Native American Salmon Cooking

Dave Graybill takes us to the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival in Leavenworth for some traditional Native American salmon cooking on this edition of "Fishin' Magician Outdoor Cooking Show."

[@na8tivefrazer78]

Thank you Auntie Geraldine, I am blessed to have you for my auntie😊

[@kacygoebel9632]

She is Awesome! Glad to see people are interested and trying to help keep traditions alive even when its not their own.

[@smallfeather735]

I love that old lady ... she is adorable :))

[@dewitubeX1]

small feather you can tell how sweet hearted and strong she is.

[@imabee2010]

Thank you grandma Geraldine much respect

[@donovanb9020]

Oh my god... These guys speak my language when it comes to food. My most crippling weakness is how those PNW natives prepare their salmon. Everyone I visited the PNW I've tried to buy some traditionally prepared food from them. It's so damn good. I'd put it on par with achíí (Navajo dish. Sheep intestines wrapped around fat) and blue corn mush that my grandma makes.

[@carriedolha788]

I sure appreciate you. My grandmother on my dads side is where I get my First Nations ancestry. This reminds me of how our Country with all our immigrant grandparents and First Nations ancestors created life today. You honored us with this lovely video of our peoples practices. Love our beautiful, strong, and sweet grandmothers. She was lovely.

[@UFCaccesslimiter]

Fish is sliding around and Geraldine explains this issue to him. He just agrees to said Fish sliding around instead of helping to hold it down on his end for her.

[@chadblu2320]

I'm so happy I love culinary arts and anthropology and when I searched up native American cuisine it's not the easy to find some native american home cooking bt imma keep lookin thanks GMa she brung it back to the sticks😋

[@daijakeith4274]

that old lady is adorable she talks so soft

[@alanhyt79]

That is the best way to cook salmon, in my experience. She's right about alder being the best wood to use.

[@dondaniels4119]

My best way to cook salmon

[@laneamala]

She means business and she just goes about it. Looks delicious. Wonder how this could be adapted or if it could be adapted if you wanted to bake it in the oven?

[@missionhill7863]

What a precious lady! Reminds me of my jiits lol

[@Hey_its_Koda]

I love salmon!!

[@jacobeksor6088]

The way how she smoke her fish round the fire similar with Montagnard jarai indigenous traditional.

[@herenot2947]

Where is this at? when does it happen please let us know. Years back I was fortunate to try a similar event near Orick ca. Not sure if it is still on. Can't find it on the web.

[@vlosa2439]

the first lady reminds me of my grandmother

[@janellegarcia6975]

I love how she talks I miss just watching

[@fishsauce1]

would they have used any salt / seasoning or just cook it plain over the smoke and fire

[@alanwong9280]

It would have been nice to see a detailed shot close up. Does the stick that goes along the spine penetrate the skin multiple times? How do the horizontal sticks penetrate the skin? What about deboning techniques?

[@scottsam6960]

Beautiful elder yo.

[@Holunderbaer]

Does the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival take place in a regular basis every year? It would be a dream for me to visit. I live in Germany. Greetings from here.

[@tigermuskie34]

Unfortunately Salmon Fest is no longer being held. A wonderful event that I participated in for many years.

[@HFTLH]

I wonder if you could cook trout like this?

[@BT-kf4kx]

Just about learning to live together, most people are but some don’t and causing trouble

[@sjohnschafer]

Which Nation is this from? I’m Choctaw and don’t know the tribes of the NW. I’m curious which one this is.

[@tigermuskie34]

The Warm Springs tribe in Central Oregon.

[@moroccancooking9378]

interesting

[@joshuadarden7200]

If only we had salmon where I live

[@utej.k.bemsel4777]

Try trout ,i've done it in Germany this way . It works very well!

[@indiyaaab]

Omg i fell in love with her ❤bless her😇 What tribe did she say?

[@kyyliel]

Wow shes doing good for 72 years old 😮

[@MichaelGustavsonArchitect]

Where can we buy this Wenatchee cooked Salmon?

[@indicus9075]

Buy salmon and smoke it yourself, its not too difficult as long as you have somewhere outside and safe from thieves

[@subtlesotl]

Ok I know you not getting paid for those ads why tf you put that in 😂

[@marker113]

Am I the only one who realizes when meat is cooked the bacteria we need are destroyed?? Natives would have eaten it raw, or even rotten so our bodies can get the most nutrients from the meat. I love how this video is trying to teach native 'traditional' meals but it's been heavily changed from the authentic way. laughter about thanksgiving is also ironically amusing

[@blackcitroenlove]

Mine never ate raw meat---then again, we're from the Southeastern US, where all the nasty crud would have grown in the meat. We smoked it all with hickory.

[@kakashi1234777]

That’s how you get Parasites. To say that they didn’t cook there meat is incorrect sorry.

[@Ama-Elaini]

Salmon is eaten raw, cured or cooked even in these days at least by the Japanese and the Nordic people.

[@stephanieadams3747]

You are absolutely wrong. Smoking meat, including fish, has been a traditional method of preserving meat for thousands of years before refrigeration was invented. Other methods included salting, drying and cutting ice during winter months to keep food cold. "Fermentation" is a way of preserving meat, but it doesn't allow the meat to "rot.". Lots of cultures eat raw salmon or other raw fish, but it is risky because of the bacteria. Your understanding of thousands of years of traditional food preservation methods among First Peoples is completely deficient and wrong. Stop attempting to spread ignorance.

[@christaylor9095]

"or even rotten" so our bodies can get all the food poisoning it needs to vomit and shit ourselves to death. Do you feel no concern whatsoever for making such irresponsible and dangerous comments?

[@jojo-fu4xh]

This is silly. All the indians here eat Pepperoni Hot Pockets and wash it down with Colt 45 Malt Liquor.

[@itsoklistentometal4770]

Better than being a white pill popping meth head hooked on fentanyl and methadone. you're a joke and probably a coward can't wait to see you

[@jojo-fu4xh]

I'm not white, but thanks.

[@jcja902]

Fuck you. You're mother is indian. We are NATIVES you stupid fuck.

[@r.6731]

And you eat Twinkies

[@stephanieadams3747]

Racist much?