16th ANNUAL
AGAVE HARVEST AND AGAVE ROAST
AGAVE WAS A STAPLE FOOD ITEM OF THE CAHUILLA AND OTHER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIAN TRIBES. LEARN HOW THE CAHUILLA GATHERED AND COOKED THIS TASTY STAPLE. JOIN US IN HARVESTING, THEN TASTING THIS NATIVE FOOD ALONG WITH A TRADITIONAL MEAL.
HARVEST:
10:00 am on Saturday, April 2, 2011
Cahuilla Tewanet Overlook on the Palms to Pines Highway (HWY 74)
$10 per person DONATION accepted
This sixteenth annual event is sponsored by the Malki Museum Association. Reservations can be made by calling the museum for reservations (951-849-7289) or just meet at Cahuilla Tewanet at the time specified. Honorary Malki Museum Member Daniel McCarthy will demonstrate and lead the harvesting of agave.
ROAST:
Food Tasting
11:00 am on Saturday, April 9, 2011
Malki Museum / 11-795 Fields Road / Banning, CA (Morongo Indian Reservation)
$10.00 adults; donations accepted for those under 16
The agave will be cooked, along with other delicious native foods, and served at Malki at noon on April 9th. Those who arrive early can see the agave removed from the roasting pit in which it was cooked. All are welcome; reservations should be made by calling the museum to make sure enough food is prepared.
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