. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). TREES ground into a flour or meal. If possible, the meal was put in a sand hollow, and covered with twigs of Douglas Fir, Cedar or White Fir to break the force of the water poured over to leach the meal (a sieve could be used in place of sand). This was done about ten times. To remove the meal, the hand was pressed on it and the adhering meal <^'^~Bl3ck Oak"^ t'A put in a basket. Any sand that was in the meal was washed out by pouring water through the basket. Hot
. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). TREES ground into a flour or meal. If possible, the meal was put in a sand hollow, and covered with twigs of Douglas Fir, Cedar or White Fir to break the force of the water poured over to leach the meal (a sieve could be used in place of sand). This was done about ten times. To remove the meal, the hand was pressed on it and the adhering meal <^'^~Bl3ck Oak"^ t'A put in a basket. Any sand that was in the meal was washed out by pouring water through the basket. Hot stones were used in cook- ing meal. Often meal was leached through cedar twigs for flavor. Soup, bread and a pudding were made from the meal or flour. One kind of bread was made by wrapping the dough in fern leaves and baking in hot ashes. Leavened bread was made from the Wa- ter Oak (Quercus nigra) of eastern Texas and many southeastern states. A small amount of ashes was added to the dough, which made the bread rise. It was baked in an earth oven. Sometimes acorn meal was allowed to accumulate a mold. The mold was scraped off, kept in a damp place, and used to heal boils, sores and other inflamations. T-11. CALIFORNIA BAY TREE, OREGON MYRTLE or CALIFORNIA LAUREL, Um- bellularia californicao Laurel Fam. 50'-100' high tree, with dark green leaves that have a strong, pungent odor when crushed; small greenish-yel- low flowersinclustersof 6-10; solitary fruits turn dark pur- ple. Shaded areas. The wood is yellow-brown, takes a high polish, and is used for furniture, boat building, etc. Indians wore a leaf under their hats to cure a headache. The fruit was roasted and eaten. Crushed leaves, when held near the nose, will produce se- vere headache or sneezing. Both leaves and seeds contain an oil reputed to have anesthetic. Ore. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearanc
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