DCHP-1 Online
Indian bread Obs. 
1 See quote.
See also: backfat
- 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.
- 1954 Indian bread made from moss was also cooked in similar fashion.
- 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.