Here's another one The Bat views as a prize in her collection. I'm not sure where she picked it up – might have been on a trip out west, might have been an auction, might have been a gift. Wherever its origins, it has a select few recipes she doesn't ever want to lose, now that it's gone out of print.
I, on the other hand, look at it from a double-whammy perspective: it fits into my two big collection obsessions quite nicely. First and foremost, it's a nifty little cookbook, and second...
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…it's mailable as a postcard.
An expensive postcard, granted, but still a postcard.
So this little booklet from my teen years makes me doubly happy, as well as more than a little bit hungry.
And I now offer its contents to you. I hope I don't get into trouble for it.
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| title page, copyright info |
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| pp 2, 3: Table of contents; Introduction (part 1) |
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| pp 4, 5: Introduction (part 2) |
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| pp 6, 7: Introduction (part 3); MAIN DISHES Ponca Pan Fried Trout in Sour Cream |
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| pp 8, 9: MAIN DISHES ASSINBOIN HOT STONE COOKING Assinboin Bear Stew; Rabbit Stew with Dumplings; Fresh Caribou Tongue |
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| pp 10, 11: MAIN DISHES Partridge Stew; Deer Venison (Ogalala Sioux); Arapaho Roast Quail; STONE GRIDDLE COOKING Grilled Moose Steak |
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| pp 12, 13: MAIN DISHES STONE GRIDDLE COOKING Fried Dry Fish; Marinated Porcupine Chops; Blackfeet Indian Jellied Snake; Indian Stuffed and Baked Raccoon with Apples; Corn and Moose Meat Casserole |
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| pp 14, 15: MAIN DISHES Roasted Pig; Comanche Fried Frog Legs; How To Boil a Leg of Mutton Zuni Jackrabbit Stew; |
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| pp 16, 17: MAIN DISHES Hush Puppies with Fried Fish; Choctaw Hunter's Stew; Delaware Indian Deer Liver with Onions Kiowa Venison Roast |
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| pp 18, 19: MAIN DISHES Quapaw Fried Rabbit; Indian Chicken; Apache Wild Goose; Waco Groundhog in Sour Cream |
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| pp 20, 21: MAIN DISHES Indian Jerky; Chippewa Dill Jellied Eel; Beaver Tail Soup |
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| pp 22, 23: MAIN DISHES Shawnee Marinated Catfish; Sioux Wahanpi; Mohawk Marinated Bear Steak |
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| pp 24, 25: MAIN DISHES French Fried Skunk; Comanche Roast Wild Duck VEGETABLES Hominy Corn |
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| pp 26, 27: VEGETABLES Baked Corn; Roasted Corn; Corn Ash Cakes; Corn Coffee; Pueblo Calabacitas; Navajo Corn Chowder; Squash Blossom Omelet |
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| pp 28, 29: VEGETABLES Hopi Scalloped Red Peppers and Corn; Indian Pilaf; Indian Fried Eggplant; Apache Pumpkin |
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| pp 30, 31: VEGETABLES Indian Chick Peas; Caddo Creamed Dandelion Leaves; Poke Greens; Zuni Sunflower Gravy; Indian Leather Britches Beans |
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| pp 32; 33: VEGETABLES Wild Onions and Scrambled Eggs; Havasupai Pumpkin; Leeks with New Potatoes; Broadswords; DESSERTS Indian Sugar Cookies |
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| pp 34, 35: DESSERTS Indian Cocoa Cookies; Choke Cherry Pudding (Ogalala Sioux); Indian Rice Pudding |
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| pp 36, 37: DESSERTS Indian Style Cranberry Pudding; Indian Pudding; Osage Sweet Corn Pudding; Wagmiza Wasna |
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| pp 40, 41: DESSERTS Arapahoe Renaaku (Chokecherry Gravy); Wichita Honey Bee Icing; Pawnee Green Apple Pie; Cactus Candy |
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| pp 42, 43: DESSERTS Chickasaw Huckleberry Cake; Cherokee Persimmon Cake; Choctaw Gooseberry Pie; Natchez Paw Paw Pie |
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| pp 46, 47: BREADS Cherokee Cornmeal Flapjacks; Indian Twist Bread; Cattail Flour; Indian Bread; Arapahoe Jebedanutch Fry Bread; Navajo Bread |
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| pp 48, 49: BREADS Mohave Mesquite Bread; Indian Pumpkin Bread; Grated Bread; Squaw Bread |
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| pp 50, 51: BREADS Navajo Acorn Bread; Zuni Steamed Bread; Indian Cracklin Bread |
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| pp 52, 53: BREADS Cheyenne Batter Bread; Aztec Tortillas; Hoe Cakes; Indian Corn Cakes |
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| pp 54, 55: SOUPS Cherokee Pepper Pot Soup |
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| pp 56, 57: SOUPS Corn Soup; Pinon Soup |
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| pp 58, 59: SOUPS Indian Rock Soup; JAMS/JELLIES Papago Hackberry Jam |
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| pp 62, 63: JAMS/JELLIES Rose Petal Jam; Indian Hog Plum Jam; Green Pepper Jelly |
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| pg 64: JAMS/JELLIES Box Elder Syrup; Kickapoo Berry Syrup; Spiced Blueberry Jam |
