2004 Recipes

Brown ground buffalo in the Dutch oven. Wash and cut up vegetables into small pieces, add tomatoes, bouillon cubes, stew seasoning, and water. Mix Corn Meal Dumplings and add to top of stew. Take to fire. Place Dutch oven eight or so coals and add 14 or so to the top of the Dutch over. Let cook for about 30 min or until Corn Meal Dumplings are done.

Cornmeal Dumplings

1-cup all-purpose flour

¼ cup stone-ground yellow cornmeal

1 tsp. Baking powder

½ tsp. Salt

1 T. Vegetable oil

Mix the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt. Stir in 1/3 cup of water and the oil, just until the mixture is moistened. Excess stirring will make dumplings tough.

Gently drop spoonfuls of dough on top of the stew while it is simmering over medium-high heat. Cover the pan tightly. Lower the heat to medium0low and cook the dumplings for about 10 minutes without lifting the cover during cooking. Serve immediately.

Fort Clatsop Biscuits

2 cups flour

3 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

6 tbsp. shortening

2/3-cup milk

Sift dry ingredients into mixing bowl. Cut in shortening with a couple of forks

until mixture looks like "meal". Stir in almost all of the milk. If dough

does not seem pliable; add enough milk to make it soft, puffy dough. (too much

milk makes dough sticky, not enough makes biscuits dry)

Round up on lightly floured surface and knead lightly 6 times. (you could

Probably just knead it in the bowl) pull off golf size balls and make into a biscuit shape. Place in your foil lined Dutch oven. Do not stack biscuits on top of each other.

Take your Dutch oven to the fire pit. Remember to follow the fire safety rules. Place over about seven briquettes then place 13 on top of the lid. Cooking Time 20 to 30 min.

Get a baby food jar and fill with 1/4 cup of cream. Place lid on and then start shaking. In about 5 to 10 minuets you will have made your own butter for your biscuit.

Corn Chowder

5 lbs potatoes, cut In small chunks

4 cans of corn

1 onion, diced

1 bell pepper, diced

1 tsp. salt & pepper

1 tsp. sugar

Preparation:

Fry onion and bell peppers in a little water until soften at the fire pit. Add potatoes and corn Add salt, pepper and sugar. Add enough water to cover potatoes. Take back to the fire pit to cook. Put over 8 coals with 14 coals on the top of the Dutch oven. Cook for about 30 minutes.

Butter Island Spoon Bread

2/3-cup white or yellow stone-ground cornmeal

½ teaspoon slat

2 cups milk or water

4 eggs

3 tablespoons butter

1 T. Baking powder

Cinnamon sugar for serving

Stir the cornmeal and salt into the milk in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat and cook for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring constantly to keep the mixture smooth.

Beat the eggs. Stir ½ cup of the hot cornmeal mixture into the eggs. Stir in the butter. Add the egg butter mixture to the cornmeal. Beat well. Stir in the baking powder.

Pour into a well greased baking dish, either a 9 – inch square dish or two 9x5 inch loaf pans. Bake at 400 F for about 30 minutes, or until mixture is set. Serve immediately. Good with cinnamon sugar.

Portable Soup

4 bullion cubes

1 small potato peeled and chopped

1 small onion, peeled and chopped

1 small carrot, peeled and chopped

½ cup chopped cooked beef (optional)

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Combine the bullion Cubes, 2 ½ cups of water, the potato, onion, carrot, and beef, if desired. Bring to a boil. Simmer about 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

Indian Fry Bread

3 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

½ teaspoon

1 cup warm water

Combine all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Add warm water in small amounts and knead until soft but not sticky

Adjust the flour or water as needed, Cover and let stand 15 to 20 minutes.

Pull off large egg sized balls of dough; turn out into fairy thin rounds.

Fry rounds in hot oil until bubbles appear on the dough, turn over and fry on the other side until golden brown.

Serve with Berry Pudding

Berry Pudding

6 cups berries or your choice fresh or frozen

1 cup sugar

½ cup all purpose flour

Combine the berries, sugar, and 1 cup of water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook the berries for 5 minutes.

Beat together the flour and ¾ cup water until the mixture is smooth. Beat ½ cup hot berry liquid into the flour mixture, then stir all at once into the berry mixture. Return the mixtures to a boil, stirring constantly, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the mixture is thickened and glossy.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

24oz Flour

2 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Salt

2 C Brown Sugar

1 C White Sugar

1 lb softened Butter

4 eggs

4 tsp Vanilla

24oz Chocolate Chips

Mix together in a bowl flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Mix brown sugar, white sugar.

Blend. Add softened butter. Blend eggs and Vanilla. Blend. Add flour mixture. Blend. Add 24 oz. Chocolate chips

Drop on a cookie sheet

Bake at 350 for 11 – 12 min.