Posted in Uncategorized, tagged recipe on January 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
1 cup persimmon pulp, ¾ cup water, ½ TSP baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 cup flour, 2 TBS butter, ¾ cup sugar. Mix dry ingredients together. Add butter. Add pulp with water. Bake @ 350 for 1 hour. [my triple great grandmother was Shawnee, though we no longer have her name]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, recipe on December 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Modernized—simmer over stove or campfire. 2 15oz cans pumpkin, 5oz can evaporated milk, 12oz can creamed corn, TSP garlic powder, pinch nutmeg, chicken bouillon cube, pinch pepper, crushed garlic clove, TBS butter, 15oz can chicken broth. Offer some to the clan.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, recipe on December 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Collard greens cooked in oil, dash of water. Season with sugar/salt. Use fried cornbread/johnnycake. Cover 2 pieces with collard greens, 2 more pieces on the outside. Top with 2 slices of bacon. [my triple-great-grandfather, John Pate, came from Lumbee territory]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged recipe on December 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Wampanoag boiled bread: Moisten with very hot water and form into patties. Drop into boiling water. Patties rise to the top when cooked. Sweeten with maple syrup. half cup each: cornmeal, corn flour, dried berries (cranberries, blueberries, currants), crushed nuts/seeds (walnuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, recipe on November 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Puree: Boil and mash sweet potatoes. Add butter, brown sugar, and spices. You can use pie crust or biscuit dough. (nowadays busy cooks use canned biscuits or Bisquick) Bake and eat. [my triple grandfather, John Pate, came from Lumbee territory]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, recipe on November 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Favorite of Dia de Muertos. It can be fixed thicker as a warm cereal or as a breakfast/dessert beverage as follows.
Mix and simmer: ½ c. masa harina, 3 c. water, 1 c. milk, ¼ c. piloncillo or brown sugar, tsp cinnamon. Take off heat, add ¼ tsp vanilla.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, recipe on October 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Stargazy pie—Cornish pie made of eggs, potatoes, and pilchards (sardines) in a pastry crust, the fish heads staring straight up. It is from the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole, traditionally eaten with 7 varieties of fish during the village’s Tom Bawcock’s Eve Festival, December 23. He was a 15th century fisherman who saved the village from starvation.
My 8th great grandmother, Marie Southwood Suddeth, was Cornish. (this recipe was not passed down)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged pizza, recipe on October 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Not sure where this recipe came from, so chefs and diners beware! This is in honor of or despite National Pizza Month.
Dough – two cups cornmeal, half-cup buttermilk, half-cup of lard
Sauce – one cup ‘maters, one cup of water
Cheese – half-cup curd cottage cheese, quarter-cup goat cheese
Spices – black pepper, sage, extry-hot tabasco sauce,
Mix dough by hand. Place on well-scrubbed hubcap. (55-57 Chevy hubcaps preferred) Mix sauce with spices and cover dough. Cover sauce with cheese and toppings. Place in a roaring fireplace and bake until it smells right good.
Possum
Squirrel
Groundhog
Ramps
Beets
Turnip greens
Fresh moonshine pairs well. Dandelion wine.
Music? Steel-guitars—cheatin’ and losin’ tunes.
Wait till the neighbors go to bed—wake ‘em up.
[Editor’s note: who put bourbon in Mr. Suddeth’s coffee?]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cooking, food, recipe on September 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
(pan de casabe AKA manioc or yuca)
It is cooked on a flat clay plate over a fire (or frying pan). Pound peeled cassava root. Grate, filter liquid out, salt to taste. Spread mixture on ungreased pan until it is flat as a pancake. Cook 15 minutes, serve warm. (Dominican cassava bread—add oil and garlic, very thin bread) [warning: raw cassava is poisonous]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, recipe on August 19, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I am learning to cook! This is a yummy deviled tomato and cheese sandwich. Deviled: mayonnaise, paprika, mustard power. (thanks to Lynn Tincher for explaining deviled to me)
