Over the centuries, the people of Kaskaskia have amassed hundreds of homemade recipes to tantalize and – some might say — test the taste buds of natives and visitors alike.

The recipes have been collected in two volumes of books titled “Family Favorites Through Tyme.”

Check out some of the more “down home” dishes:
-Grilled Dove Breasts
-Rabbit Stew with Vegetables
-Elephant Stew
-Nun’s Belly Buttons
-Pot-baked Squabs (domestic pigeons)

Or, got a hankerin’ for some Barbecued Squirrel?

Here’s the recipe:
4 Squirrels
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 cup blackberry wine
salt and pepper
1/2 cup brown sugar

Skin squirrel.  Salt and pepper well.  Cook one hour and 15 minutes, covered, in a deep pan filled with about 1¿2 inch of water. Combine onion and next  five ingredients.  Pour over squirrels.  Cook uncovered for 30 additional minutes. Add wine before serving.  Bon Appetit!

-From “Family Favorites Through Tyme – Volume II”

To purchase copies of the books, contact:

Kaskaskia Church Preservation Trust  Fund

6450 Klein Lane

St. Mary , MO 63673

618-366-2633 or 618-826-2667