| Type | Stew |
|---|---|
| Main ingredients | Hominy orIndian corn and grease;vegetables,wild rice,brown sugar,beans,smoked fish oranimal brains |
Sagamité is aNative Americanstew made fromhominy,cornmeal, orIndian corn[1][2] and grease (from animal fat). Additional ingredients may includevegetables,wild rice,brown sugar,beans,smoked fish oranimal brains.[1][2]
Caddo sagamité was thick soup made fromcorn flour that had previously been parched and ground into a fine meal. Beans and acorn flour could be added.[3] The Caddos served the stew in largeearthenware pots for crowds during ceremonies.[4]
Sagamité was used in ceremonies to celebrate welcomed guests by tribes such as thePeoria,Huron,Osage, and earlyCaddo tribes ofArkansas.[3] According to theIllinois State Museum, the Peoria fed sagamité to explorers FatherJacques Marquette andLouis Joliet during the explorers’ 1673 journey to theMississippi River, as Marquette mentions in his journal of the voyage.[5]
ASIN B00086J6HY
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