Title: Stone Griddle Cooking
Categories: Amerind Info
Yield: 1 Info

The griddle, on whose polished surface many dishes are prepared in these modern days, ins not a new invention. Indians used a form of griddle, made of a highly polished flat stone instead of the shiny piece of metal now used to cook their food.

These indian griddles were carefully made by polishing out a pice of sandstone which had been rubbed with grease and tallow. It probably took weeks to finish making them and they probably were used to cook cornbread, fish and other kinds of meat.

A stone griddle of the kind the Indians used may be made for use today. Find a flat ppiece of sandstone (no other kind will do). Place it on four cornerstones and brush and wash the surface of it until it is perfectly clean. Only sandstone will stand the heat of the fire under it. Other types of stone may explode into small chips and injure the cook.

Make a good steady fire under the stone to get the griddle hot enough to dry out. Be sure to get the griddle dry and clean before using it. Bear fat or bacon rind may be rubbed into the griddle.

Source: "Indian Cookin'", compiled by Herb Walker, 1977

previous

next