India / Dessert
Indian Ice Cream
Indian ice-cream or sxusem (pronounced "s-khushem", with "kh" sound resembling the final sound in the Scottish word 'loch') is a dessert made by native people throughout the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Traditionally this foam was eaten at larger gatherings with wooden spoons and children were known to play with the foam, sometimes throwing it at each other. Indian ice-cream contains saponins, and it is refreshing but a little bitter.
Ingredients
- soapberry, Canada buffaloberries2 cup
- water2 cup
- sweetener, optional: fireweed, camas bulb (Camassia quamash), salal berries (Gaultheria shallon), thimbleberries, or sugar
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Method 4 steps
Crush berries to release the liquid/juice.
Combine juice with an equal part of water.
Add sweetener.
Whip it with a whisk until foamy, similar in texture to whipped cream.
Region evidence: place name in title — Title: “Indian” in “Indian Ice Cream”
