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The Hirshon Mohawk Nation Corn Soup – ᎬᏃᎮᏅ ᎠᎹᎩᎢ

December 5, 2016 by The Generalissimo 12 Comments

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Citizens, I am always on the lookout for fantastic recipes from the First Nations, aka Native Americans (please for the love of God never refer to this proud group as “Indians” – it’s incredibly rude and demeaning). This recipe from the Mohawk easily fits that description! ☺

This is also the second recipe I am posting on the same day – this one is a First Nation recipe in honor of yesterday’s major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. I couldn’t find a Sioux recipe on short notice, but ironically I did have this Mohawk Nation recipe already written and queued up for end of month, so I’ve conveniently moved it here!

The Mohawk people (who identify as Kanien’kehá:ka) are the most easterly tribe of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. The name means “People of the Flint Place.” They are an Iroquoian-speaking indigenous people of North America.

The Mohawk were historically based in the Mohawk Valley in present-day upstate New York west of the Hudson River; their territory ranged north to the St. Lawrence River, southern Quebec and eastern Ontario; south to greater New Jersey and into Pennsylvania; eastward to the Green Mountains of Vermont; and westward to the border with the Iroquoian Oneida Nation’s traditional homeland territory.

As one of the five original members of the Iroquois League, the Mohawk were known as the Keepers of the Eastern Door. For hundreds of years, they guarded the Iroquois Confederation against invasion from that direction by tribes from the New England and lower New York areas. Their current major settlements include areas around Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence River in Canada and New York.

The soup uses hominy, which is field corn (maize) grain that has been dried, then treated by soaking and cooking the mature (hard) grain in a dilute solution of lye, slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) or wood ash, a process termed nixtamalization. Soaking the corn in lime kills the seed’s germ, which keeps it from sprouting while in storage. Also, in addition to providing a source of dietary calcium, the lime reacts with the corn so that the nutrient niacin can be assimilated by the digestive tract.

The English term hominy is derived from the Powhatan language word for prepared maize. Many other Native American cultures also made hominy and integrated it into their diet. Cherokees, for example, made hominy grits by soaking corn in a weak lye solution obtained by leaching hardwood ash with water and beating it with a kanona (ᎧᏃᎾ), or corn beater. The grits were used to make a traditional hominy soup (gvnohenv amagii ᎬᏃᎮᏅ ᎠᎹᎩᎢ), which this recipe is closely based on.

I am delighted to share this wonderful recipe with you, my citizens – I’ve made only one small change to the original: I’ve added some minced wild ramp leaves or fresh watercress as a garnish. Ramps are only in season for a few weeks in the Spring and have a delicious onion/garlic flavor – Watercress is available year-round, with an admittedly different flavor profile, but one that still complements the soup.

Watercress also happens to be an invasive European species that is now found all over the Mohawk Nations ancestral land and should be removed from the environment to help restore the original flora. First Nation members – note the ironic metaphor for whatever you think it is worth. 😉

Battle on – The Generalissimo

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The Hirshon Mohawk Nation Corn Soup


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Ingredients

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  • 4 smoked pork chops
  • 4 large carrots, peeled
  • 1 rutabaga, peeled
  • 2 turnips, peeled
  • 1/4 cabbage
  • 2 cups hulled hominy, Iroquois White Corn
  • 1/2 lb venison
  • 1/4 cup kidney beans
  • Watercress for garnish or if in the brief Spring season, use wild Ramp leaves

Instructions

  1. Cook the hulled hominy overnight in a slow cooker on low or per the directions on the package.
  2. Rinse corn, then chop meat to bite-size and brown in some oil.
  3. Chop cabbage, turnips, rutabagas and carrots to bite-size.
  4. In a large soup pot, pour all ingredients.
  5. Fill with water 1″ over all ingredients, adding as needed.
  6. Cook until all veggies are tender – just before ready to serve, spoon into bowls and garnish with minced watercress or Ramp leaves.
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Nutrition

  • Calories: 610.78 kcal
  • Sugar: 12.7 g
  • Sodium: 249.76 mg
  • Fat: 20.45 g
  • Saturated Fat: 6.75 g
  • Trans Fat: 0.18 g
  • Carbohydrates: 40.56 g
  • Fiber: 10.25 g
  • Protein: 66.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 185.5 mg

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  1. Germer-Avery Lisa

    December 7, 2016 at 1:56 PM

    Wendy I think you need to try this recipe when I come up.

    Reply
  2. Austin Heffernan

    December 7, 2016 at 2:57 PM

    I have no issues and the native indian’s I know are proud to be Known as Indians i know

    Reply
    • Jerry Hills

      December 7, 2016 at 8:49 PM

      But do they like corn soup??

      Reply
    • Austin Heffernan

      December 7, 2016 at 10:04 PM

      They like everything including corn soup

      Reply
  3. Chris Evans

    December 8, 2016 at 2:34 AM

    are you able to find organic NON- GMO corn ? or is this pesticide soup ?

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    • Austin Heffernan

      December 9, 2016 at 3:54 AM

      Get the winter corn no poisons there

      Reply
  4. Ken Fraser

    December 8, 2016 at 3:05 AM

    Looks really tasty. Great meals this time of year!

    Reply
  5. Kelly Nelson

    December 8, 2016 at 6:21 AM

    awesome

    Reply
  6. Humberto Davalos

    December 8, 2016 at 4:35 AM

    You seem to know quite a bit about First Nations, and I congratulate you for that. But do us a favor : Next time you mentioned the “Sioux” Nation, refer to them the way they call themselves : NANKOTA, LAKOTA, DAKOTA. If I made a mistake, I apologize because I’m not an American; I’m a proud Canadian!!! Thanks.

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    • The Food Dictator

      December 8, 2016 at 12:22 PM

      Humberto – thanks for the information and I’ll be sure and use the correct name moving forward!

      Reply
    • Austin Heffernan

      December 8, 2016 at 2:27 PM

      I am also a Proud Canadian

      Reply
  7. Dienia k Bennett

    March 5, 2022 at 10:27 AM

    I have many recipes I have found posted at recipezazz I would be happy if you shared too. It is hard sometimes finding native American recipes and people are looking for them

    Reply

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