Kanataonesterokhonwe (the real [corn] bread)

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Kanataonesterokhonwe (the real [corn] bread)
Mix 4 cups masa jarina, 2 cups white flour, 8 oz or so cooked, drained kidney
beans in large bowl. (10 cornbreads)
Meanwhile you have boiled several gallons of water in a huge pot - likely
your biggest one - or else this recipe won't work.
Scoop boiling water into the meal and mix until you get a very thick dough,
very hot and sticky - but real nice and solid - no whimpy dough here...
Now - this is why only Mohawk Women can do this right...scoop up a handfull
of the hot mix (keep the screaming down - it is not traditional) and using
both hands, pat into a ball about the size of a softball and flatten it out just
a bit, dropping it into the boiling water - when it floats, it's done and
scoop them out as they get cooked. Put it in a bowl or something - it will
drain a bit.
While that's hot, you have braised (that's pan fried to you Lakota) a
large/huge slab of red meat in a giant skillet with lots of salt and pepper then
made a gallon of hot gravy from the drippings.
[PG Note: The slab of meat was obtained by running through the forest and/or
neighbor pasture and clobbering a large animal betwen the eyes with one of
the cornbreads. A large bear might require several clobberings. A very
healthful method of traditional food preparation! You get lots of healthy exercise,
running away from the farmer with your dead cow (or from the bear who hung in
there after being clobbered with all your ammo).]
Take a bread and cut it into bitesize chunks on your plate, likewise a cut of
meat and then pour gravy all over everything. Side dishes could be 2-5
pounds fried mushrooms, 5 pounds of sausages, coffee. Molson. Etonaiawen!
[PG cross cultural note: These are Mohawk exclamations demanding still more
to eat, commenting snidely on how slow the cornball hunters ran from the
farmer with the clobbered cow, and similar traditional ritual festival
exclamations.]
The fun has just begun.
The next day, fry 1/2 inch slices in drippings until brown (good with catsup)
For a special serving suggestion, dip fried bread in maple syrup.
[PG cross-cultural Note: Those of us less primitive than Mohawks who have
been corrupted by California will pour maple syrup over sliced corncake and
even use knives and forks on the resulting breakfast dish.]
This stuff will keep!