| WEEK 9 MODEL FORTIFIED VILLAGE A fortified village will be made from several small longhouses encircled by a popsicle stick fence. Make small rounded houses as well as larger dwellings placed near the outer boundaries of the village near the fence). |
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| WEEK 7 cont. PILGRIM BONNET Cut a strip of white of paper long enough to go over your heaad to your chin and wide enough to reach the back of your head. Hold the curved strip against a piece of cardboard and trace the shape for the back of the bonnet. Draw a line 1/2" outside this. Cut tabs on your backing piece from the outside line to the inner one. Tape these tabs to the inside of the bonnet. Add yarn or ribbon to the middle of the edges to tie the bonnet to your head. BAKED BUTTERNUT SQUASH Preheat oven (or line a pit with hot stones!) to 400 degrees. Cut the squash into several pieces. Bake for about an hour on a foil-lined baking sheet. When out of oven, drizzle on some butter and sprinkle with brown sugar. NEW ENGLAND MASHED TURNIPS 1 pound turnips 2 Tbs. butter 2 Tbs. half & half Peel turnips and cut into 1/2" cubes. boil and simmer till soft (apx. 20 min). Drain and put back into the hot pot on warm heat for a minute to dry off any moisture. Add butter and cream and stir. Mash. PILGRIM'S HONEY APPLES 3 med sized, tart apples 1/2 cup honey 2 Tbs. cider vinegar 1/4 Cup cream Peel & core apples. Slice thin. Boil honey and vinegar. Turn on low heat and gently place a few apple slices in at a time. Simmer 5 min or till you can see through the pieces. Very carefully remove with a slotted spoon. Spread on a plate to cool. Pour cream over apples. Serves four. MAPLE GINGER TEA 1 piece ginger 1 tsp. maple syrup 1 Cup water Boil water. Place ginger in a cup and pour boiling water over it. Cover and let soak for ten minutes. Scoop out the ginger, stir in maple and enjoy. |
| WEEK 8 MAKE: MODEL LONGHOUSE These long dwellings were used more frequently in winter. The smaller long houses had two smoke holes and sheltered four families. Larger longhouses housed larger numbers of families. There were two or more entrances, according to size. They were covered with either deerskins or bark mats. The early Europeans found these houses as warm and snug as their framed buildings. (Remember that the early framed homes had very little insulation...) Longhouses were made of long saplings bent to form the width of the building. Shorter saplings were bent to form the rounded ends and horizontal saplings were placed to provide strength and to tie the covering 'shingles' to. Use chenile wire and a covering of felt pieces or small pieces of birch bark to make one. Remember to leave two doorways and smokeholes in the top. TAOS PUMPKIN 4 ears fresh sweet corn 2 small cooking pumpkins 1/2 onion 2 Tbs. corn oil 1/3 Cup water Cut the kernels off the ears of corn. Cut the pumpkins and onion into fine cubes. Fry the corn, pumpkin and onion in corn oil. Add the water, cover and steam until done. SUNFLOWER SEED CAKES 3 Cups raw, shelled sunflower seeds, fresh or dried 4 Cups water 6 Tbs. fine cornmeal 2 tsp. maple syrup 1/2 Cup sunflower oil Simmer the seeds in water in a covered saucepan for about 1 hour. Drain the seeds and grind them up in a blender or food processor. Combine the cornmeal and maple syrup and mix well. Stir cornmeal and maple syrup into the ground sunflower seeds 1 T. at this time. This is best done by working the mix with your hands into a stiff dough. Shape the dough into firm, flat cakes about 3 inches dia. Brown the cakes in oil over low heat, covred. Brown on both sides, about 5-6 minutes on each side. Drain the cakes on brown paper. Served hot. Makes about 14 cakes. |