DCHP-3

Indian bread

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1

See quote.

See: backfat

Quotations

1944
Indian bread . . . was a tasty strip of fatty matter starting from the shoulder blade and extending backward along the backbone of a buffalo. When scalded in hot grease . . . then smoked, it became a tidbit the buffalo hunter used as bread. When eaten with lean or dried meat it made an excellent sandwich.
2

a food prepared from tree moss by certain British Columbia Indians.

Quotations

1954
Indian bread made from moss was also cooked in similar fashion.