The Europeans got the potatos from the South American Indians, took them to Europe and then brought them back to North America. The Indians had none of these things before the Europeans brought them. The Europeans got quite a few new foods like the potato from the Indians. Indian foods the Europeans got include corn, turkey, potatos, yams, wild rice, many kinds of squash, watermelons, and many new kinds of beans. Today we are begining to raise buffalo for meat.
Buffalo meat is very good to eat and has less fat than beef.
Here are a few Cherokee recipes. They are all the result of contact with Europeans and mix Indian food and cooking with European food and cooking. This is a favorite basic Cherokee food. Boil some beans Have a second pot of plain water boiling See below to make wood ash lye. Add some wood ash lye to fine corn meal till it turns yellow.