Cuisine/Cooking/etc

[Lorelei]

Has anyone tried real Native American food? If so, what region was it from and what are your favorites?

Also, are any recipes easy to make?

 

official cooking thread(?)

[Benz]

Native American food, no I'll have to look into that.

 

All threads on food are in the food subforum, which is under the Pub.

[Lorelei]

i bet they eat some weird shit

[amynicole]

i had stone ground cornmeal on an indian reservation once.

[Lorelei]

what the hell is that lol

[amynicole]

you dont know what cornmeal is? its corn all ground up. sometimes its used to make tortillas, corn bread, or made into a paste to be eaten like oatmeal.

[FireDownBelow]

Well, in the UK, Amy, corn refers to all grains. What she's talking about, Lor, is maize. Ground maize. It's actually pretty good.

 

I tried making a native version of posole, but I din't really have the means to do so. Firstly, you need dried corn (maize) which is hard to come buy except in the harvest season. What you do then is burn it, scrape the carbon off and drop it into a pot of water. Next, toss in some roasted pepper which have been peeled, some pork ribs, and then simmer on low for several hours.

 

There is a really good cookbook available through the Smithsonian's website that lists a lot of Native American dishes and how to reproduce them in the typical american kitchen. The name of the title escapes me right now.