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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Navajo Recipes:Fry Bread; Blue Corn Mush; Dried Corn Stew



Fry Bread

3 cups of Blue bird flower

2 table spoons of baking power

1 teaspoon of salt (don't have to, if you don't want to)

1 cup of warm water (if dough still hard then add more water

to get the dough soft)

2 spatula full of shortning (any

kind of shortning) in frying pan (after

the dough is soft and finish mixing) on the stove

with the heat on high.

When you are finish with the dough mixing then put a

small amont of dough (not to big so where it will fit the

frying pan). Later on, you can increase on the size of the

dough.

Then slowly spread the dough apart and stretch the dough where

it is nice and round. So it will fit in the frying pan, then slowy

put the round dough in the frying pan to (after awhile) where it will turn gold.

(Depending on how high the heat is on the frying pan and if

its on high then check it after about 10 to between 20

seconds until gold.

When it is gold then slowly turn the other side where it will be

the same as the other side. Then you are finish and the

proceed with the other part of the dough that

is left.





This is an example (below) of a fry bread that

is being fried or when done.








Blue Corn Mush

6 cups of water in sauce pan, heat to boiling.

1 table spoon of cedar ash(for taste

if no ash then their is noto taste)

in the boiling water.

1 cup of Blue corn meal in the mixing

bowl.

1 cup of water to the mixing bowl and mix.

After mixing, then pour the blue corn meal into the

boiling water.

Reduce heat. Stir off and on (so won't stick

to the sauce pan).

Cook for 25 minutes

serving 5 people.



Dried Corn Stew

3 cups water

1 cup dried corn


(doesn't have to be blue corn)

1 pound beef stew meat

1 cup chopped onion

1 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper



In saucepan, combine water and corn; bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover; let stand several hours. Return to boiling; simmer, coverd, 1 1/2 hours. Season to taste. Makes 4 servings.

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