SEEDS OF WEHILL GRASS WERE COLLECTED WITH A BASKETRY SEED BEATER AND A BURDEN BASKET. THEY WERE PARCHED WITH COALS IN A PARCHING BASKET SO THE HULLS CAME OFF. THEY WERE THEN WINNOWED IN ANOTHER BASKET AND EATEN DRIED.
YERBA BUENA WAS CHEWED FOR STOMACH TROUBLE - THE LEAVES ARE CHEWED AND ARE BITTER, BUT AFTER USING MORE THAN ONCE THE TASTE THE TASTE IS OK.
WILD POTATOES WERE COOKED IN COALS WITH ASHES IN AN UNDERGROUND PIT LINED WITH HOT ROCKS AND THE BULBS WERE COVERED WITH HOT ROCKS AS WELL. THEY WERE LATER REMOVED BY SHAKING BULBS IN AN OPEN WINNOWING BASKET. THIS OVEN WAS USED ONLY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
ANIMAL MEAT WAS DRIED OR SMOKED FOR PRESERVATION ON A HIGH PLATFORM. FISH WERE BROILED IN COALS. SURF FISH, BULLHEAD, KELP FISH, ROCK COD, MUSSELS,ABALONES, AND CHITONS.
MUSSELS AND OTHER SHELLFISH WERE PLACED ON HOT COALS AND THEN DRIED. NOT MUCH ABALONE WAS TAKEN INLAND AREAS. SALMON WERE CAUGHT WITH HARPOONS. TROUT WAS CAUGHT WITH TWINED BASKETS.
GIFFORD 1965
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