A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Sodi Horn holding a bowl of washed, dried, and ground white corn.
Horn holding a tray of perfectly hand molded corn bread ready to be cooked.
Emily Tarbell mixing in kidney beans to her white corn mixture.
Participants mixing white corn flour with hot water to make cornbread.
It's a careful mixture of hot water and white corn flour to make cornbread, too much and it won't hold together and too little will make dry cornbread. Florence, Lucy and Deb working on that perfect mix of hot water and corn flour.
Snack and hot tea for corn bread making participants.
Several women gathered at the St. Regis Recreation Center on Tuesday, Sept 27 to learn how to make cornbread. The instructor, Sodi Horn taught the participants how to grow white corn, dry corn, ground the corn and then make corn bread. Participants made corn bread with kidney beans and cornbread with berries. The class was made possible by the Sweetgrass Manor Activities Fund.
All photographs courtesy of Johanne H. Jackson.
The Sweetgrass Manor activities were designed originally designed for their tenants to prevent isolation, depression and to encourage socialization and good mental health during COVID times. The program has expanded to include interested community members in Akwesasne.
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