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- Cherokee bean bread is
a staple food that would

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be part of almost every
meal in a Cherokee home.

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It's made with two of the
three sisters, the staples

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of Cherokee agriculture
which are corn and beans.

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This is a recipe for the
bread that would be used

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pre-contex of truly
traditional food.

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This modern recipe I am kind
of marrying together the

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idea of Cherokee bean bread
with tamale preparation

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because they are such
similar types of dish.

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We're going to be using corn
husks to put these together.

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Traditionally with blard sorbs
or any kind of bean bread

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we use corn leaves.

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But again bringing this dish
into our homes you can't

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necessarily go and get
corn leaves all the time.

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This is masa harina and
these are some brown beans

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that I have had simmering on
the stove for a few hours.

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And some rendered fat
and these is going to add

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a little more flavor to the jar.

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Cooking is such a part
of my life in every way

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it's the way that you
can communicate a feeling

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to people it's a good thing
to share with someone.

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Cooking traditional food,
specifically for me is a

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tad of my culture that
feels more real than

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even dancing, or singing
the way that I really

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feel connected to my
culture is by making the

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food that my ancestors
have made before me

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and sharing it
with other people.

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When it gets to this
consistency I like to

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get my hands in there

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to make sure, the only way
to know if you've got enough

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water in there is to
put your hands in it.

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So I am just grabbing kind
of little fist sized portion

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here for my first babsor, we
call them babsors because of

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the shape it's kind of a
flat oval shaped bread.

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I'm just going to put
it in here and then...

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Wrap it up.

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A little steam.

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Okay, so that's all of
our little bean breads

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and set this to steam
for the next 45 minutes.

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Been on the stove
for about 45 minutes

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I'm just going to check
to see if they're done.

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These look great.

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Let's check one of these,
these look perfect.

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Cherokee bean bread
or blard sorbs.

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