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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.