kids if you
are teaching, or post on your nearest Native American bulletin board,
or something to glue to the inside of the next conquistador helmet you
see:

Round Valley Indian Reservation

DESSERT CORNBREAD

1 Cup cornmeal (yellow or white) 1 egg
1/2 Cup whole wheat flour 1/4 to 1/2 C honey or molasses
1/2 C unbleached white flour 1/4 Cup oil
2 tsp baking powder 3 Cups milk
1/2 tsp salt.

Combine dry ingredients. Combine wet ingred. Mix together.
Mixture will be quite watery. Pour into greased pan or dish (8"
x 8", or something similar). Bake for 30 min. at 325 degrees, or
until top is springy when gently touched. Serve hot in a bowl
or dish. The center will be somewhat like custard, so you might
not wish to eat it in your hand like you would a piece of bread.
It may be served with honey, jam, or milk, or plain. Yuummmmy.

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FRY BREAD

Mix well with pastry fork:

2 Cups unsifted flour
1/2 C instant nonfat dry milk
1 T baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp shortening

Add: 3/4 C water. Knead 2 or 3 min. Divide into 6 portions.
Cook in 1-1/2" oil at 375 degrees. For ASH BREAD: use same recipe
as above only omit milk and add 4 Tbl shortening . Pat into a
8" skillet. Bake at 450 degrees, 20 min.

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INDIAN PUDDING

( From May Jones; Kiowa.)

1 Quart milk
1/4 Cup water
1/2 Cup molasses
1/2 Cup stone-ground cornmeal
1 Tbl butter
2 Tbl sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp each of nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon
1 egg, beaten.

Scald the milk. Mix the water, molasses and cornmeal. Blend
this mixture into milk and bring to a boil. Remove from the
heat and add butter, sugar, salt, and other seasonings. Cool
and add egg. Pour into a buttered casserole in a 325 degree oven
for 1 hour. Serves 6.

Happy Thanksgiving one and all .... it won't be the same in 1992!

Lyn Dearborn