I am 66 year's old and recovering from a fire that took my life. God gave it back. You remind me of my mother. She was beautiful and she made sure I knew I was loved. We lived on a small Reservation in Oregon. It was a two room shack with a tin can roof, no running water, and a massive cast iron cook stove in the middle. Soon after we moved there people discovered mom could cook! I remember waking to the slapping sound in the morning's often before dawn. The smell of fry bread and "fixin's". There would alway's be people waiting to buy her food. She would sing blessing song's in time with flattening the bread. I wasn't raised in poverty! We had good and simple food. We had the best outhouse too. It was a two seater! Mom bought two toilet seats from Goodwill for ten cents. She said the only reason she spent so much money on the toilet seats was so she wouldn't worry about my falling in! My mom, in my eye's she is still the most beautiful, hardest working, loving woman in the world. You remind me of her! I miss her! Thank you for bringing back those wonderful memories! A'HO 💚
O Marsha, I could wrap my grandma arms around you so tight. I hope you feel grandmas love as I make these videos for each of you my channel grandchildren. Your comment melted my heart, pulled at my heartstrings sweetheart. But what a beautiful vision, a simply beautiful outlook at what others would deem lowly when to us simplicity was love, hard work was life but precious and we loved one another. May Heavenly Father love, comfort and keep you always to protect you. You are in my prayers with protection. Now smile and lift your precious mind from your beautiful remembering and get a pen, write your heart down, your heart full of absolutely precious memories. Promise grandma. Love n Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I thank you both. I have found that the wealthy live their lives on attaining wealth and keeping it no matter the cost. There are the people who have nothing but are willing to take what others work hard for. But, then you have those that don't see dollar signs in everything! They don't really have much monetarily, however are rich in love, wealthy in culture and covered with love and compassion(had a small war with spellcheck, it was determined to say constipation instead of compassion)from family and friends! No one on that small reservation (400 acres)had much. And the Tue night gatherings were murder!(venison chilli, venison tacos, venision and beans with beans and venison mystery something all with BEANS) If you were a kid there was no escape. Ventilation wasn't a big issue back then. But, the laughter and gentle teasing, the music and dancing, the being together made us incredibly rich and happy. Navajo Grandma, sharing thing's the way you do with everyone is a wonderfull blessing! Keep on doing what you are! Teach others how to do it. I think you are pulling everyone together. I am Cherokee and Paiute! And now live in Eastern Washington. We are everywhere! I am sharing you with all the people I know. We need you! A'HO 💚
@@NavajoGrandma I just found your channel today and I'm so glad I did. I'm now a subscriber. I'm Cherokee, Souix (Lakota) and Navajo however it goes very far back so I don't look like I have any native American blood in me at all. Unfortunately none of the tribal ways or languages have survived in my family so all I have is what I find in videos such as this. Many blessings to you my new friend!
@@babygrandma8654 it's surviving. Like beads and threads of days gone by traded between the nations of turtle island now it is memory traded here in you tube. We are all one people made by the Creator inspired and protected by Great Spirit. The Earth is our mother. Even look to the Holy Bible, God the Father and Creator reached to the Earth and sculpted Adam. We all have the same Heavenly Father and Earth as our Mother. Unfortunately, the original fork tongue (serpent) has only made marital conflicts and sibling rivalries from begining days.
My mom has been disabled for around a year now and she cant cook for now and she's been mentioning fry bread I'm gonna use your recipe this week to give her what she's been wanting as a surprise. Hope I make it right. Thank you for your hard work making the videos and helping me to be able to bless her. 🙏❤🧡
What a good soul and daughter you are!! You give me Hope in civilization. When you use my recipe, put all dry ingredients together, mix, if you want to make a crater in the dry ingredients and put 1/4 cup of olive oil it's up to you. Then use warm warm water. Start with 2 cups, mix just enough to wet the dry flour mix. Add another 1/2 cup, about here you can start to feel if you need more water or not. Knead gently into a ball. Cover let sit for 30 minutes then use whatever oil you want. Put flour on table roll out the ball of dough. Your oil should be 375 degrees. Fry golden and place on paper towel. ENJOY!! Tell your dear mother, Navajo Grandma wishes her a happy meal and I will pray for her. Hugs to you both!! Navajo Grandma
Well how kind of you to say so. I hope you make it yours and pass it on from generation to generation. I created that because no one in my Navajo family knew exactly what measurements were. They would just get this get that and mix it and it was amazing. So one day when my Bizhi was making frybread. I got a small bowl for every ingredient she just measured by sight. The outcome was incredible and that is what we got. It was so exact I sat in disbelief. I did it again twice a day later and again it was exact to the bone. So like others say, their mothers and grandmothers never measured and I can now see why. So wonderful and a tribute you have given my Bizhi. Thank you sweet one! New Year hugs with prosperity, healing, health and peace, beauty, balance and harmony to fill you thru out the next 364 days! Love you. Navajo Grandma
Hi sweetheart this is me, Navajo Grandma, I appreciate your comment. I hope you try to make this. It's now your recipe. Enjoy. When your low on money sell it and or make Navajo tacos. Serious. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Yup I pitter and patter LOL!! Thank you for watching and hope you try to make this dough. You will be so surprised that you can't mess it up. It will taste absolutely lovely!! New Year Hugs!! Navajo Grandma
It's long overdue...to find authentic first people of the americas presenting their recipes... rather than a rash of caucasian videographers flooding the web making native american cuisine. Thank you for sharing🙂
How wonderful family recipies still exist. My family didn't pass anything down except alcoholism lol. Thank you for documenting this. A treasure for humanity. Peace be with you.
This was a great comment, thank you for being the one who is positive and thankful for goodness and throwing out the bad. You recognize what was wrong and maybe what went wrong, that makes you the top percentile and that you will be amazing in 2024!! And even now!! When our eyes are opened, we need to be the best and be absolutely as wonderful as we desire!! I pray for you to have a great year of remembering, writing down goodness, having great healing and health, praying always, being kind and loving, forgiving yourself and your family for whatever they may have done or chose to do that might seem off color to you, the joy is that you won't repeat the wheel! I love that you see clearly. This is what makes your comment absolutely one in a million. I hope you take the time to make this frybread. Lots of carbs, just don't get addicted okay? HAPPY NEW YEAR HUGS FROM NAVAJO GRANDMA!!! Love you.
Now Now Trucking Ty, you do have a Navajo Grandma and here I am!!! Do you dare think I am not your grandma. I am as you have become a subscriber! You are wonderful and grandma loves you so. Thank you for watching and hope you try making this frybread dough and seeing all the different ways you can enjoy eating this versatile dough (cooked I mean LOL!). I welcome you and I always say, come sit next to grandma and warm your feet next to the fire, watch, listen and learn. You are my grandchild and I am happy to add more. That is a grandma's heart, room for more. Love always. Navajo Grandma
@@the2dreamers Thank you for acknowledging this. Grandma does love and prays for you always. Its important, wise and necessary. Hugs forever. Navajo Grandma
Oh… I could be your cousin or sister or maybe even Auntie- too old to be a grandkid. I woke up this morning homesick, made a cup of dark roast coffee and wanted fry bread. I make it but with yeast because I make a big batch of bread when I do it. It is kind to my heart to watch you on your kitchen. I store my flour the way you do. I have revere ware pans on my counter- I mix all my breads with my hands. I could be back home in S.Dakota at my auntie gladys. Be Safe- The Creator sent me home for a bit this morning- to your warm kitchen. I am grateful 🌻
Welcome to Navajo Grandma’s channel. I welcome you and know your people like Naive Americans have gone thru more than you and your people have experienced. Tho through suffering it has made us strong. I love that you make your bread for family. Great comment. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I'm not Tribal but you have no idea how much it means to me for people to pass down family/generational recipes. My Mom & Grandmothers took all of their recipes to their graves. Nothing was ever written or measured, & when these wonderful women left this world, so too went their equally wonderful food. Thank you. I look forward to your other delicious recipes.
What you spoke is true. It’s up to us to preserve our traditions, our knowledge of our grandparents, your remembrance to write them down and cherish them with family. Thank you for watching and learning. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
So true-- I lost the cookbooks, my mom's recipes, my recipes, all of the magic involved in cooking and baking. They were the foods that connected people and events over more than a century. All gone in a fire. *Please, please, please, keep copies in separate locations.* Out of all that was lost, the recipes are what I miss the most. *MAKE COPIES!*
@@Rockymountainhoney1 Why is it shameful to make a living with a skill that no one else has, that you learned from your ancestors, that others enjoy? You are both A) teaching others the food of your culture, and B) making a living doing it........that's not wrong.
My dad made the best homemade biscuits and for some reason he wouldn't let me watch or tell me how he made them. I know basic biscuit dough is simple but I still haven't come close or found another that comes close to how his tasted!
Yes, these ways were amazing and home made. Cooked, fried, or dried outside. Those were the days when food tasted so much better because they came from our own hard work and during the winter we ate how wonderful it tasted. Great wisdom what you said. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Non tribal and most African-American but mannn how much i love learning about my native(blackfoot) roots and learning abt native culture in general. My grandmother lost touch with her roots as a child and the gatekeeping of the culture is understandable, but your channel has been a blessing for me being displaced on both sides of my ethnic background. Thank you again, and much love❤🙌🏿
There is always a way to learn and a way for us to accomplish knowing where we came from, who we are and in defining ourselves. God bless and remember your prayers that your ancestors will come forth and show themselves to you. Navajo Grandma
@williamclark9442 did you know that in Africa, they make a similar bread called Chapati. I think the indigenous peoples across the world all have connections in some way 😊
@jessiegutowski316 my dear Jesse we are all similar indeed. WE ARE ALL ONE BIG FAMILY, we all have the exact SAME ROOTS THRU OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. So imperative to see the beautiful secular differences here on earth BUT SPIRITUALL ONE GREAT CHILDREN OF OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER & HEAVENLY PRECIOUS MOTHER. We are here on this earth being tested to see if we remember truly from whence we came. Only 2 powers here, Satan & God. Which one do you think SEPARATES US and WHICH JOINS US AS ONE FAMILY FROM MILLENIAS AGO? Navajo Grandma
Welcome and great comment. You are family tho your tribe or nationality is separate in this mortal life, we feel the spiritual connections as we learn about each other's culture ,& traditions my grandson. You keep learning and being receptive. Your desire to learn will bless your life. Remember to pray always as well. Always ask to know truth. Allow God to guide you to your true heritage. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
@NavajoGrandma thank you so much for saying this! There's so much division lately. If everyone would just take this to heart and realize that we all come from the same place, we are all connected, the world would be a better place. ❤
My goodness, you look & sound so much like my own Mom, who I lost over 20 years ago; she was Cree. I'm truly amazed and you've warmed my heart! I'm definitely going to try this recipe and thank you so very much for sharing this with us. Bless you & your family, Navajo Grandma ❤️
Moms are amazing and their love is non replaceable. Thank you for sharing your heart. I want to thank you for this great comment. Hugs always from Navajo Grandma
Thank you Sabrina, you are so kind to compliment Grandma's counting, even that makes grandma happy. I am glad you took the time to watch this video and maybe later you can try making this. You can't mess it up. Hugs to you. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I did today please tell me how to fix the consistency of my dough mine came out sticky 😆 but I will give it another try. I thank you so much for sharing this recipe with us I wish I didn’t suck so bad 😂. May God bless you Navajo Grandma ♥️
@@Bigbodybri If it is too sticky did you sprinkle a little more flour on it? Apply a little at a time until the dough becomes more pliable. Not too much flour. Try a tablespoon at a time, mix it in and knead it, then if it is still sticky, do another tablespoon. Once it doesn't sticky all over, then it should roll into a ball. cover it, let it sit for 20 minutes covered with a dish towel and I put a plate on top of the dish towel. Let it rise then it should be nice and soft and ready to roll out. Love you for trying and asking grandma questions. Love you. Navajo Grandma
My next videos will involve defining myself, a sober one, then excitedly moving towards Grandma shearing a sheep for you all. This is an opener with videos on the weaving loom, rugs, carding and spinning dowel with weaving accessories. Its getting exciting to learn more about Dine' textile. Please watch and learn. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
My Mother in taught me this and how she made corn fritters, with plain fine cornmeal white or yellow cold water and salt... They are a delicious favorite that has been passed down from one generation to another...Thanks I enjoyed the video reminded me of my late beloved mother in law ..
@@Warriarwomen45 I love that when we share we are reminded of our past and how wonderful and amazing our associations with our family members were and what they taught us. Sad we don't realize that until they are gone. I pray grandma is waking up all so they don't allow this again. Love you. Navajo Grandma
I’m Native/indigenous Mexican/Spanish (Tarahumara and others). My parents always taught us we have indigenous roots and I’m finding out more all the time. Our culture and languages were taken for us a long time ago. My husband is part Tlingit. I love the similarities of Mexican recipes to fry bread. This is on the menu tonight! ❤️
Oooh Veronica this is what I like to hear. This is wonderful frybread and yes it is close to sopapillas but the spanish use way tons more lard for this than what the Dine' do. But the taste, oh my the taste!! Yup we are similar and we are family. Hugs to all natives no matter where. Hugs to all from Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma it was delicious! My got out of the hospital with covid, so I made it for her. We are Tarahumara, Otomi and a bit Pima. Looking forward to more recipes. It’s Pow wow season-there are two big ones here, coming up. More good food lol. Hugs to you!
@@NavajoGrandma hi! I live in Southern California. The Morongo band has a huge Pow wow in a few weeks and welcomes many tribes to participate. We also have San Manuel Pow Wow and they welcome native people from all over. I believe there are more coming up.
@@veronicahernandez7322 Wow its wonderful to finally have Pow Wows now that this covid thing is hopefully over and we need to still take precautions no matter what. Grandma still wears a mask and I am sure people stare and hate me doing this but I did this long ago long long ago. When I went to church and did things I kept picking up sicknesses until I started wearing masks. I did this long ago. When I went to Japan this is what they did back in the 70s and 80s. They have mask and condom dispensers everywhere on the streets. Silly but if someone is caught sneezing or coughing they get fined. Back then in the 80's when I was there that is what happened. Mainly to protect the population because its a butt to butt cheek to cheek train ride and walk everywhere back then. Hope you stay safe and enjoy those Pow Wows for Grandma!! Pow Wow Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Why is it that our Grandma's were the best cooks ever, and like Navajo Grandma never used any measuring tools at all. Man, I do miss my Grandma's cooking. ( And her most of all )
Grandma's have learned their lessons and are wise because of the lives they have lived. Maybe perfect and some not so perfect moments but we learn how to accept life and make it better. Food being one of them. Your grandma misses you too, remember that. Navajo Grandma
So glad I found your channel. I'm Indigenous Mexican (Nahua)and like others, I can see the similarities. I've yet to try fry bread but looking forward to trying your recipe, and of course as we know, everything tastes better when it's made with grandma's love ❤
Welcome!! This is Navajo Grandma. I am so happy and hope you did subscribe. Yes, we are all family and our familial ways, culture, traditions are similar for everyone across the board or earth. Welcome again and always comment when you can after watching my videos. I will always answer you. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
@NavajoGrandma I finally made fry bread today. It gave me a little trouble at first, as do tortillas sometimes lol but in the end, they came out great! I decided to use them to make Venison BLT's. It was delicious! Thank you again for sharing your recipe ❤
@jessiegutowski316 oh my can Grandma come over!! Sounds so delish!! Great job and thank you for being grateful, so few are nowadays. Bon Apetite or in Navajo "thlikaango eyaa!" LOL!! Navajo Grandma
Thank you. Actually, even if you remember one ancestral anything, you can build upon it. Find others of the same heritage, it doesn't necessarily have to be family but befriend them, we all learn from one another. Never lose hope. Love you so. Go outside your circle & find what you thought was gone. I shall pray for you. Or create your own heritage customs & whatever is uplifting. Pray & ask for direction. No one is with out a heritage. If you believe in God. Now here is a true heritage & lineage that is eternal. Hugs with power. Navajo Grandma
I lived in Salt Lake City as a kid in the 90s, and there used to be a restaurant near my house called Navajo Hogan. We loved it and the wonderful family that ran it. I miss the delicious flatbread / tacos every day. Your finished product looks exactly like the Navajo Tacos I remember. They also had a delicious dessert we would share, where the frybread was covered in butter, cinnamon, and a sugar glaze. Unbelievably delicious. I can't wait to make this bread. You may have given me back a part of my childhood that I've missed for years!
Hey HAPPY ANNIVERSARY and you are still the wonderful Terry Russell since then with kind comments and supporting Navajo Grandma. Love you so even 365 days later. You must be Hozho.
So welcome from Navajo Grandma. Learn how to make frybread and smell and eat the taste of home in New Mexico. Just don't get addicted LOL!! HUGS, Navajo Grandma
I love this recipe. I am Pomo/Wailacki from Northern California and have always struggled with making great fry bread. My grandma passed when I was young so I didn’t get a chance to learn from her. As you may know a lot of people are very protective of their recipes and it is crazy that the recipe can vary so much since it usually has the same basic ingredients! So thank you For sharing your recipe with me. My family says it’s my best fry bread ever!
This is wonderful when I am happy that you are receptive enough to experience your memories that bring joy to your soul & spirit. Thank you for sharing this memory and it's heartstrings. I love you all for being here as our Navajo Grandma family. Happy Holiday Hugs!! My blessings is that you shall be most Prosperous this NEW Year. Be wise with what you will receive. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Its almost 5 am. Ive been ive since 2 am. Ive got some flu or something. Im sick as well as my husband and kids. Your channel popped up. I absolutely adore you. You are such a sweet soul. My parents are both passed on. I miss the "mother ways" that i see in you. I hardly have any family. My husband and kids but extended family isnt good. I wish i lived by you to just sit laugh learn and talk. Your family is truly blessed to have you. Keep the videos comin. My husband is full Caddo and i make fry bread/ndn tacos, meat pies, ndn corn, vety often for him and fried pies for dessert. Im Italian so ive always got something cookin! Much much ❤ from Oklahoma. ~Amanda Michelle ~💕 A-ho
Hi there my dearest Amanda, my beautiful Italian Princess. Thank you for finding Navajo Grandma, me, while you were sick and I pray as you drink plenty of water, like a big fat glass full every 1/2 hr, and you pee like a sieve, you will get over it quicker. Anytime I have the sniffles, I drink tons of water, I take vitamin C, and another pill that totally gets me peeing, sorry for saying whats true but you will pee a lot, what are grandma's for right? But its true, pee galore and wash that crap out. Most folks don't do this and suffer. I then drink water and not soda and it is tempting I tell you but water washes us out. There is a Professor at Brigham Young University who invited a Jewish Hollocaust victim, who was the only one who lived until a year ago he died. I heard him and wept. He said while he was behind bars with tons of other Jewish men, the guards didn't give them water. Each Jewish man was given a cup for water. So when this man asked for water, the guards would take the cup and piss into the cup then give that back to him. He said he had no other choice, so he prayed over the urine. Then he drank it. He said God blessed it, it tasted like fresh water and that is how he survived. Others did too but most had not the faith. Thus when they would get sick, he would get urine from the guards and he would bless the urine and the person would drink it and say, "where did you get that fresh water?" He told them the guards helped him. Then they would get well as he had them drink as much as they could or as much as the guards would pee. Now it may seem disgusting, but truly the body had cleansed it and then adding prayer, it was made whole thru faith. You are prayerful I hope and that is also another good thing because you take your water and bless it if you have the sniffles or sick, hopefully you catch it in time, then bless the water. Ask God to cleanse it to hydrate you or your family and to wash out any sickness because its for health and safety and more so when you have children and it spreads quickly. Protect yourself. I have done this when raising 7 children by myself. I put my hands on their little heads and blessed them and their fevers were lifted. It was always too late in the night or early morning to get help. So that was what I did. It requires faith sweetheart. Do this with wisdom and believe. Faith is believing in something you do not see and that is why it is hard for man to have faith. But believe. thank you again for taking the time to write. Thank you for subscribing and yes I wish I lived next door as all my subscribers say, it would end up as a commune LOL!! There is goodness in this land and in our lives it just takes us to pull it out and use wisdom and maintain our faith in God. Pray always my dear one. Love and hugs. Navajo Grandma
We as mexicans "Im Mexican" make kind of that but we make like a thin thin layer bread "tortilla" we fri it and when it come out of the oil we bath the "(Buñuelo)" We mix sugar and cinnamon powder and I call it a sugar bath both sides and that's so good to eat with coffe ,or hot teas
Thank you so much and when you have your children you can do the same. I have those should've would've done better teaching my language to these little ones. They definitely love the food though. My son's birthday was Tuesday turning 49 and he still wants his special foods Mom use to make way back when. So today I am making Navajo Tacos and Navajo dough that is made into strips with frosting that tastes so good. That is what he wants for his birthday cake instead. Funny. Make this recipe yours if you ever try. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I love comments like this because it does tug at our hearts when the memories take us back to those who are gone or to those yesteryears that were spent and left happy thoughts, happy days, happy family and more. Happy to hear this took you back there to your childhood when things were simpler and it was fun and carefree to a certain extent. Happy thoughts. Axhehee. Navajo Grandma
Hi Janice, welcome to the family. Thank you for your compliment and I hope I am doing okay teaching you what grandma learned being on the reservation with my Nali and Bizhi. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
"Can you adopt me?" Every wonderful soul who subscribes is adopted as my grandchildren no matter whom. My quiver is full and room for more. I am always reverently honored when asked if one can be my grandchild. No problem. I am honored & blessed. Now you can actually say, "I have a Navajo Grandma. " Here I am and again with joy & respect. Thank you for this precious comment. Have a peaceful, calm, blessed Sabbath day. Pray always. Acknowledge your Maker for He loves you beyond man's ability & eternally. Happy hugs. Navajo Grandma
You are awesome for this video! As a Mexican American we grew up on tortillas but this was always my favorite way to eat tacos. my family thanks you for this recipe 😊 Frybread is my favorite food and I tried this the way you said and it turned out great.
@Down2Clown636 Thank you and so happy to hear you enjoyed making this. It's great you know how to make breads like this anyway. Enjoy and be happy. Happy thoughts!! Hugs from Navajo Grandma
@Down2Clown636 working on a video now. My video editor blew up while finishing 3/4 of my video, then my computer. So quickly catching up. Thank you for subbing and so appreciate you. Know that here you matter, you are needed and wanted. Grandma prays for all her subscribers daily sometime hourly as some ask and I do have tons of faith in God. He lives! Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Well did you get it for Christmas? I say if you want it learn how to make it. Grandma shared her recipe and make it yours, use whatever ingredients and enjoy. Just do not get addicted. My Grandma Surgeon General advice. LOL
Amy you hit the jack pot, what you just spoke is pure truth. I salute your dignity. You subscribers are so full of amazing wisdom it melts my heart each time I read these. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
You are welcome and grandma has done a lot of Metis genealogy research up north. Reunited a Metis daughter who had never met her dad, she was about 21 years old. She had barely remembered her father, saw a picture one time and she thinks her mother got rid of it. Then she contacted us, we found him driving trucks in Canada. We talked with him and found he was going to be in an area where she was, we asked him if he had a daughter and he wept. He couldn't talk for a few minutes and said, yes, somewhere, he hadn't known about her since he knew she was born. So he said he was a truck driver and was headed to a certain place where he stops to sleep and eat. He never asked, "why are you calling me," but apparently God prepared him for this. He just said it was good talking to people as he drove then asked me who I was. I told him I was Navajo and he said, hey they are good people, and had met some in Arizona a long time ago. So after our conversation, we called her, told her to be there at the truck stop and he had told us what he was wearing without realizing it, what his truck says, who he drove for, etc. He talked about wondering many times where his little angel was. So we told her we wanted to stay on the phone when she arrived at the truck stop. We told her what he wore and the truck & all. She started crying and I thought oh no! I told her don't hang up, she said, "he's walking in here, so we told her to try and contain herself." She did try not to sob. He walked in and she said, "His name, hey, I heard you are my dad." Oh my gosh, he almost fell over she said. He literally fell down and she told him, don't die on me, I am your daughter, these genealogy people helped me find you, don't die dad!! We could only hear him cry and she was crying, then we were crying and the office was crying. She finally let us talk to him, he said, he wondered why he had given so much information to a Navajo woman he didn't know, but he was so happy. He could only cry and they had a wonderful reunion. Thus, is the story of our amazing Metis research to find a dad and reunite a daughter. Precious and makes me grateful this coming Thanksgiving for the abilities God has given us to help others. Happy "Tązhii" Day (Navajo for Happy Thanksgiving Day. Navajo Grandma
That's awesome and I love hearing this. I do not use yeast and somehow it is done by the Northern tribes. I love plain jane frybread (Dah diníilghaazh) and the taste is wonderful. Thank you for making this and please enjoy. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? I learned that and when I see your name, it automatically pops into my head. Jesus' mother was named Mary too. Happy thoughts. Thank you for watching and pray you will watch my Navajo Frybread Pizza Calzone video. It is yummie and from this same recipe. This video is my first done all by myself for reasons you don't want to know. I pray though it isn't professional, that God will bring many here to watch, support and become teachable thru this fun video by grandma. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
You are so welcome! As I always say, make this your recipe and enjoy. Remember moderation in all things as there are lots of carbs here but darn it, carbs make my day too. Yikes. and YUM!! Navajo Grandma
My grandma was native to Navajo here out in Arizona! We always loved her fried bread with spices and kidney beans, lettuce, tomatoes and meat with lime juice! I miss her very much and your recipe really brings back memories that I miss very much! Thank you so much Navajo grandma love you!
What wonderful memories that are happy thoughts now. Thank you so much for sharing and how you are making this fry bread as well. This is Navajo Grandma's recipe and pray that you will make it your own. I do explain that whatever you have on hand to make this is your own creation. There is another fry bread video that I made for a more healthy frybread. But you decide how to make this yours. Thank you again for sharing and God bless your grandma. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Wouldn't you like to spend a day with this lady in the kitchen? We would all leave with a wealth of knowledge. Thank you for this instructional video. It was great watching Navajo Frybread be made with love.
My dear Scott how generous you are with your kind words of Hozho. Yes I would love to spend a day in the kitchen with my subscribers. It would have to be a half of a football field I believe. I know I do not do more cooking but I do want to make another frybread video instructing my Southern Belle daughter in law so you can see whether you are Texan or Dine' you can make this fry bread. It will be more of an instructional video because many need almost a hand by hand instruction and I am willing to do this. It will be fun. For you I know this is easy and I always say, this recipe is here, "make it yours." Enjoy my dear Scott. Thank you and remember grandma loves and appreciates your kind comments and you are always welcomed here with hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma Of all the instructional videos I have watched on CZcams, yours is the nicest response I have ever received. Thank you for your very kind words. And, I'm really looking forward to the video with your daughter. You are a key part of a generation that can preserve tradition through instructional videos, like this one, that become archives for future generations to gain a vast amount of knowledge. Please keep doing what you are doing. Your personality reminds me of my own mother. I will tell you as I tell her: "Your generation is priceless. You are needed and you are loved." ❤
I grew up eating “Indian tacos” all the time as a kid. The fry bread is just so delicious… it’s my favorite food of all time! I haven’t had it in a long time living on the east coast. I can’t wait to make this! Thank you for sharing!
I enjoyed your comment and yes, Navajo Tacos don't show up in the East but in the west, California surprised me. Glad you have the recipe, now make it yours and use whatever ingredients you need and enjoy. Remember its full of carbs so take it easy, enjoy now and then with moderation. Its always good every time you make it and eat it!! Tomorrow I am making Navajo Tacos for my son's friends and us. Yum. Enjoy. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
They served the tacos at the Medicine River Pow Wow this past weekend. So good! I hadn't had them since I left the west a year ago. Thanks for sharing your recipe! ❤
I became addicted to Navajo fry bread at a PowWow 20 years ago (I am Cherokee). I went to Arizona and got the recipe from a Navajo store. Now I can make it myself and not have to wait for the next PowWow!! You can also add herbs and spices to make different flavor bread! Or hit it with cinnamon and sugar when it comes out of the oil. Either way, you won't be disappointed!!
Hey may I use your authentic soulful beautiful words of yummie frybread. You could make a commercial with your words of Hozho. Thank you. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I love fry bread too! I grew up eating it in Arizona when ever there was a pow wow or big festival or party someone would be selling it. When I moved to Europe many years ago I came across a similar dish but made with yest dough, hungarian fried bread called langos. It's fascinating to see what they put on thiers, garlic oil with sour cream and a kind of cheese, it was very good.
My sister dated a boy off a reservation and he would come over and make it for us and mom would make a pot of chili to go with it, I’ve got great memories of him coming over and all of us in the kitchen making Navajo fry bread, that’s been over 35 years but the memories are like it was yesterday, I’ve got a pot of chili going and now I’ll be making some of your bread to go with it, thank you for sharing.😇😇😇
Oh my gosh, did you ever watch the WALTONS, or maybe you weren't even born then. It sounds like a scene out of that series. They always said GOODNIGHT to each other at the end of the show. What happy wonderful memories. So 35 years is he still making frybread for you or is he making it for someone else? Just jokin. You just made grandma hungry as I can smell your chili all the way over her into my hostril!! Happy eating and make this recipe yours and enjoy!! Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
I'm hungry, now, you are such a natural, humble, human being, thank you, I will try this, I've stood in line, at pow wows, but now I will make my own, Thank you Navajo Grandmother...😊
GREAT COMMENT take the bull by the horn. Make your own! Great idea but sometimes someone else doing the job somehow tastes really good. Mom. But wisdom and frugality is smarter thus we make what we desire. Let me know how it turns out. No matter what it will taste so good! Enjoy. Navajo Grandma
This channel is the most beautiful celebration of your culture i have ever found! With all the trials and attrocities that have happened to the indiginous tribes all over the world (my own Sami included)makes it understandable why so many have anger in their hearts. But you are recognizing the anger for what it is - grief! Your grandchildren all avhe for a connection to their ancestors and i can tell you see that and are doing something about it. YOU are doing something to heal your grandchildren but with only love and kindness and sharing knowledge. It really comes through in your work. That spirit of love and service even shows in the comments which are mostly people thanking you and sharing their own stories (where other comment sections seem to only spread more negativity). I cant say this enough, you are a treasure and a blessing to EVERYONE and especially the grandchildren of your tribe. Love you! Thank you!
I have watched beautiful videos of the Sami tribe and how their living is no different from any tribe here. You are a sacred people. Love & hugs. Remain self empowering and resilient plus to let others know your beautiful tribe does still exist!! Love & hugs. Navajo Grandma
That is awesome! Oh man, you just made me hungry. I know how delish it is. The smell even better. The smell always had Mom or Grandma written all over it with love in our nostrils. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Tried this tonight for dinner My dough didn't rise much but it still turned out great and extremely delicious! However, I made my pieces smaller so I could pick them up and eat them with my hands, served chili on top of the bread with cheese and sour cream. My dad says it's now his favorite way to eat chili. Thank you so much for sharing a piece of your heritage with us
Woo Hoo what a wonderful cook you are. I always say, "make this your recipe and enjoy it like you did with your dad. It is so delish!! Great report and so proud of you. This is now your recipe and hold to it dearly. Don't get addicted though. LOL! Hugs to you and your dad. Navajo Grandma
I also make fry bread with buffalo stew. That's my favorite. Try it sometime! I just make a regular vegetable stew: potatoes, carrots, green beans, lots of corn, beef stock, tomato sauce, seasoning and then chunks of buffalo meat. Let it slow simmer until the meat looks cooked. Buffalo has little to no fat. So it cooks faster than beef. Then scoop the stew onto your fry bread. It's heaven! 😄
This is amazing. I was born in Mexico and it’s great to see the similarities we have in our cooking with Native Americans. This here is very similar to BUÑUELOS everything is the same except for the thickness of the dough at the end buñuelos are extended thin like a tortilla and normally we sprinkle sugar on both sides. They are great with coffee.
I just said that lol😉 I didn’t read your post. That’s because many of us are Native/Indigeneous Mexican. Many similarities. Especially as you get close to birder tribes.
Eric what a powerful memory of a loving grandma of yours. Your tears exemplifies what a wonderful woman grandma was and how wonderful you are. A chip off the amazing block, as it were. Thank you for watching and learning. Love your comment. Happy Valentines. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Ray you learned wisdom and that is wonderful. My grandma always was right so was my Mom. Funny huh. Now I am a Mom and a Grandma, what does that say about me?? Well guess what?? "I am right." LOL! Hugs to you. Navajo Grandma
My son is always telling me make me some Navaho tacos I have and they are so good I cook a pot of beans once a week you can make good food with the beans different meals thank I love your smile and your cooking God bless
Oh Linda you just made grandma happy with your comment it was full of Hozho!! You are so kind. I love to make these videos and of course, the food. I want to make some more and we will be versatile in all this with the same dough. You are so right there is much to be made. I will be adding that with some grammar too. We need to know some of our words for this time of year. Hugs to you and I am happy to hear you made some Navajo Tacos, they are always a hit. Hugs always from Navajo Grandma
Grandma you not only give great recipes but, you bring out great memories that are kinda like recipes for life. You are a blessing and I pray you receive many blessings every day.
I'm from Hawaii, my Mother-In-Law taught me how to make fry bread for "Indian Tacos" (Navajo Tacos) here in Oklahoma. I've mastered the dough and the fix-ins for the tacos & OMG ... I love it ! & So does my Husband. ☺️
Tata One, I am so proud of you and if you ever use Navajo Grandma's recipe, I welcome you to make it your own and use whatever ingredients you desire. I also do have a healthy recipe video as well. But sometimes "healthy" doesn't do the frybread justice. LOL! Great comment and enjoy. "Try not to get addicted." Navajo Grandma
Beautiful American indian woman, your silver jewelry is gorgeous....what a brilliant real natural history you have. I am from the North East woods. God bless you and your family. Love Health and Happiness
You know, I wish my mom was a good grama to my kids and my Grand child... my mom is still here but she shows her affection to someone else's grand kids.. Black sheep of the family does exist .... my grandmother pass on when I was young.. but now my wife is a grandmother and I see a lot of resemblance with the way your prepare food... and I love my wife for that... im happy for the navajo people that have good parents and grandparents....
Thank you for watching this video and supporting grandma. I know at times families aren’t perfect like we see in others, but somehow although it hurts, you and your wife have permission if it so be to change what you saw in your own families and be the opposite. It’s hard to forgive too but we all can. We all do not know exactly why certain people act a certain way, but God does but it’s up to us to try to understand and love them irregardless of how they are. It maybe you will be the one to open their heart & they will reveal things or you will find out why. You are a good soul with your family & keep moving forward, enjoy the food your wife prepares & love her for what she does. Pray always together as well. Grandma loves you all. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I am from Ky. My grandma taught me to make biscuits without measuring anything. We used flour, salt, soda, baking powder, lard or crisco, and buttermilk. My grandmas old snuff can was used as a biscuit cutter. Snuff used to come in narrow tin cans, but you can't find them anymore. I miss those tiny wonderful biscuits.
Oh Shrimpy Muscles, what wonderful memories you flooded back to my mind. Yes, I remember with all my heart. My aunties and uncles use to sneek those snuff cans into their pockets to hide from my grandpa, so while sheep herding they would walk around with bulges in their cheeks and brushed their teeth to death when they got home. I just watched and sometimes grandpa would find the snuff cans and yell at them to no avail because they kept it out in the hills. I can see why you were able to use them as biscuit cutters. Oh you need to write these things down. If you asked anyone now about your comment, they would look with duh. Thank you so much for this incredible amazing memory and wish I had one of those snuff cans even now just as a symbolism of my life experiences and the smell of it as a little child. I have to admit it smelled good but later in life found out that it caused cancer of the mouth, throat and lungs. So sad. Hugs galore for your wonderful comments. Thanks so much!!! Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma my grandma put the snuff down under her lip below her teeth. She lived into her late 90s. She took care of me til I was 5. She gave me a big spoon of a little sugar and a lot of 'coal oil' to stop pin worms. She made teas out of leaves, barks, and roots daily for me when I had polio. I did great and I was very blessed to have her
My grandma was taken from her family at a young age and put into an Indian school. When she finally got out and had her own family, the trauma lead to her own children being taken and raised by white people. As her granddaughter, I've had to learn things (like making fry bread) thru CZcams or other sites. Thank you for posting this. While I may not be Navajo, the techniques are what I needed most.
Because I have been gone for a while, I have had time to think upon making a video that is a really hands on step by step video. I hope you watch it when it is done. Navajo Grandma
Your voice is very peaceful. I am neither Indigenous nor Mexican but I must have been in a past life because I love the foods and culture. Thank you...please keep teaching. ❤❤God Bless you and your family
Thank you! 😃 and yes, it doesn't matter who you are or what color you are, you are grandma's grandchild and you are welcome to desire to eat whatever you wish but with what? "moderation." Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Hello my dear Navajo lovely grandma.. I like this recipe a lot and I will make it for sure, thank you so much for being so sweet and for your smile. Please stay healthy and wel🌿💐🌱💞🍀🌻🌾❤
What a sweet kind comment from you Sofia. So happy to hear you watched and learned to actually desire to make this recipe. You will do a great job. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
My sister dated a boy off the reservation and he came over to our house one day and taught my mom how to make it and man oh man that was some of the best bread ID ever had and haven t had it in years and I was looking for the recipe thank you for sharing, .
Thank you Rena and yes what a delicious introduction it was for you right? Yummmm!! Hugs to you and may we always enjoy these wonderful tastes and maybe they serve it in Heaven, hmmm. Well we don't want to know for a dang long time either. LOL!! Hugs to you from Navajo Grandma
Some of the best memories I have growing up are visiting restaurants on the reservations in Arizona and eating this delicious bread. So glad I found an easy and authentic recipe ❤
Happy you found this recipe too. Now make it yours by adding what you like as some prefer certain ingredients. I do have a frybread ingredient video as well. Enjoy. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Had to come back I miss watching your videos .. what is the Navajo word for grandmother that’s what I love to call you, I loss my mother recently so I’ve taking time away, pray you’ve been well still. Love you !
Call me "shi Ma sani" will work for me. When you subscribed Navajo Grandma already adopted you as her own. Now you know. My dear one. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Once my grandmother who was from Puerto Rico came to stay with us in NYC while my mother worked. I remember we came home from grade school once and she had made fried dough and each of us got a small bowl of bean sauce with a few beans from the stewed beans she had made for dinner and fried bread to dunk. Our inner reaction was "WHAT", can life be this good 😆 Only grandmothers can make these memories. Thank you this wonderful video and recipe. ❤
Henry, just reading your comment makes me want to go get some Pinto beans going. There is nothing like a fried bread to dunk into Pinto beans. The taste is comfort and love and grandma's goodness. I use to look at grandma's hands and wonder what made our food so delicious. I just remember how they looked and I knew her hands worked hard. But remained soft and beautiful. Great memories like your memories, remember to write these moments down, you will find more will start flowing after and what a legacy to leave your posterity. Wonderful. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Well congratulations. A man would know how frybread would taste. Well done. Our taste buds do not lie. I am still hoping I can get home to create a step by step frybread mixture and frying, etc. The types of products you want to use is yours to decide. Navajo Grandma
Thank You Navajo Grandmother I have Cherokee Blood in me and I cook lots of Fry Bread so thanks so much Oh and I grew up in Arizona and I am friend to many there
Flour has a mood about how much water it needs. Thank you for showing us, Grandmother. The food takes our mood and love into our loved ones tummies 😊 We love you 💜💜💜
MamaBear you are so right, then we add love through our labor. Such words of wisdom you just shared:) Don't forget to view my videos, watch and enjoy. Navajo Grandma
GRANDMA GRANDMA GRANDMA!! We just finished eating Navajo tacos with your recipe and guidance! We are all stuffed and so happy. It was my husband, children, mother, father and brother. The menfolk are definitely more vocal about their food when you put fry bread in front of them. The recipe turned out perfectly. Thank you so much. I’m going to put this in my family recipe box (which only holds recipes we adore , like things from my childhood.) and I’m going to put that it is your recipe Navajo Grandma. 💛💛💛💛 Thank you for all you do 💛💛💛 Still praying for you.
What a delightful comment!! Family eating frybread or Navajo Taco's together. Happy memories, happy thoughts, and happy tastebuds!! So happy to hear this. I keep saying, "make this your recipe, use whatever you desire and stamp your name on it next to Navajo Grandma LOL!! Hugs to you and yes, Grandma prays for you daily as well. I love everyone of my subscribers and their happy comments!! Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma it was such a treat. My dad kept complimenting me and my husband didn’t come up for air lol. I used up lots of veggies and such. Nothing was wasted . Yours is the only recipe I will use from now on. And I can’t wait to try this dough in the other forms you show in your other videos 💛 Thank you for sharing a part of your heart with all of us 💛
@@masuganut2082 I love your comment, I could just keep reading your comments, they are so fun and you made me laugh about your husband not coming up for air and your dad complimenting you. Wow what wonderful men you have in your life who love you and your cookin. This is a wonderful happy thoughts I shall keep to keep the smile on my face. Hugs to you and your success. Again make this your recipe. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I’m definitely going to do a lot with this dough recipe. May even try a sweet version with strawberries for my kids. It makes me so happy to think my comments are making you happy. You bring so much love and peace into every video. We all love you so much. 💛💛💛
Now that is the best compliment ever. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ and he is my whole foundation and because of Him I am whom I am. I pray daily that although I am imperfect I ask for forgiveness and to mold me into being the salt of the earth like my ancestors. Yes, and thank you, Ahehee. Navajo Grandma
All right Grandma I am gunna give this a try for out VFW this week. Gunna make the dough on Wednesday for cooking on Thursday. So will let you know how it goes. I can tell I am getting hungry thinking about it
Salvage Monster - what a name! So Navajo Grandma will pray for you and bless you that this recipe will be as easy and come out perfect and soft as a baby's bottom. Don't over knead it. You will know when the consistency turns into a ball of dough easily, and all the flour comes off the sides of your bowl. On Wednesday evening, take some olive oil in your hand or barely sprinkle it around your round dough so it won't stick to the pan or bucket?? Also you won't get that hard crust from sitting over night. "Really" you should wake up early and make it then for later that morning or day. The dough will be more pliable. Wisdom from Grandma. Good luck with blessings from Navajo Grandma. Now I would like a report. Happy eating and yes, you can't mess this recipe up, know this. No matter what, you will thoroughly enjoy it way way too much:)
I am 66 year's old and recovering from a fire that took my life. God gave it back. You remind me of my mother. She was beautiful and she made sure I knew I was loved. We lived on a small Reservation in Oregon. It was a two room shack with a tin can roof, no running water, and a massive cast iron cook stove in the middle. Soon after we moved there people discovered mom could cook! I remember waking to the slapping sound in the morning's often before dawn. The smell of fry bread and "fixin's". There would alway's be people waiting to buy her food. She would sing blessing song's in time with flattening the bread. I wasn't raised in poverty! We had good and simple food. We had the best outhouse too. It was a two seater! Mom bought two toilet seats from Goodwill for ten cents. She said the only reason she spent so much money on the toilet seats was so she wouldn't worry about my falling in! My mom, in my eye's she is still the most beautiful, hardest working, loving woman in the world. You remind me of her! I miss her! Thank you for bringing back those wonderful memories! A'HO 💚
O Marsha, I could wrap my grandma arms around you so tight. I hope you feel grandmas love as I make these videos for each of you my channel grandchildren. Your comment melted my heart, pulled at my heartstrings sweetheart. But what a beautiful vision, a simply beautiful outlook at what others would deem lowly when to us simplicity was love, hard work was life but precious and we loved one another. May Heavenly Father love, comfort and keep you always to protect you. You are in my prayers with protection. Now smile and lift your precious mind from your beautiful remembering and get a pen, write your heart down, your heart full of absolutely precious memories. Promise grandma. Love n Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I thank you both. I have found that the wealthy live their lives on attaining wealth and keeping it no matter the cost. There are the people who have nothing but are willing to take what others work hard for. But, then you have those that don't see dollar signs in everything! They don't really have much monetarily, however are rich in love, wealthy in culture and covered with love and compassion(had a small war with spellcheck, it was determined to say constipation instead of compassion)from family and friends! No one on that small reservation (400 acres)had much. And the Tue night gatherings were murder!(venison chilli, venison tacos, venision and beans with beans and venison mystery something all with BEANS) If you were a kid there was no escape. Ventilation wasn't a big issue back then. But, the laughter and gentle teasing, the music and dancing, the being together made us incredibly rich and happy. Navajo Grandma, sharing thing's the way you do with everyone is a wonderfull blessing! Keep on doing what you are! Teach others how to do it. I think you are pulling everyone together. I am Cherokee and Paiute! And now live in Eastern Washington. We are everywhere! I am sharing you with all the people I know. We need you! A'HO 💚
@@marshamoore8385 You need more hugs sweetheart. What an amazing life you have lived and still do. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I just found your channel today and I'm so glad I did. I'm now a subscriber. I'm Cherokee, Souix (Lakota) and Navajo however it goes very far back so I don't look like I have any native American blood in me at all. Unfortunately none of the tribal ways or languages have survived in my family so all I have is what I find in videos such as this. Many blessings to you my new friend!
@@babygrandma8654 it's surviving. Like beads and threads of days gone by traded between the nations of turtle island now it is memory traded here in you tube. We are all one people made by the Creator inspired and protected by Great Spirit. The Earth is our mother. Even look to the Holy Bible, God the Father and Creator reached to the Earth and sculpted Adam. We all have the same Heavenly Father and Earth as our Mother.
Unfortunately, the original fork tongue (serpent) has only made marital conflicts and sibling rivalries from begining days.
My mom has been disabled for around a year now and she cant cook for now and she's been mentioning fry bread I'm gonna use your recipe this week to give her what she's been wanting as a surprise. Hope I make it right. Thank you for your hard work making the videos and helping me to be able to bless her. 🙏❤🧡
What a good soul and daughter you are!! You give me Hope in civilization. When you use my recipe, put all dry ingredients together, mix, if you want to make a crater in the dry ingredients and put 1/4 cup of olive oil it's up to you. Then use warm warm water. Start with 2 cups, mix just enough to wet the dry flour mix. Add another 1/2 cup, about here you can start to feel if you need more water or not. Knead gently into a ball. Cover let sit for 30 minutes then use whatever oil you want. Put flour on table roll out the ball of dough. Your oil should be 375 degrees. Fry golden and place on paper towel. ENJOY!! Tell your dear mother, Navajo Grandma wishes her a happy meal and I will pray for her. Hugs to you both!! Navajo Grandma
Don’t tell my mom but this is the best fry bread recipe on CZcams.
Well how kind of you to say so. I hope you make it yours and pass it on from generation to generation. I created that because no one in my Navajo family knew exactly what measurements were. They would just get this get that and mix it and it was amazing. So one day when my Bizhi was making frybread. I got a small bowl for every ingredient she just measured by sight. The outcome was incredible and that is what we got. It was so exact I sat in disbelief. I did it again twice a day later and again it was exact to the bone. So like others say, their mothers and grandmothers never measured and I can now see why. So wonderful and a tribute you have given my Bizhi. Thank you sweet one! New Year hugs with prosperity, healing, health and peace, beauty, balance and harmony to fill you thru out the next 364 days! Love you. Navajo Grandma
Watching her make bread and say words in her native language was a real treat....Thank you for sharing⚘️👍🏽
Hi sweetheart this is me, Navajo Grandma, I appreciate your comment. I hope you try to make this. It's now your recipe. Enjoy. When your low on money sell it and or make Navajo tacos. Serious. Love you. Navajo Grandma
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she pats!!!! she legit....I miss my grandma
Yup I pitter and patter LOL!! Thank you for watching and hope you try to make this dough. You will be so surprised that you can't mess it up. It will taste absolutely lovely!! New Year Hugs!! Navajo Grandma
When you showed the ingredients on paper I knew I could trust you.🙏🏽💛
Why thank you. Navajo Grandma
I was thinking the same thing 🙂
Ain't that the truth
Nice handwriting, yes! 😁
My thoughts exactly!! Oki!!!
It's long overdue...to find authentic first people of the americas presenting their recipes... rather than a rash of caucasian videographers flooding the web making native american cuisine.
Thank you for sharing🙂
Well said and thank you for your wonderful comment!! Hugs to you malcolm, Navajo Grandma
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How wonderful family recipies still exist. My family didn't pass anything down except alcoholism lol. Thank you for documenting this. A treasure for humanity. Peace be with you.
This was a great comment, thank you for being the one who is positive and thankful for goodness and throwing out the bad. You recognize what was wrong and maybe what went wrong, that makes you the top percentile and that you will be amazing in 2024!! And even now!! When our eyes are opened, we need to be the best and be absolutely as wonderful as we desire!! I pray for you to have a great year of remembering, writing down goodness, having great healing and health, praying always, being kind and loving, forgiving yourself and your family for whatever they may have done or chose to do that might seem off color to you, the joy is that you won't repeat the wheel! I love that you see clearly. This is what makes your comment absolutely one in a million. I hope you take the time to make this frybread. Lots of carbs, just don't get addicted okay? HAPPY NEW YEAR HUGS FROM NAVAJO GRANDMA!!! Love you.
I wish I had a grandma like this. I envy people that have caring grandmas in their lives🥲
Now Now Trucking Ty, you do have a Navajo Grandma and here I am!!! Do you dare think I am not your grandma. I am as you have become a subscriber! You are wonderful and grandma loves you so. Thank you for watching and hope you try making this frybread dough and seeing all the different ways you can enjoy eating this versatile dough (cooked I mean LOL!). I welcome you and I always say, come sit next to grandma and warm your feet next to the fire, watch, listen and learn. You are my grandchild and I am happy to add more. That is a grandma's heart, room for more. Love always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma you are beautiful thank you for your love and kindness to us.😇🙏
@@the2dreamers Thank you for acknowledging this. Grandma does love and prays for you always. Its important, wise and necessary. Hugs forever. Navajo Grandma
I wish so too. Maybe you should adopt one😉 I never see my grandkids anymore.
I never knew my grandmothers - I do feel I missed out.
Oh… I could be your cousin or sister or maybe even Auntie- too old to be a grandkid.
I woke up this morning homesick, made a cup of dark roast coffee and wanted fry bread. I make it but with yeast because I make a big batch of bread when I do it. It is kind to my heart to watch you on your kitchen. I store my flour the way you do. I have revere ware pans on my counter- I mix all my breads with my hands. I could be back home in S.Dakota at my auntie gladys. Be Safe-
The Creator sent me home for a bit this morning- to your warm kitchen. I am grateful 🌻
You made me 😃 Navajo Grandma
God bless you! I am a Ukrainian woman, but I read so many books about your culture. I bake bread Ukrainian bread for my family every week.
Welcome to Navajo Grandma’s channel. I welcome you and know your people like Naive Americans have gone thru more than you and your people have experienced. Tho through suffering it has made us strong. I love that you make your bread for family. Great comment. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I'm not Tribal but you have no idea how much it means to me for people to pass down family/generational recipes. My Mom & Grandmothers took all of their recipes to their graves. Nothing was ever written or measured, & when these wonderful women left this world, so too went their equally wonderful food. Thank you. I look forward to your other delicious recipes.
What you spoke is true. It’s up to us to preserve our traditions, our knowledge of our grandparents, your remembrance to write them down and cherish them with family. Thank you for watching and learning. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Well they were smart to take it to their graves. Now days ppl just learn and make money off of it. Some don't even taste good..
So true-- I lost the cookbooks, my mom's recipes, my recipes, all of the magic involved in cooking and baking. They were the foods that connected people and events over more than a century. All gone in a fire. *Please, please, please, keep copies in separate locations.* Out of all that was lost, the recipes are what I miss the most.
*MAKE COPIES!*
@@Rockymountainhoney1 Why is it shameful to make a living with a skill that no one else has, that you learned from your ancestors, that others enjoy? You are both A) teaching others the food of your culture, and B) making a living doing it........that's not wrong.
My dad made the best homemade biscuits and for some reason he wouldn't let me watch or tell me how he made them. I know basic biscuit dough is simple but I still haven't come close or found another that comes close to how his tasted!
I love you're turquoise and sliver bracelet Navajo Grandma
Keasha thank you for your compliment. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
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Her FRIED BREAD DOUGH recipe is:
4 cups apf flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
1/3 cup oil
3 cups warm water
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How many does this make?
@@mycupoftea7175 Very medium about 50 but larger about 25 maybe. Gma
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Ok thank you, I'm looking for amount for 3-4 people. I like your channel very informative, blessings to you & your family🙂
@@mycupoftea7175 use half the recipe. That will work. Hugs & bon appetite. Whatever that means LOL! Navajo Grandma
We all better learn the old ways❤❤
Yes, these ways were amazing and home made. Cooked, fried, or dried outside. Those were the days when food tasted so much better because they came from our own hard work and during the winter we ate how wonderful it tasted. Great wisdom what you said. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Non tribal and most African-American but mannn how much i love learning about my native(blackfoot) roots and learning abt native culture in general. My grandmother lost touch with her roots as a child and the gatekeeping of the culture is understandable, but your channel has been a blessing for me being displaced on both sides of my ethnic background. Thank you again, and much love❤🙌🏿
There is always a way to learn and a way for us to accomplish knowing where we came from, who we are and in defining ourselves. God bless and remember your prayers that your ancestors will come forth and show themselves to you. Navajo Grandma
@williamclark9442 did you know that in Africa, they make a similar bread called Chapati. I think the indigenous peoples across the world all have connections in some way 😊
@jessiegutowski316 my dear Jesse we are all similar indeed. WE ARE ALL ONE BIG FAMILY, we all have the exact SAME ROOTS THRU OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. So imperative to see the beautiful secular differences here on earth BUT SPIRITUALL ONE GREAT CHILDREN OF OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER & HEAVENLY PRECIOUS MOTHER. We are here on this earth being tested to see if we remember truly from whence we came. Only 2 powers here, Satan & God. Which one do you think SEPARATES US and WHICH JOINS US AS ONE FAMILY FROM MILLENIAS AGO?
Navajo Grandma
Welcome and great comment. You are family tho your tribe or nationality is separate in this mortal life, we feel the spiritual connections as we learn about each other's culture ,& traditions my grandson. You keep learning and being receptive. Your desire to learn will bless your life. Remember to pray always as well. Always ask to know truth. Allow God to guide you to your true heritage. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
@NavajoGrandma thank you so much for saying this! There's so much division lately. If everyone would just take this to heart and realize that we all come from the same place, we are all connected, the world would be a better place. ❤
You are so pretty, you look so much like my mom (she’s 1/2 Apache)
Well what kind words and even a compliment. Thank you so kindly. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Watching her in the kitchen, I look at her skin on her arms and can see my mom's skin beautiful brownred colour.
My goodness, you look & sound so much like my own Mom, who I lost over 20 years ago; she was Cree. I'm truly amazed and you've warmed my heart! I'm definitely going to try this recipe and thank you so very much for sharing this with us.
Bless you & your family, Navajo Grandma ❤️
Moms are amazing and their love is non replaceable. Thank you for sharing your heart. I want to thank you for this great comment. Hugs always from Navajo Grandma
Your Grandma is with U every time U make Frybread Gone but not forgotten😞💔R.I.P.🙏Grandma💗
What a kind thought and yes, I know my grandma watches over me and my grandpa. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma Yes Grandpa too☺ I didn't know he was still with us💗
I love how she counted the cups of flour in Navajo so sweet go off Navajo mama 🙏🏼🧡
Thank you Sabrina, you are so kind to compliment Grandma's counting, even that makes grandma happy. I am glad you took the time to watch this video and maybe later you can try making this. You can't mess it up. Hugs to you. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I did today please tell me how to fix the consistency of my dough mine came out sticky 😆 but I will give it another try. I thank you so much for sharing this recipe with us I wish I didn’t suck so bad 😂. May God bless you Navajo Grandma ♥️
@@Bigbodybri If it is too sticky did you sprinkle a little more flour on it? Apply a little at a time until the dough becomes more pliable. Not too much flour. Try a tablespoon at a time, mix it in and knead it, then if it is still sticky, do another tablespoon. Once it doesn't sticky all over, then it should roll into a ball. cover it, let it sit for 20 minutes covered with a dish towel and I put a plate on top of the dish towel. Let it rise then it should be nice and soft and ready to roll out. Love you for trying and asking grandma questions. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Don't give up. Practice does make perfect sweetheart.
My favorite part! @NavajoGrandma, this is a great way to pass along the language!
My next videos will involve defining myself, a sober one, then excitedly moving towards Grandma shearing a sheep for you all. This is an opener with videos on the weaving loom, rugs, carding and spinning dowel with weaving accessories. Its getting exciting to learn more about Dine' textile. Please watch and learn. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank you for the teachings :) can't wait! 💛
My Mother in taught me this and how she made corn fritters, with plain fine cornmeal white or yellow cold water and salt... They are a delicious favorite that has been passed down from one generation to another...Thanks I enjoyed the video reminded me of my late beloved mother in law ..
@@Warriarwomen45 I love that when we share we are reminded of our past and how wonderful and amazing our associations with our family members were and what they taught us. Sad we don't realize that until they are gone. I pray grandma is waking up all so they don't allow this again. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Thank you for sharing these things with us!
@LDuke-pc7kq this might be two years ago but my thanks to you persists. Axhehee. Navajo Grandma
That is how I remember seeing it made. It is all about not overworking the dough.
Well said. Hugs. Navajo Grandm
I’m Native/indigenous Mexican/Spanish (Tarahumara and others). My parents always taught us we have indigenous roots and I’m finding out more all the time. Our culture and languages were taken for us a long time ago. My husband is part Tlingit. I love the similarities of Mexican recipes to fry bread. This is on the menu tonight! ❤️
Oooh Veronica this is what I like to hear. This is wonderful frybread and yes it is close to sopapillas but the spanish use way tons more lard for this than what the Dine' do. But the taste, oh my the taste!! Yup we are similar and we are family. Hugs to all natives no matter where. Hugs to all from Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma it was delicious! My got out of the hospital with covid, so I made it for her. We are Tarahumara, Otomi and a bit Pima. Looking forward to more recipes. It’s Pow wow season-there are two big ones here, coming up. More good food lol. Hugs to you!
@@veronicahernandez7322 where do you live and which tribes are having pow wows? Gma
@@NavajoGrandma hi! I live in Southern California. The Morongo band has a huge Pow wow in a few weeks and welcomes many tribes to participate. We also have San Manuel Pow Wow and they welcome native people from all over. I believe there are more coming up.
@@veronicahernandez7322 Wow its wonderful to finally have Pow Wows now that this covid thing is hopefully over and we need to still take precautions no matter what. Grandma still wears a mask and I am sure people stare and hate me doing this but I did this long ago long long ago. When I went to church and did things I kept picking up sicknesses until I started wearing masks. I did this long ago. When I went to Japan this is what they did back in the 70s and 80s. They have mask and condom dispensers everywhere on the streets. Silly but if someone is caught sneezing or coughing they get fined. Back then in the 80's when I was there that is what happened. Mainly to protect the population because its a butt to butt cheek to cheek train ride and walk everywhere back then. Hope you stay safe and enjoy those Pow Wows for Grandma!! Pow Wow Hugs. Navajo Grandma
brings back warm memories of Arizona, Navajo Fry Bread and Navajo Tacos. So delicious!
Oh yes! Now you can mix up a batch and make it yourself. Fun!! Navajo Grandma
Glad to hear the Navajo language.
Awesome and there are other videos where grandma tries to teach you more. Hugs and continue watching and learning. Hugs to you. Navajo Grandma
Why is it that our Grandma's were the best cooks ever, and like Navajo Grandma never used any measuring tools at all. Man, I do miss my Grandma's cooking. ( And her most of all )
Grandma's have learned their lessons and are wise because of the lives they have lived. Maybe perfect and some not so perfect moments but we learn how to accept life and make it better. Food being one of them. Your grandma misses you too, remember that. Navajo Grandma
You came it for your family now ! Get bussy 👍
So glad I found your channel. I'm Indigenous Mexican (Nahua)and like others, I can see the similarities. I've yet to try fry bread but looking forward to trying your recipe, and of course as we know, everything tastes better when it's made with grandma's love ❤
Welcome!! This is Navajo Grandma. I am so happy and hope you did subscribe. Yes, we are all family and our familial ways, culture, traditions are similar for everyone across the board or earth. Welcome again and always comment when you can after watching my videos. I will always answer you. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
@NavajoGrandma I finally made fry bread today. It gave me a little trouble at first, as do tortillas sometimes lol but in the end, they came out great! I decided to use them to make Venison BLT's. It was delicious! Thank you again for sharing your recipe ❤
@jessiegutowski316 oh my can Grandma come over!! Sounds so delish!! Great job and thank you for being grateful, so few are nowadays. Bon Apetite or in Navajo "thlikaango eyaa!" LOL!! Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma sure! The more the merrier!
@@jessiegutowski316 ❤️❤️❤️😄😄😄👍
Never forget your language, customs or food recipes, my family has, I'm from the English traveller community/ gypsy and everything is gone.
Thank you. Actually, even if you remember one ancestral anything, you can build upon it. Find others of the same heritage, it doesn't necessarily have to be family but befriend them, we all learn from one another. Never lose hope. Love you so. Go outside your circle & find what you thought was gone. I shall pray for you. Or create your own heritage customs & whatever is uplifting. Pray & ask for direction. No one is with out a heritage. If you believe in God. Now here is a true heritage & lineage that is eternal. Hugs with power. Navajo Grandma
I lived in Salt Lake City as a kid in the 90s, and there used to be a restaurant near my house called Navajo Hogan. We loved it and the wonderful family that ran it. I miss the delicious flatbread / tacos every day. Your finished product looks exactly like the Navajo Tacos I remember. They also had a delicious dessert we would share, where the frybread was covered in butter, cinnamon, and a sugar glaze.
Unbelievably delicious.
I can't wait to make this bread. You may have given me back a part of my childhood that I've missed for years!
@@Lesardah Great comment!! Please write this down for yourself & your posterity. Enjoy creating & eating a lovely memory. Hugs, Navajo Grandma
This is the first video I watched of yours Grandma 1 year ago today. YEAH!!! AHO
Hey HAPPY ANNIVERSARY and you are still the wonderful Terry Russell since then with kind comments and supporting Navajo Grandma. Love you so even 365 days later. You must be Hozho.
Oh wow I do miss HOME.....New Mexico my state....with tons of Navajo Fry Bread I do miss growing up
So welcome from Navajo Grandma. Learn how to make frybread and smell and eat the taste of home in New Mexico. Just don't get addicted LOL!! HUGS, Navajo Grandma
I love this recipe. I am Pomo/Wailacki from Northern California and have always struggled with making great fry bread. My grandma passed when I was young so I didn’t get a chance to learn from her. As you may know a lot of people are very protective of their recipes and it is crazy that the recipe can vary so much since it usually has the same basic ingredients! So thank you For sharing your recipe with me. My family says it’s my best fry bread ever!
oOOOH WHAT A COMPLIMENT!! Make this recipe yours and continue to enjoy. Hugs with love. Navajo Grandma
This is the Navajo Queen and fine recipes
LOL! Axhehee Richard. Navajo Grandma
You are such a beautiful woman! Inside and out! Thank you for showing how to make fry bread! GOD bless you and your family! ❤ from Oklahoma 😊
U r so sweet!! Have fun but don't get addicted LOL! Navajo Grandma
Thank you for sharing a part of your heritage; God bless you 🕊️
You are so welcome and thank you for being so receptive. What an honor for Grandma. Hugs! Navajo Grandma
My grandma was from Colorado she made them exactly like this. The sound took me back to my childhood ❤
This is wonderful when I am happy that you are receptive enough to experience your memories that bring joy to your soul & spirit. Thank you for sharing this memory and it's heartstrings. I love you all for being here as our Navajo Grandma family. Happy Holiday Hugs!! My blessings is that you shall be most Prosperous this NEW Year. Be wise with what you will receive. Love you.
Navajo Grandma
Its almost 5 am. Ive been ive since 2 am. Ive got some flu or something. Im sick as well as my husband and kids. Your channel popped up. I absolutely adore you. You are such a sweet soul. My parents are both passed on. I miss the "mother ways" that i see in you. I hardly have any family. My husband and kids but extended family isnt good. I wish i lived by you to just sit laugh learn and talk. Your family is truly blessed to have you. Keep the videos comin. My husband is full Caddo and i make fry bread/ndn tacos, meat pies, ndn corn, vety often for him and fried pies for dessert. Im Italian so ive always got something cookin! Much much ❤ from Oklahoma.
~Amanda Michelle ~💕 A-ho
Hi there my dearest Amanda, my beautiful Italian Princess. Thank you for finding Navajo Grandma, me, while you were sick and I pray as you drink plenty of water, like a big fat glass full every 1/2 hr, and you pee like a sieve, you will get over it quicker. Anytime I have the sniffles, I drink tons of water, I take vitamin C, and another pill that totally gets me peeing, sorry for saying whats true but you will pee a lot, what are grandma's for right? But its true, pee galore and wash that crap out. Most folks don't do this and suffer. I then drink water and not soda and it is tempting I tell you but water washes us out. There is a Professor at Brigham Young University who invited a Jewish Hollocaust victim, who was the only one who lived until a year ago he died. I heard him and wept. He said while he was behind bars with tons of other Jewish men, the guards didn't give them water. Each Jewish man was given a cup for water. So when this man asked for water, the guards would take the cup and piss into the cup then give that back to him. He said he had no other choice, so he prayed over the urine. Then he drank it. He said God blessed it, it tasted like fresh water and that is how he survived. Others did too but most had not the faith. Thus when they would get sick, he would get urine from the guards and he would bless the urine and the person would drink it and say, "where did you get that fresh water?" He told them the guards helped him. Then they would get well as he had them drink as much as they could or as much as the guards would pee. Now it may seem disgusting, but truly the body had cleansed it and then adding prayer, it was made whole thru faith. You are prayerful I hope and that is also another good thing because you take your water and bless it if you have the sniffles or sick, hopefully you catch it in time, then bless the water. Ask God to cleanse it to hydrate you or your family and to wash out any sickness because its for health and safety and more so when you have children and it spreads quickly. Protect yourself. I have done this when raising 7 children by myself. I put my hands on their little heads and blessed them and their fevers were lifted. It was always too late in the night or early morning to get help. So that was what I did. It requires faith sweetheart. Do this with wisdom and believe. Faith is believing in something you do not see and that is why it is hard for man to have faith. But believe. thank you again for taking the time to write. Thank you for subscribing and yes I wish I lived next door as all my subscribers say, it would end up as a commune LOL!! There is goodness in this land and in our lives it just takes us to pull it out and use wisdom and maintain our faith in God. Pray always my dear one. Love and hugs. Navajo Grandma
We love you grandma!
Love you right back. GMa
We as mexicans "Im Mexican" make kind of that but we make like a thin thin layer bread "tortilla" we fri it and when it come out of the oil we bath the "(Buñuelo)"
We mix sugar and cinnamon powder and
I call it a sugar bath both sides and that's so good to eat with coffe ,or hot teas
mmmmmm, sounds YUMMIE. I will try it, thanks for a nice treat suggestion. Navajo Grandma
Butter and honey.
Spread some cream cheese on it with what you said and roll it like a taquito and it's good that way too 😍
My family calls them sopapillas. Beside the other ideas we pour honey on them when they are nice and hot@
@Irene Montana I aet them too but I forgot the name of the sopapillas 😂
You are such a beautiful lady inside and out. God bless you.
Oh my what a kind compliment of Hozho. Thank you so much. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Blessings sacred family 👪 ❤
Awwww what a lovely simple way to speak with such kindness of Hozho. Thank you sweet one!! Kind hugs. Navajo Grandma
Loved the way you also teach your grandchildren Indian tongue with the recipe....thanks grandma
Thank you so much and when you have your children you can do the same. I have those should've would've done better teaching my language to these little ones. They definitely love the food though. My son's birthday was Tuesday turning 49 and he still wants his special foods Mom use to make way back when. So today I am making Navajo Tacos and Navajo dough that is made into strips with frosting that tastes so good. That is what he wants for his birthday cake instead. Funny. Make this recipe yours if you ever try. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Love my Navajo grandmas 🥰
Awwww is all I can say. Grandma
It’s like watching “Gandma” Julia Curly.
Thank you for taking me back to my childhood.
I love comments like this because it does tug at our hearts when the memories take us back to those who are gone or to those yesteryears that were spent and left happy thoughts, happy days, happy family and more. Happy to hear this took you back there to your childhood when things were simpler and it was fun and carefree to a certain extent. Happy thoughts. Axhehee. Navajo Grandma
You remind me of my grandma she was part Cherokee and Blackfoot Indian
My husband is part Navajo
Hi Janice, welcome to the family. Thank you for your compliment and I hope I am doing okay teaching you what grandma learned being on the reservation with my Nali and Bizhi. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Can I adopt her as my Grandma? What a precious treasure, thank you for sharing!
"Can you adopt me?" Every wonderful soul who subscribes is adopted as my grandchildren no matter whom. My quiver is full and room for more. I am always reverently honored when asked if one can be my grandchild. No problem. I am honored & blessed. Now you can actually say, "I have a Navajo Grandma. " Here I am and again with joy & respect. Thank you for this precious comment. Have a peaceful, calm, blessed Sabbath day. Pray always. Acknowledge your Maker for He loves you beyond man's ability & eternally. Happy hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma wow you’re amazing. Much love and respect.
You are awesome for this video! As a Mexican American we grew up on tortillas but this was always my favorite way to eat tacos. my family thanks you for this recipe 😊 Frybread is my favorite food and I tried this the way you said and it turned out great.
@Down2Clown636 Thank you and so happy to hear you enjoyed making this. It's great you know how to make breads like this anyway. Enjoy and be happy. Happy thoughts!! Hugs from Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma thank you! Just subbed and will def be watching future videos 😁
@Down2Clown636 working on a video now. My video editor blew up while finishing 3/4 of my video, then my computer. So quickly catching up. Thank you for subbing and so appreciate you. Know that here you matter, you are needed and wanted. Grandma prays for all her subscribers daily sometime hourly as some ask and I do have tons of faith in God. He lives! Hugs from Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma God Bless! ❤️
I miss fry bread. My Navajo friends asked my kiddingly what I wanted for Christmas and I said send Fry Bread. LOL ❤ love it!
Well did you get it for Christmas? I say if you want it learn how to make it. Grandma shared her recipe and make it yours, use whatever ingredients and enjoy. Just do not get addicted. My Grandma Surgeon General advice. LOL
Hope you got some for Christmas!
Wow, the power of women to preserve culture. Culture is food, language, beliefs, etc... God made tribes and this video is priceless!!!
Amy you hit the jack pot, what you just spoke is pure truth. I salute your dignity. You subscribers are so full of amazing wisdom it melts my heart each time I read these. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I am a reconnecting Metis Indigenous woman I appreciate you sharing this 💙💙much love
You are welcome and grandma has done a lot of Metis genealogy research up north. Reunited a Metis daughter who had never met her dad, she was about 21 years old. She had barely remembered her father, saw a picture one time and she thinks her mother got rid of it. Then she contacted us, we found him driving trucks in Canada. We talked with him and found he was going to be in an area where she was, we asked him if he had a daughter and he wept. He couldn't talk for a few minutes and said, yes, somewhere, he hadn't known about her since he knew she was born. So he said he was a truck driver and was headed to a certain place where he stops to sleep and eat. He never asked, "why are you calling me," but apparently God prepared him for this. He just said it was good talking to people as he drove then asked me who I was. I told him I was Navajo and he said, hey they are good people, and had met some in Arizona a long time ago. So after our conversation, we called her, told her to be there at the truck stop and he had told us what he was wearing without realizing it, what his truck says, who he drove for, etc. He talked about wondering many times where his little angel was. So we told her we wanted to stay on the phone when she arrived at the truck stop. We told her what he wore and the truck & all. She started crying and I thought oh no! I told her don't hang up, she said, "he's walking in here, so we told her to try and contain herself." She did try not to sob. He walked in and she said, "His name, hey, I heard you are my dad." Oh my gosh, he almost fell over she said. He literally fell down and she told him, don't die on me, I am your daughter, these genealogy people helped me find you, don't die dad!! We could only hear him cry and she was crying, then we were crying and the office was crying. She finally let us talk to him, he said, he wondered why he had given so much information to a Navajo woman he didn't know, but he was so happy. He could only cry and they had a wonderful reunion. Thus, is the story of our amazing Metis research to find a dad and reunite a daughter. Precious and makes me grateful this coming Thanksgiving for the abilities God has given us to help others. Happy "Tązhii" Day (Navajo for Happy Thanksgiving Day. Navajo Grandma
Grama! I love your jewelry! silver and turquoise are absolutely sacred! Nizhóní Bless you and your family!!!!
Yes! Thank you! Happy Valentine's Day. Navajo Grandma
A'ho. I'm a Northern Cheyenne man and was able to make this. Thank you family
That's awesome and I love hearing this. I do not use yeast and somehow it is done by the Northern tribes. I love plain jane frybread (Dah diníilghaazh) and the taste is wonderful. Thank you for making this and please enjoy. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
This woman has strong hands, bless her.
Bless you for your kind comment. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
thank you I miss Navajo fry bread and Navajo tacos I haven't been on the reservation in 20 years what good memories thank you❤
Well get on home, and eat some real mutton and Dah diníilghaazh and NANEESKADI, with Anaheim chili, and Achii LOL!! Navajo Grandma
Thank you, Grandma!
Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? I learned that and when I see your name, it automatically pops into my head. Jesus' mother was named Mary too. Happy thoughts. Thank you for watching and pray you will watch my Navajo Frybread Pizza Calzone video. It is yummie and from this same recipe. This video is my first done all by myself for reasons you don't want to know. I pray though it isn't professional, that God will bring many here to watch, support and become teachable thru this fun video by grandma. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
Thank you so much for sharing with us. ❤
You are so welcome! As I always say, make this your recipe and enjoy. Remember moderation in all things as there are lots of carbs here but darn it, carbs make my day too. Yikes. and YUM!! Navajo Grandma
My grandma was native to Navajo here out in Arizona! We always loved her fried bread with spices and kidney beans, lettuce, tomatoes and meat with lime juice! I miss her very much and your recipe really brings back memories that I miss very much! Thank you so much Navajo grandma love you!
What wonderful memories that are happy thoughts now. Thank you so much for sharing and how you are making this fry bread as well. This is Navajo Grandma's recipe and pray that you will make it your own. I do explain that whatever you have on hand to make this is your own creation. There is another fry bread video that I made for a more healthy frybread. But you decide how to make this yours. Thank you again for sharing and God bless your grandma. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
what a precious human
Well guess who makes Gma precious? You. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Wouldn't you like to spend a day with this lady in the kitchen? We would all leave with a wealth of knowledge. Thank you for this instructional video. It was great watching Navajo Frybread be made with love.
My dear Scott how generous you are with your kind words of Hozho. Yes I would love to spend a day in the kitchen with my subscribers. It would have to be a half of a football field I believe. I know I do not do more cooking but I do want to make another frybread video instructing my Southern Belle daughter in law so you can see whether you are Texan or Dine' you can make this fry bread. It will be more of an instructional video because many need almost a hand by hand instruction and I am willing to do this. It will be fun. For you I know this is easy and I always say, this recipe is here, "make it yours." Enjoy my dear Scott. Thank you and remember grandma loves and appreciates your kind comments and you are always welcomed here with hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma Of all the instructional videos I have watched on CZcams, yours is the nicest response I have ever received. Thank you for your very kind words. And, I'm really looking forward to the video with your daughter. You are a key part of a generation that can preserve tradition through instructional videos, like this one, that become archives for future generations to gain a vast amount of knowledge. Please keep doing what you are doing. Your personality reminds me of my own mother. I will tell you as I tell her: "Your generation is priceless. You are needed and you are loved." ❤
I grew up eating “Indian tacos” all the time as a kid. The fry bread is just so delicious… it’s my favorite food of all time! I haven’t had it in a long time living on the east coast. I can’t wait to make this! Thank you for sharing!
I enjoyed your comment and yes, Navajo Tacos don't show up in the East but in the west, California surprised me. Glad you have the recipe, now make it yours and use whatever ingredients you need and enjoy. Remember its full of carbs so take it easy, enjoy now and then with moderation. Its always good every time you make it and eat it!! Tomorrow I am making Navajo Tacos for my son's friends and us. Yum. Enjoy. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
They served the tacos at the Medicine River Pow Wow this past weekend. So good! I hadn't had them since I left the west a year ago. Thanks for sharing your recipe! ❤
I became addicted to Navajo fry bread at a PowWow 20 years ago (I am Cherokee). I went to Arizona and got the recipe from a Navajo store. Now I can make it myself and not have to wait for the next PowWow!! You can also add herbs and spices to make different flavor bread! Or hit it with cinnamon and sugar when it comes out of the oil. Either way, you won't be disappointed!!
Hey may I use your authentic soulful beautiful words of yummie frybread. You could make a commercial with your words of Hozho. Thank you. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I love fry bread too! I grew up eating it in Arizona when ever there was a pow wow or big festival or party someone would be selling it. When I moved to Europe many years ago I came across a similar dish but made with yest dough, hungarian fried bread called langos. It's fascinating to see what they put on thiers, garlic oil with sour cream and a kind of cheese, it was very good.
@@NavajoGrandma Yes!! You are wonderful!
@@TC38Cole Smiling. Navajo Grandma
I have Cherokee Blood to and I love Fry Bread And I make it by the way I grew up in Arizona
I've fallen in love,..... Oh I love the fry bread recipe too!
Wow, don't get to twitter paited, this stuff is a once in a while treat. Lots of carbs and not good for diabetics. Navajo Grandma
First time trying navajo fry bread today with Navajo burgers. I’ve never tasted anything like it. It’s so freaking good.
Wisdom: eat with caution as it's heavy carbs, sugars etc. Now & then but not often. Glad you made them. Set up a stand & make some $$$ mulah!! ❤😅
My sister dated a boy off a reservation and he would come over and make it for us and mom would make a pot of chili to go with it, I’ve got great memories of him coming over and all of us in the kitchen making Navajo fry bread, that’s been over 35 years but the memories are like it was yesterday, I’ve got a pot of chili going and now I’ll be making some of your bread to go with it, thank you for sharing.😇😇😇
Oh my gosh, did you ever watch the WALTONS, or maybe you weren't even born then. It sounds like a scene out of that series. They always said GOODNIGHT to each other at the end of the show. What happy wonderful memories. So 35 years is he still making frybread for you or is he making it for someone else? Just jokin. You just made grandma hungry as I can smell your chili all the way over her into my hostril!! Happy eating and make this recipe yours and enjoy!! Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
I'm hungry, now, you are such a natural, humble, human being, thank you, I will try this, I've stood in line, at pow wows, but now I will make my own, Thank you Navajo Grandmother...😊
GREAT COMMENT take the bull by the horn. Make your own! Great idea but sometimes someone else doing the job somehow tastes really good. Mom. But wisdom and frugality is smarter thus we make what we desire. Let me know how it turns out. No matter what it will taste so good! Enjoy.
Navajo Grandma
This is from Navajo Grandma as I used another person's computer. Sorry.
This channel is the most beautiful celebration of your culture i have ever found! With all the trials and attrocities that have happened to the indiginous tribes all over the world (my own Sami included)makes it understandable why so many have anger in their hearts. But you are recognizing the anger for what it is - grief! Your grandchildren all avhe for a connection to their ancestors and i can tell you see that and are doing something about it. YOU are doing something to heal your grandchildren but with only love and kindness and sharing knowledge. It really comes through in your work. That spirit of love and service even shows in the comments which are mostly people thanking you and sharing their own stories (where other comment sections seem to only spread more negativity).
I cant say this enough, you are a treasure and a blessing to EVERYONE and especially the grandchildren of your tribe. Love you! Thank you!
I have watched beautiful videos of the Sami tribe and how their living is no different from any tribe here. You are a sacred people. Love & hugs. Remain self empowering and resilient plus to let others know your beautiful tribe does still exist!! Love & hugs. Navajo Grandma
My grandmother made THE BEST fry bread with beans and hamhocks. Comfort heaven.
That is awesome! Oh man, you just made me hungry. I know how delish it is. The smell even better. The smell always had Mom or Grandma written all over it with love in our nostrils. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Tried this tonight for dinner My dough didn't rise much but it still turned out great and extremely delicious! However, I made my pieces smaller so I could pick them up and eat them with my hands, served chili on top of the bread with cheese and sour cream. My dad says it's now his favorite way to eat chili. Thank you so much for sharing a piece of your heritage with us
Woo Hoo what a wonderful cook you are. I always say, "make this your recipe and enjoy it like you did with your dad. It is so delish!! Great report and so proud of you. This is now your recipe and hold to it dearly. Don't get addicted though. LOL! Hugs to you and your dad. Navajo Grandma
I also make fry bread with buffalo stew. That's my favorite. Try it sometime! I just make a regular vegetable stew: potatoes, carrots, green beans, lots of corn, beef stock, tomato sauce, seasoning and then chunks of buffalo meat. Let it slow simmer until the meat looks cooked. Buffalo has little to no fat. So it cooks faster than beef. Then scoop the stew onto your fry bread. It's heaven! 😄
@@rachelherrera5867 that sounds delicious! You’re giving me ideas for dinner tonight. lol
This is amazing. I was born in Mexico and it’s great to see the similarities we have in our cooking with Native Americans. This here is very similar to BUÑUELOS everything is the same except for the thickness of the dough at the end buñuelos are extended thin like a tortilla and normally we sprinkle sugar on both sides. They are great with coffee.
That is what I hear. You are wonderful and hope you enjoy your tortillas like we do. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
I just said that lol😉 I didn’t read your post. That’s because many of us are Native/Indigeneous Mexican. Many similarities. Especially as you get close to birder tribes.
@@veronicahernandez7322 You are Native tribes and that is wonderful to know. We are all family and amazing. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Hello Navajo Grandma! you are the best! From a North Carolina Mamaw!
Hello!! Thank you and hello to North Carolina. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Great. I'm a Navajo man and want to know how to make my own frybread. Thank You so shi' ma'
Ahehee shi yazhi, di be bah adii leeth. Hope you understand. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank you I watched this and I was watching my Grandma. She was huge in my life this made me cry.
Eric what a powerful memory of a loving grandma of yours. Your tears exemplifies what a wonderful woman grandma was and how wonderful you are. A chip off the amazing block, as it were. Thank you for watching and learning. Love your comment. Happy Valentines. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
7:12 Love your beautiful smile when you say, “The bread is now ready to be ... fried” 🥰
Thank you. Navajo Grandma
Grandma's always know best
Ray you learned wisdom and that is wonderful. My grandma always was right so was my Mom. Funny huh. Now I am a Mom and a Grandma, what does that say about me?? Well guess what?? "I am right." LOL! Hugs to you. Navajo Grandma
My son is always telling me make me some Navaho tacos I have and they are so good I cook a pot of beans once a week you can make good food with the beans different meals thank I love your smile and your cooking God bless
Oh Linda you just made grandma happy with your comment it was full of Hozho!! You are so kind. I love to make these videos and of course, the food. I want to make some more and we will be versatile in all this with the same dough. You are so right there is much to be made. I will be adding that with some grammar too. We need to know some of our words for this time of year. Hugs to you and I am happy to hear you made some Navajo Tacos, they are always a hit. Hugs always from Navajo Grandma
Grandma you not only give great recipes but, you bring out great memories that are kinda like recipes for life.
You are a blessing and I pray you receive many blessings every day.
Oh S. Lee Mccauley, what kind words of Hozho you gave to grandma. That just made my Monday. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I'm from Hawaii, my Mother-In-Law taught me how to make fry bread for "Indian Tacos" (Navajo Tacos) here in Oklahoma. I've mastered the dough and the fix-ins for the tacos & OMG ... I love it ! & So does my Husband. ☺️
Tata One, I am so proud of you and if you ever use Navajo Grandma's recipe, I welcome you to make it your own and use whatever ingredients you desire. I also do have a healthy recipe video as well. But sometimes "healthy" doesn't do the frybread justice. LOL! Great comment and enjoy. "Try not to get addicted." Navajo Grandma
Beautiful American indian woman, your silver jewelry is gorgeous....what a brilliant real natural history you have. I am from the North East woods. God bless you and your family. Love Health and Happiness
Hi Autum Tear, thank you for your kind comment and so appreciative of you watching and learning. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
You know, I wish my mom was a good grama to my kids and my Grand child... my mom is still here but she shows her affection to someone else's grand kids.. Black sheep of the family does exist .... my grandmother pass on when I was young.. but now my wife is a grandmother and I see a lot of resemblance with the way your prepare food... and I love my wife for that... im happy for the navajo people that have good parents and grandparents....
Thank you for watching this video and supporting grandma. I know at times families aren’t perfect like we see in others, but somehow although it hurts, you and your wife have permission if it so be to change what you saw in your own families and be the opposite. It’s hard to forgive too but we all can. We all do not know exactly why certain people act a certain way, but God does but it’s up to us to try to understand and love them irregardless of how they are. It maybe you will be the one to open their heart & they will reveal things or you will find out why. You are a good soul with your family & keep moving forward, enjoy the food your wife prepares & love her for what she does. Pray always together as well. Grandma loves you all. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I am from Ky. My grandma taught me to make biscuits without measuring anything. We used flour, salt, soda, baking powder, lard or crisco, and buttermilk. My grandmas old snuff can was used as a biscuit cutter. Snuff used to come in narrow tin cans, but you can't find them anymore. I miss those tiny wonderful biscuits.
Oh Shrimpy Muscles, what wonderful memories you flooded back to my mind. Yes, I remember with all my heart. My aunties and uncles use to sneek those snuff cans into their pockets to hide from my grandpa, so while sheep herding they would walk around with bulges in their cheeks and brushed their teeth to death when they got home. I just watched and sometimes grandpa would find the snuff cans and yell at them to no avail because they kept it out in the hills. I can see why you were able to use them as biscuit cutters. Oh you need to write these things down. If you asked anyone now about your comment, they would look with duh. Thank you so much for this incredible amazing memory and wish I had one of those snuff cans even now just as a symbolism of my life experiences and the smell of it as a little child. I have to admit it smelled good but later in life found out that it caused cancer of the mouth, throat and lungs. So sad. Hugs galore for your wonderful comments. Thanks so much!!! Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma my grandma put the snuff down under her lip below her teeth. She lived into her late 90s. She took care of me til I was 5. She gave me a big spoon of a little sugar and a lot of 'coal oil' to stop pin worms. She made teas out of leaves, barks, and roots daily for me when I had polio. I did great and I was very blessed to have her
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@@shrimpymuscles8413 Wow you still amaze me with all you remember. How amazing you are. Thank you for sharing. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@shrimpymuscles8413 sounds like my grandma and great aunt in Cumberland Gap area..😁👍🙏🛐✝️
My grandma was taken from her family at a young age and put into an Indian school. When she finally got out and had her own family, the trauma lead to her own children being taken and raised by white people. As her granddaughter, I've had to learn things (like making fry bread) thru CZcams or other sites. Thank you for posting this. While I may not be Navajo, the techniques are what I needed most.
Because I have been gone for a while, I have had time to think upon making a video that is a really hands on step by step video. I hope you watch it when it is done. Navajo Grandma
My grandmother made fried bread the same way.
She said you learn by touch.
You are fabulous girly 💖.
I am fabulous cuz if you. You made me smile!! Navajo Grandma
Can't believe your a grandma your beautiful and thanks for sharing some of your heritage
Thank you so much and your kind words of Hozho. Navajo Garndma
Your voice is very peaceful.
I am neither Indigenous nor Mexican but I must have been in a past life because I love the foods and culture.
Thank you...please keep teaching.
❤❤God Bless you and your family
Thank you! 😃 and yes, it doesn't matter who you are or what color you are, you are grandma's grandchild and you are welcome to desire to eat whatever you wish but with what? "moderation." Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Hello my dear Navajo lovely grandma..
I like this recipe a lot and I will make it for sure, thank you so much for being so sweet and for your smile. Please stay healthy and wel🌿💐🌱💞🍀🌻🌾❤
What a sweet kind comment from you Sofia. So happy to hear you watched and learned to actually desire to make this recipe. You will do a great job. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I thank you from all my heart for your nice words my dear Navajo Grandma.
I wish you a Happy Valentine's Day🌹❣⚘🌹❣❤💐🌹⚘🌹
My sister dated a boy off the reservation and he came over to our house one day and taught my mom how to make it and man oh man that was some of the best bread ID ever had and haven t had it in years and I was looking for the recipe thank you for sharing,
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Wonderful story. It is wonderful you all desire to learn how to make this frybread. Enjoy. This recipe can’t go wrong. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Thank you! Moved to southeastern Ut in 1974 and was introduced to this wonderful meal. Thank you pretty lady.
Thank you Rena and yes what a delicious introduction it was for you right? Yummmm!! Hugs to you and may we always enjoy these wonderful tastes and maybe they serve it in Heaven, hmmm. Well we don't want to know for a dang long time either. LOL!! Hugs to you from Navajo Grandma
Some of the best memories I have growing up are visiting restaurants on the reservations in Arizona and eating this delicious bread. So glad I found an easy and authentic recipe ❤
Happy you found this recipe too. Now make it yours by adding what you like as some prefer certain ingredients. I do have a frybread ingredient video as well. Enjoy. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank you so much my hubby is navajo an he loves fried bread an im mexican an i didnt know how to make this!
Wow what a beautiful combination, learn both cultures and see how incredible they both are, one complimenting the other. Beautiful. Navajo Grandma
Had to come back I miss watching your videos .. what is the Navajo word for grandmother that’s what I love to call you, I loss my mother recently so I’ve taking time away, pray you’ve been well still. Love you !
Call me "shi Ma sani" will work for me. When you subscribed Navajo Grandma already adopted you as her own. Now you know. My dear one. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Your necklace looks like mine. I have had mine since 1966 when my husband gave it to me as a gift.
Ooooh you can WILL yours to Navajo Grandma when you get sick of it. LOL! Jewelry hugs, Navajo Grandma
I'm Latina and Apache and I've always wanted to know how to make Fry bread and now I finally know how to thank you! 😊
Hope you enjoy. Navajo Grandma
Once my grandmother who was from Puerto Rico came to stay with us in NYC while my mother worked. I remember we came home from grade school once and she had made fried dough and each of us got a small bowl of bean sauce with a few beans from the stewed beans she had made for dinner and fried bread to dunk. Our inner reaction was "WHAT", can life be this good 😆 Only grandmothers can make these memories. Thank you this wonderful video and recipe. ❤
Henry, just reading your comment makes me want to go get some Pinto beans going. There is nothing like a fried bread to dunk into Pinto beans. The taste is comfort and love and grandma's goodness. I use to look at grandma's hands and wonder what made our food so delicious. I just remember how they looked and I knew her hands worked hard. But remained soft and beautiful. Great memories like your memories, remember to write these moments down, you will find more will start flowing after and what a legacy to leave your posterity. Wonderful. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
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Thank you! Been trying to make this unsuccessfully for 30 years. And my husband tasted these and proclaimed they tasted right.
Well congratulations. A man would know how frybread would taste. Well done. Our taste buds do not lie. I am still hoping I can get home to create a step by step frybread mixture and frying, etc. The types of products you want to use is yours to decide. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandmain north africa we have something very similar to fry bread called sfenj
Thank You Navajo Grandmother I have Cherokee Blood in me and I cook lots of Fry Bread so thanks so much Oh and I grew up in Arizona and I am friend to many there
LINDA thank you for subscribing and grandma welcomes you no matter what tribe. Hugs galore. Navajo Grandma
Flour has a mood about how much water it needs. Thank you for showing us, Grandmother. The food takes our mood and love into our loved ones tummies 😊 We love you 💜💜💜
MamaBear you are so right, then we add love through our labor. Such words of wisdom you just shared:) Don't forget to view my videos, watch and enjoy. Navajo Grandma
GRANDMA GRANDMA GRANDMA!!
We just finished eating Navajo tacos with your recipe and guidance! We are all stuffed and so happy. It was my husband, children, mother, father and brother.
The menfolk are definitely more vocal about their food when you put fry bread in front of them.
The recipe turned out perfectly. Thank you so much.
I’m going to put this in my family recipe box (which only holds recipes we adore , like things from my childhood.) and I’m going to put that it is your recipe Navajo Grandma. 💛💛💛💛
Thank you for all you do 💛💛💛
Still praying for you.
What a delightful comment!! Family eating frybread or Navajo Taco's together. Happy memories, happy thoughts, and happy tastebuds!! So happy to hear this. I keep saying, "make this your recipe, use whatever you desire and stamp your name on it next to Navajo Grandma LOL!! Hugs to you and yes, Grandma prays for you daily as well. I love everyone of my subscribers and their happy comments!! Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma it was such a treat. My dad kept complimenting me and my husband didn’t come up for air lol.
I used up lots of veggies and such. Nothing was wasted .
Yours is the only recipe I will use from now on. And I can’t wait to try this dough in the other forms you show in your other videos 💛
Thank you for sharing a part of your heart with all of us 💛
@@masuganut2082 I love your comment, I could just keep reading your comments, they are so fun and you made me laugh about your husband not coming up for air and your dad complimenting you. Wow what wonderful men you have in your life who love you and your cookin. This is a wonderful happy thoughts I shall keep to keep the smile on my face. Hugs to you and your success. Again make this your recipe. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I’m definitely going to do a lot with this dough recipe. May even try a sweet version with strawberries for my kids.
It makes me so happy to think my comments are making you happy.
You bring so much love and peace into every video. We all love you so much. 💛💛💛
I miss Navajo fry bread so much. I always tell people the best to find is made by a grandma.
Boy are you spot on, grandma’s are the bomb, so they say now! Hugs. Navajo Grandma
You are the salt of the earth. God bless you
Now that is the best compliment ever. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ and he is my whole foundation and because of Him I am whom I am. I pray daily that although I am imperfect I ask for forgiveness and to mold me into being the salt of the earth like my ancestors. Yes, and thank you, Ahehee. Navajo Grandma
I wish I knew my Navajo Grandma ❤ God bless you, sister. We will meet one day in the sky. ❤
All right Grandma I am gunna give this a try for out VFW this week. Gunna make the dough on Wednesday for cooking on Thursday. So will let you know how it goes. I can tell I am getting hungry thinking about it
Salvage Monster - what a name! So Navajo Grandma will pray for you and bless you that this recipe will be as easy and come out perfect and soft as a baby's bottom. Don't over knead it. You will know when the consistency turns into a ball of dough easily, and all the flour comes off the sides of your bowl. On Wednesday evening, take some olive oil in your hand or barely sprinkle it around your round dough so it won't stick to the pan or bucket?? Also you won't get that hard crust from sitting over night. "Really" you should wake up early and make it then for later that morning or day. The dough will be more pliable. Wisdom from Grandma. Good luck with blessings from Navajo Grandma. Now I would like a report. Happy eating and yes, you can't mess this recipe up, know this. No matter what, you will thoroughly enjoy it way way too much:)