Meat was also a large part of the Iroquois diet, it provided them strength and allowed them to endure the harsh winters.The men were counted on to bring the ...

Iroquois people also ate a lot of meat, especially turkey and other wild birds, deer and rabbits, and a lot of fish. They dug clams and oysters along the coast, ...

Iroquois men used spears, hooks, nets, and stone weirs to catch fish such as: bass, perch, pike, salmon, trout, and eels (Doherty 51-52).

Alongside agriculture and gathering, hunting provided many types of meats to be used in various dishes. Deer, bear, beaver, muskrat, rabbits and many types of ...

The meats were mixed with other foods. The Seneca powdered nuts and dried bear or deer meat for baby food. Sunflower seeds were boiled for their oil.

... Iroquois Foods and Food Preparation. INTRODUCTION. Iroquois foods and the customs connectedtherewith have been the subjects from time to time of ...

Meat was plentiful, particularly turkey, deer, rabbit and fish. There meats were generally roasted or boiled over the fire. Shellfish such as clams and oysters ...

Along with the hominy they ate roasted venison and boiled corn bread, dipped into a bowl of grease. If their greasy fingers bothered them, they wiped them ...

The pots were lined with bark, which kept the mice out. Pots were filled with dried corn, meat, and vegetables. The pots were buried in bark lined storage pits ...