Black Walnut and Maple Cookies

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            FOOD FUNNY
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Frequent contributor A. J. Allred asks, "Does the word 'lunch' qualify
this as a food funny?" I think so.

The boss was complaining in our staff meeting the other day that
he wasn't getting any respect. The next day he brought a small sign
that read, "I'm the Boss!" He then taped it to his office door. Later
that day when he returned from lunch, he found that someone had
taped a note to the sign that said, "Your wife called, she wants her
sign back!"

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            TODAY'S RECIPE
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While the modern notion of cookies was probably foreign to
Native Americans, they did have a wide variety of fried and grilled
cakes in their repertoire when Europeans arrived. This recipe calls
for cattail flour, an ingredient I was unable to locate on the internet,
so you can either make your own cattail flour from the dried roots
of wild cattails, or use whole wheat flour in its place.

Black Walnut and Maple Cookies

1 cup (250 ml) corn, walnut, or hazelnut oil
2 1/2 cups (625 ml) potato flour
2 cups (500 ml) cattail or whole wheat flour
2 cups (500 ml) maple sugar
1 cup (250 ml) chopped black walnuts
1 cup (250 ml) hot water
2 eggs

Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and bake in a
preheated 350F (180C) oven for 20 minutes. Makes 3 to 4 dozen.
Received on Fri Jan 20 02:49:07 2006