Native American Food

Just back from the Flathead Valley of Montana and making our years supply of huckleberry jams.


Cherokee Huckleberry Bread

breads, cherokee, huckleberry

2 c self-rising flour
1 c milk
1 egg
1 ts vanilla extract
1 c sugar
2 c berries (huckleberries or blueberries)
1 stick of butter

Cream eggs, butter and sugar together. Add flour, milk, and vanilla.
Sprinkle flour on berries to prevent them from going to the bottom. Add
berries to mixture. Put in baking pan and bake in over at 350 degrees for
approximately 40 minutes or until done.

Yield: makes 1 loaf.

My Mother used to make us She learned from her Mother. I have Iroquois, Cree, Chippewa, Sioux, Assiniboine, Ottawa, Blackfoot, French, Scottish........ Mom would also make up a big mess of Fry Bread to go with them. She would use hamburger meat, onions cut very tiny, salt and pepper and enough flour to bind them together well. She would make them the size of meatballs, and let them boil for hours until a nice thick gravy was visible in the pot. I'm telling you they were good. I make them a few times a year, but can never get them to taste as good as hers.

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Fry Bread is the one link to all the Nations. Here is one of which there are many.

A & M CAFE FRY BREAD RECIPE

By: A & M Cafe, Interior, South Dakota

2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup water (approximately)

Mix the first 4 ingredients. Add the water. Let sit 1/2 hour. Pat on
floured surface until about 1/4-inch thick. Deep fry until golden brown.

This cafe is famous for their fry bread which they stuff with omelet
ingredients like a soft taco or wrap.