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Educators, librarians, food sovereignty activists, culinary arts students, and those interested in Native American food history and sovereignty will find that this book is an excellent resource.-Elise Krohn, Tribal College Journal
2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Award
This new edition is revised, updated, and contains new information, new chapters, and an extensive curriculum guide that includes objectives, resources, study questions, assignments, and activities for teachers, librarians, food sovereignty activists, and anyone wanting to know more about indigenous foodways.
Winner of the Gourmand International World Cookbook Award, Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens is back! Featuring an expanded array of tempting recipes of indigenous ingredients and practical advice about health, fitness, and becoming involved in the burgeoning indigenous food sovereignty movement, the acclaimed Choctaw author and scholar Devon A. Mihesuah draws on the rich indigenous heritages of this continent to offer a helpful guide to a healthier life.
Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens features pointed discussions about the causes of the generally poor state of indigenous health today. Diminished health, Mihesuah contends, is a pervasive consequence of colonialism, but by advocating for political, social, economic, and environmental changes, traditional food systems and activities can be reclaimed and made relevant for a healthier lifestyle today.
New recipes feature pawpaw sorbet, dandelion salad, lima bean hummus, cranberry pie with cornmeal crust, grape dumplings, green chile and turkey posole, and blue corn pancakes, among other dishes. Savory, natural, and steeped in the Native traditions of this land, these recipes are sure to delight and satisfy.
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface to the Revised Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Traditional Diets and Activities
Case Study 1: The Five Tribes
2. The State of Indigenous Health
Case Study 2: Changing Diets and Health in Indian Territory
3. Challenges to Recovering Health
Case Study 3: Frybread
4. What Are You Ingesting?
5. Calories, Exercise, and Recovering Fitness
6. Changing What We Eat
7. Importance of Backyard Gardens
Curriculum Guide
Recipes
Appetizers
Guacamole Dip
Lima Bean Hummus
Summer Salsa
Salads, Soups, and Stews
Dandelion Salad
Poke Salat
Vegetable, Turkey, and Game Stocks
Butternut Squash Soup
Dakota Waskuya (Dakota Dried Sweet Corn Soup)
Gazpacho
Elk Stew
Choctaw Stew
Osage Strip Meat Soup (Ta-ni')
Posole
Main Dishes
Meat and Vegetable Kabobs
Venison Steaks
Good for Your Heart Fried Moose Meat
Venison Burgers
Salmon
Venison Meatloaf
Osage Pounded Meat (Ta'-pshe)
Corn Crust Pizza
Enchiladas
Vegetables and Side Dishes
Pumpkins
Tepary Bean-Prickly Pear Casserole
Comanche Ata-Kwasa
Baked New Potatoes
Vegetable SautÉ
Sweet Potatoes
Mamaw Helton's Creamed Corn
Osage Yonkopin (Tse'-wa-the), Water Chinkapin Roots and Seeds
Chahta Tanfula
Pashofa
Pinto Beans
Avocados
Prickly Pear Paddles
Grilled Corn on the Cob
LuiseÑo Weewish
Wild Onions
Zucchini Canoes
Stuffed Bell Peppers
Poblano Peppers Stuffed with Wild Rice, Cranberries, or Vegetables
Mashed Potatoes with Corn Gravy
Grits
Spaghetti Squash
Breads
Banaha
Osage Persimmon Cakes (Wah-zha'-zhe wa-dsiu'-e Çta-in'-ge)
Corn, Bean, and Turkey Bread
Blue Corn Pancakes
Drinks and Desserts
Abuske
Pawpaw Sorbet
Grape Dumplings
No Wheat, Butter, Eggs, or Sugar Cookies
Mamaw Helton's Stewed Fruit
Wojapi
Cranberry Pie with Cornmeal Crust
Preserving Food
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Pemmican
Appendix A: Precontact Foods of the Western Hemisphere
Appendix B: Diet Chart for One Week
Notes
Index
