Fortuna Cooks

Ingredients:
2 cups Pinion Nuts
3/4 cup Water
1/4 to 1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoon OIL
Chop mute coarsely and roll with rolling pin. Mix the meal with water and salt till batter is stiff. Let batter rest for an hour before frying.
Let batter rest for an hour before frying. Pour oil into skillet and heat to sizzling. Drop batter [...]

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Fortuna California Cooks
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Ingredients::

1/3 cup Lard
2 pounds of Mesa
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
2 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup water
Beat lard until light and fluffy. Mix with mesa and add baking powder and salt. Beat until mixture is fluffy (test by dropping a spoonful into a cup of cold water; mesa dough should float to the top. If mass is too [...]

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Melt 1/2 cup lard in fry pan and 3 cups fried beans. Fry, stirring over medium heat until fat is mixed and beans can be shaped into a large patty. Sprinkle grated cheese over beans, turn over, cook a minute, turn again, so melted cheese is on top.
 
 
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Spread a pound of raw, shelled California nuts, in an increased shallow pan. Roast at 300 F about, stirred frequently

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Ingredients:
2 lbs lean Beef Chunks
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup ground leached ACORN MEAL
Add water to cover beef chunks. Cook till tender (meat must be covered with water during cooking). Add salt while cooking. When meat is tender, separate from stock. Chop meat into small pieces and place in large serving bowl.
Make paste of acorn meal and [...]

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Indians of California , before the coming of the Spaniard , subsisted on whatever wild grains , seeds m berries , fruits , greens , roots and bulbs they could gather, and the wild game . Birds, shellfish and insects that these California Aboriginals could capture.
We call the California Indians the” acorn culture” because their [...]

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