I'm interested in cooking some traditional Creek foods. Guess I will Google Creek Food and see what pops up. Anyone have a good Creek dish, let me know what the recipe is...thanks. I know how to cook typical wild game, but no possum for me. TT ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 7:42 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Old Creek Traditions > > In a message dated 8/5/2008 6:21:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Sorry for the diversion, but when I was growing up in Alabama, > possum, cornbread and buttermilk was considered a holiday > dish. Cornbread and buttermilk were straight forward. Preparation > of a possum was a skill that had to be passed down. > > Took a lot of stewing, but the taste was not too bad. > > S > > > > > Yes! That's right. People thought I was joshing them earlier this > afternoon, but I really was telling them an old tradition of the Friendly > Creeks! > To be honest, I really preferred my grandmothers Southern Fried Savannah > River > Turtle better. The turtles back then were up to a 100 pounds in size. > Now > it is illegal to catch them. > > The foods we ate at my grandparent's house, were some of the few Creek > traditions that survived assimilation. Brunswick stew was cooked for 24 > hours > before the reunion. Brunswick stew is virtually identical to the stew that > was > kept bubbling in the Topah Chiki or hospitality house in the old days. > The > elders of our family did set the reunion to be at the Full Moon closest > to when > the roasting ears came ripe. That was obviously a remembrance of the > Green > Corn Festival, but I never remember that name being used at our family > reunions. > > > NOW - don't get started on a Creek foods thread, because list mother will > get angry! However, I figured a little discussion wouldn't hurt. > > > > > **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your > budget? > Read reviews on AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 > ) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

> I'm interested in cooking some traditional Creek foods. Guess I will Google > Creek Food and see what pops up. It would not have been 'possom (Sukv Hvtke). Creeks believed in the "you are what you eat" theory. Thought you would become slow by eating it. Paul Hornsby