Cherokee Recipes,
Cooking Tips & Lore
Table of Contents
About This Book…….....…………….…..1 The Sacred Fire….....….……………….…2
The Green Corn Ceremony…………....3
Maize Recipes - Corn…………...…….…4
The Corn Drink
Dried Corn
Skillet Corn
Maize, the history of Corn……….…....5
Cherokee Corn Cob Jelly………….......6
Corn Bread
Corn Bread Dressing………...………….7
Corn Pones
Selu, Mother of Corn………….……..….8
Fresh Corn Pudding………….………...10
Crackling Bread
Buttermilk Corn Bread………….….….11
Corn Pudding Casserole………….…...12
Tangy Chilled Corn Chowder
Corn Shuck Bread………………........…13
Walnut Corn
Hominy………………………….....…14
Hominy Hash…………………...…........15
Pork Chops and Hominy………...…...16
Fried Hominy………………...……........17
Hominy Soup
Hominy with Rotel…………...……......18
Hominy Casserole
Pumpkins & Squash………...……...….19
Dried Pumpkin
Dried Winter Squash
Cream of Pumpkin Soup………...…..20
Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin Soup……………....…...……..21
Baked Pumpkin…………….......………22
Cream of Squash Soup
Fried Squash Blossoms………....……23
Baked Summer Squash
Party Squash…………………..….....….24
Kanati, the Game Hunter…….……..25
Wild Rice Soup
And Vegetables…………….……...26
Cabbage Soup………...……….………..27
Cream of Cucumber Soup……….....28
Cherokee Pecan Soup………………..29
Oatmeal Soup
Black Bean Soup…………….……..….30
Cherokee Pepper Pot Soup………...31
Fish Soup
Turkey Bone Soup…………….……...32
Peanut Soup
Mushroom and Potato Soup……….33
Potato Soup……………………….....….34
Cream of Cauliflower Soup
Mint and Nut Soup…………….….…..35
Tortilla Soup
Mock Turtle Soup………….………..…36
Cherokee Bean Balls………….……....37
Fried Tomato Pones
Wild Rice Casserole……….……….....38 Leather Britches………….…...…....…39
Wild Greens………………......…….….40
Poke, Wild Onions & Other
Wild Greens…………...……...…….41
Garlic Tomato………………...…..…...42
Sweet Potato Cakes
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Cherokee Mixit…………...…..……….43
Tomato Soup Salad
Mayan Salad…………...…...………….44
Cumin Dressing
Spinach Salad with Chutney
Dressing……………......….……….45
Chutney Dressing
Hot Green Bean Salad………...…....46
Fried Okra Salad
Black-eyed Pea Salad………...……...47
Cucumber Salad
Tossed Fresh Fruit Salad…......…..48
Orange Mayonnaise Dressing
Watercress Salad
Cole Slaw………....………………….….49
Red Onion Marinade
Dill Pickle Salad….…………….……..50
Poppy Seed Dressing
Spoon Bread………..……………….….51
Buttermilk Biscuits
Cherokee Fry Bread……………….….52
Fry Bread
Indian Herb Dressing………………..53
Cold Beef Salad……………………......54
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Mushrooms
Sourdough Biscuits…………………..55
Sourdough Starter
Chestnut Bread
Carrot Bread……………………...……56
Cherokee Huckleberry Bread
Bean Bread………………….….….......57
Blue Corn Muffins
Homemade Cornmeal
Tortillas………....…………….………...58
Persimmon Bread
Blueberry Wild Rice
Muffins…………....………….………..59
Strawberry Bread
Bread Stuffing……..……….………….60
Spoon Bread
Chipped Beef in
Mushroom Sauce……...……………..61
Drip Beef
Paprika Beef………………....…………62
Venison Steak
Roast Venison
Fried Rabbit…………………...…….…63
Batter Fried Frog Legs
Cerviche
Herbed Chicken……………….……...64
Chicken Breast Casserole
Breast of Chicken with
Wild Rice………………….…...……..65
Venison Stew……………….…….…...66
Country Fried Squirrel
Squirrel Stew
Hickory Nut Pie………………….…...67
Baked Indian Pudding
Pear Pudding………………………..…68
Sweet Potato Pudding
Pecan Balls………………………....…..69
Baked Apricots
Cherokee Persimmon Cake
Grape Dumplings………………….…70