KASHAYA POMO FOODS

THESE POMO EXPLAIN TO THE CREATOR WHY THEY ARE TAKING PLANTS AND THEY SING A SONG TO CALM THE EARTH SPIRIT. A MENSTRUATING WOMAN NEVER COLLECTS PLANTS. THEY WERE CLOSE TO THE COAST AND COLLECTED SEAWEED TO BAKE OR CHEWED IT RAW. THEY GATHERED ABALONE, CLAMS, SEAWEED, AND STARFLOWER. THE LATTER WAS EATEN RAW OR BAKED, OR FORMED INTO CAKES AND BAKED A FOOT IN DIAMETER.

BULL KELP WAS GATHERED IN SUMMER AND FALL. THEY COOKED PART OF THE STALK OR PARTIALLY DRIED IT UNTIL PIECES WERE LIMP. PIECES WERE USED AS CORDAGE.

SEA PALM STEM WAS CHEWED FRESH. LONG PIECES OF STEM DRIED IN THE SUN FOR WINTER. SEA LETTUCE WAS LIKE A LETTUCE WITH A PEPPERY TASTE AND THEY ADDED FLAVORING TO IT.

THE INTRODUCED ICE PLANT HAD A FRUIT THAT WAS EATEN RAW.

THE POMO LOVED MANY VARIETIES OF FRESH CLOVER. THEY FILLED THEIR BURDEN BASKETS AND CARRIED THEM TO THE VILLAGE. THEY CUT THEM 6 INCHES LONG WITH THE FLOWER HEADS. BARRETT SAID THEY'D EAT 1 1/2 INCHES OF THE HEADS AND THROW THE REST AWAY.. THEY GOT BLOATED AFTER EATING TOO MUCH. THE YUKI ATE THE FRESH GREEN PART OF CLOVER BEFORE IT FLOWERED. THEY HAD A CLOVER DANCE CEREMONY BEFORE COLLECTING IT. IT WAS THEIR FIRST GREEN CROP PICKED IN THE SPRING. SEED PODS WERE ALSO EATEN RAW. THE ATSEGEWI BAKED CLOVER TOPS AND ROOTS IN AN EARTHEN OVEN.

MIWOK BAKED AND STEAMED VEGIS, GREY MULES EARS, WILD GRAPE LEAVES AND GREEN TULE USED FOR BAKING. OTHER FOOD WAS LAYERED WITH THESE GREENS AND BAKED FOR 24 HOURS AND KEPT THERE TILL READY TO EAT.

OR GREENS COULD BE DRIED IN SUN AND RECONSTRUCTED WITH WATER.