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 child
Ingredients
- 2 cups soapberries (Canada buffaloberries)
- 2 cups water
- optional sweeteners may include fireweed, camas bulb (Camassia quamash) or sweet berries such as salal berries (Gaultheria shallon), or thimbleberries. Nowadays many people sweeten it with sugar.
Instructions
- 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.