HUGE!! NATIVE AMERICAN FOODS MN BIRCH BARK GIFT BASKET

This sale is for our largest Ojibwa birch bark gift basket.

It will come filled with Native American foods!

You will recieve:

3 - LBS OF OUR HAND HARVESTED, WOOD PARCHED WILD RICE IN BURLAP BAGS

1 LB SOUP WILD RICE IN A BURLAP BAG

1 LB OAK ROASTED HOMINY

1 - 12.5 OZ BAG OF FRY BREAD MIX

1 - 12.5 OZ BAG OF CORN BREAD MIX

1 - 8-0Z. BOTTLE OF PURE MINNESOTA GRADE A MEDIUM MAPLE SYRUP

2 - 3 0Z. BOTTLES OF JAM - ONE BLUEBERRY AND ONE RASPBERRY

AN 8" BIRCH BARK CANOE

ALL WILL REST ON ASPEN WOOD SHAVINGS, SPRINKLED WITH FRESH RED PINE
CONES  IN A HUGE BIRCH BARK WILD RICE BASKET.

THIS BEAUTIFUL BIRCH BARK BASKET MEASURES A HUGE 23" X 18"! IT IS ALMOST 5" DEEP! IT WAS CREATED BY AN ELDER ON THE LEECH LAKE RESERVATION IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

Our wild rice is gathered the old way, in a canoe. This traditional Ojibwe gathering rite has been used by our ancestors for generations.

Please don't confuse this with paddy grown "wild rice". They look and taste completely different! The much darker (often black) paddy rice is machine planted and machine harvested, resulting in a bland tasting rice that may take up to 3 times longer to cook and yields a lot less per pound. Many rice paddys are sprayed with herbicides. Our hand harvested wild rice grows naturally on the lakes and river beds in Northern Minnesota on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. This mouth watering nutty taste cannot be compared to the mass produced paddy rice.

The light color of wild rice indicates quality wild rice.

We do not mix our batches of wild rice!! All of the rice you recieve in your order will be from the same lake or river bed. Assuring your wild rice will cook evenly and have the same quality taste.

Our wild rice is wood parched. By using this method versus propane (which drys the rice) our wild rice is left more moist, resulting in a fluffier, more flavorful, faster cooking rice.

If stored in a dry place, wild rice will keep forever!

Our bread mixes will come with complete easy instructions. All you do is add water to make 8-10 pieces of delicious golden brown frybread. The jam makes the perfect topping!

The delicious sweet corn bread mix makes an 8 or 9 inch square pan. Through out the years we have shared this bread with family and friends at mealtime.

Our hominy is sun dried and slow roasted over oak ashes.

We will include our favorite recipes.

If you choose this as a gift we will ship it to the address of your choice and include a hand written card with your message.

I have been harvesting wild rice seasonally for over 34 years. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me.

WE SHIP PRIORITY MAIL FOR QUICK DELIVERY!

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Miigwetch!! (Thanks!) BINESHII