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Authentic Native American Indian Recipes

Curlies
(Tribal Affiliation : Passamaquoddy)

Ingredients

Sheep intestine (the curly part)
Sheep stomach
Sheep fat
Grill

Directions

Clean well the intestines and stomach.
Slice up the stomach
Get a bit of fat, a bit of stomach and twist the intestine around it.
Place on a hot grill and cook till crispy (not burnt!) 

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Navajo Fry Bread (Tribal Affiliation : Cherokee)
 
Ingredients

1/2 Cup DRY Milk
2 Tbls. Baking Powder
1 Tbls. Salt
6 Cups Unsifted Flour
2 2/3 Cup Warm Water
Lard for Frying.

Directions

Mix together dry ingredients
Mix in water & knead on floured surface 'till it isn’t sticky anymore.
Then I usually put the dough in a plastic bag or wrap with plastic wrap to keep the dough from drying out. Heat lard in cast iron frying pan, but don’t let it smoke!
Pull off a piece of dough about the size of an egg & shape into about a 9 inch round.
Poke a hole in the middle & add to hot lard & fry on each side until golden.
Drain on paper towels.
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Aztec Indian OmletteTribal Affiliation : The Meshica from Aztlan, now residing in Minnesota)

Ingredients

5 corn tortillas
4 eggs
three hot dogs (diced)
2 tablespoons bacon grease
1/4 chopped onion


Directions

In skillet, fry onions in bacon grease until tender, add diced hot dogs.
Continue frying until browned.
Add more bacon grease if needed.
Tear up tortillas into bite size pieces and add to skillet.
Continue frying until tortillas are pliable.
Add more bacon grease if needed.
Break eggs over entire mixture and stir everything together unti eggs are fried.

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Grilled Prairie Dog (Tribal Affiliation : Navajo)
 
Ingredients

5 Fresh prairie dog (caught in the early spring)
Onions
Pepper
Salt Garlic

Directions

Clean and quarter prairie dog, pat dry add onions, pepper, salt and garlic as you would any other seasoning.
Place on grill and cook slowly for about 1/2 hour
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Mohawk Corn Soup (Tribal Affiliation : Akwesasne Mohawk)

Ingredients

4 Smoke pork chops chopped
1 Can or 4 lg. Carrots
1 Rutabaga to taste
2 Turnips to taste
1/4 Cabbage
2 Cups Hulled Hominy - Iroquois White Corn
1/2 lb. Chopped venison
1 Large can kidney beans or navy beans

Directions

Cook in slow cooker the hulled hominy over night on low.
Rinse corn.
Brown and chop meat.
Chop cabbage, turnips, rutabagas and carrots to bite size.
In a large soup pot pour all ingredients don’t drain the beans.
Fill with water 1" over all ingredients adding as needed.
Cook until all vegys are tender.
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Survival Sausage (Tribal Affiliation : Mohawk)

Ingredients

Garlic powder
Worchestershire sauce
Heart, liver, tongue, kidneys, scrap meat, other organs you want to throw in [all from the same animal you butchered]
Black pepper
Cotton string
Cumin
Large intestines of sheep or goat
Several large cans
Salt
Sharp knives
Sage
Cutting boards
Thyme
Oregano

Directions

Clean out the intestines [large ones are easiest and strongest, pellets just fall out].
After cleaning, soak them in pail of cool water in the shade.
Then everybody grabs a cutting board and a knife and then chops up all the organs and scrap meat as finely as you can, and then slop this mix into a large container.
Then you add the spices till you think it smells about right, stirring with your hands so that you mix it just right [you can use spoons if you’re squeamish].
Now, grab a chunk of intestine, and begin stuffing it with the meat, packing tightly, but carefully.
Tie the end with a cotton string, then take more string, and tie along the intestine, forming links the size you want. Do this till you either run out of intestine or meat.
Now, boil the sausages till they are firm and done about 1-2 hours. They are great! and everything except the string is edible!

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