WEBVTT 00:00.900 --> 00:02.168 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (gentle instrumental music) 00:02.168 --> 00:03.636 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - So they're gonna be like lemonade? 00:03.636 --> 00:06.740 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Mm-hm, it's gonna be kind of tangy, kind of sweet 00:06.740 --> 00:09.209 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and it'll be kind of light pink 00:09.209 --> 00:11.578 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% from the red color of the berries. 00:11.578 --> 00:13.747 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% - [Chloe] Ooh, light pink, my favorite color. 00:13.747 --> 00:15.949 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% (Nico laughs) 00:15.949 --> 00:18.852 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - My name is Nico Albert, I'm a Cherokee Nation citizen 00:18.852 --> 00:21.154 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I'm a chef here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 00:21.154 --> 00:23.923 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Today, I'm taking my step-daughter Chloe 00:23.923 --> 00:26.559 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to an urban wilderness area and we're gonna go pick 00:26.559 --> 00:29.529 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% some sumac to make Indian lemonade. 00:29.529 --> 00:31.197 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It's incredibly important to pass these recipes 00:31.197 --> 00:35.568 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and these food traditions down to future generations. 00:35.568 --> 00:38.204 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Food is so strongly tied to memory. 00:38.204 --> 00:40.740 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% When you sit down at a table and you eat certain foods, 00:40.740 --> 00:43.309 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you can remember those foods that you ate as a child. 00:43.309 --> 00:44.611 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And these foods that we're making 00:44.611 --> 00:48.314 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% are memories from the generations before us 00:48.314 --> 00:50.784 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and they'll carry on to generations in the future. 00:55.255 --> 00:56.523 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (light-hearted percussive music) 00:56.523 --> 00:58.792 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I picked this wild sumac today to make 00:58.792 --> 01:01.828 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% what we call Indian lemonade or sumac lemonade. 01:01.828 --> 01:04.197 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The Cherokee people are originally from 01:04.197 --> 01:05.965 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the Eastern Woodlands area. 01:05.965 --> 01:09.536 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% With the Trail of Tears, they were removed to Oklahoma, 01:09.536 --> 01:11.438 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% which at the time was Indian territory. 01:11.438 --> 01:14.607 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They were put into a new land where they were not finding 01:14.607 --> 01:16.309 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the same plants that they were accustomed to. 01:16.309 --> 01:18.912 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% But there are still some similarities in what you can find 01:18.912 --> 01:23.183 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in the wild here in Oklahoma, one of those things is sumac. 01:23.183 --> 01:24.684 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% So the outside of this berry, 01:24.684 --> 01:28.354 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% has a red shell that has a little bit of a fuzz on it, 01:28.354 --> 01:31.825 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and that has this really tangy astringent kind of flavor. 01:31.825 --> 01:33.393 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And so when you soak it with water, 01:33.393 --> 01:37.797 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it creates this beautiful, tangy, refreshing drink. 01:37.797 --> 01:41.868 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (light-hearted percussive music) 01:43.002 --> 01:47.073 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (light-hearted percussive music) 01:50.677 --> 01:53.480 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (water splashing) 01:56.182 --> 02:00.353 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I'm just sweetening this with a little bit of honey. 02:00.353 --> 02:01.855 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And this'll take a little bit of the edge 02:01.855 --> 02:04.457 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% off the really tart flavor that these berries add. 02:04.457 --> 02:05.758 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (spoon clanging) 02:05.758 --> 02:08.061 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (water burbles) 02:08.061 --> 02:10.697 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (water burbles) 02:10.697 --> 02:12.599 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (light-hearted percussive music) 02:12.599 --> 02:13.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% And that's sumac lemonade. 02:16.436 --> 02:18.204 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (ice rattles) 02:18.204 --> 02:20.206 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Yeah, that's good. 02:20.206 --> 02:21.641 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Okay, here ya go. 02:24.277 --> 02:26.079 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Alright, cheers. 02:26.079 --> 02:27.080 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Sumac lemonade. 02:27.080 --> 02:30.350 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (Chloe giggles) 02:30.350 --> 02:34.420 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (light-hearted percussive music)