|
|
|
Category : Plants & Vegetables
Region : Northeast ~ Great Lakes
Rating : 3
|
|
Floral Green Salad
Contributor : Added by Administrator
Tribal Affiliation : ~ Mohawk Metis ~
Orgin of Recipe : Offered by Chantal Seguin dit Laderoute ... who learned this from Metis St. Lawrence region
Type of Dish : Contemporary & Traditional
|
|
|
|
Ingredients
- 1 Cup of Cattail Shoots (Young)
- Half a Cup Oil
- 1 Cup of Leeks
- Be Sure They Are Not Unrolled (Open)
- Wild Garlic
- 3 Cups Fiddle Head Ferns
- 2 Cups of Lettuce
- Sunflower Seeds
|
Directions
Pick the fiddle head fern in the spring when they are young, up to 6 inches in height and unopened wash these and then drain.
Chop leeks add to the fiddle head.
Pick cattails early in the spring also and peel first layer to get to the tender shoots.
the roots are also used as well
Wash and chop and then drain.
Add to other ingredients.
Cut up some lettuce and add to the others.
Add sunflower seeds.
Then add some oil and salt and pepper, a little wild garlic is the best or regular garlic.
Note: Most ingredients are found in the Spring and in marshy areas in the woods. Be sure to wash wild foods. You will get soaked on your search so wear boots.
|
|
|
|
If you would like to contribute your own Native American or First Nation's recipe to this database, please send it to me through an email by clicking on the 'Contact Us' link above.
|
|
This site is hosted by NativeWeb. Your donations to Nativeweb help them to promote Indigenous resources, inform the public about Indigenous cultures and issues, and to facilitate communications between Indigenous peoples and organizations supporting their goals and efforts. Please see their donation page to find out ways you can help.
|
