Fry Daddy
P sent me an interesting link about hot, sizzling temptations. I am a big fan of fried foods -- be even bought me a deep fryer for xmas in 2001! The quantity of oil, greasiness of the fryer and the threat of hot oil burns keeps us from deep frying all the time, but when we go through a fry phase you better watch out!All this talk about frying has me craving fry bread. Anyone who's spent time in the Southwest will have undoubtedly had this wonderful food. It's a piece of bread dough, rolled flat into a 5-8" circle, an optional cut in the middle and then deep fried on both sides. Driving through the Navajo nation reservation, i first had fry bread from a tiny wooden stand next to a gift shop on the side of the highway. You can either have fry bread with powdered sugar and/or honey, or have a "Navajo Taco," which is covered with beans and other toppings. I have never heard of getting fry bread outside of the Southwest; anyone who knows of a place OR is able to actually make a decent batch, let me know!
posted by beXn @ 2:56 PM
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We were lucky enough to enjoy some -- honestly, way too much -- at the first people's festival celebrating the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian in DC this year. I had it both ways, and it is sure deadly. Have you ever tried making it?
Yes, Bonesli and i bought the recipe from Mrs. Chee at the gift shop she ran next door to the fry bread stand (she was selling copies for $1). I'm anti-dough but the promise of fry bread was great enough to overcome my fear. In the end, the batch totally sucked - making bread concerns too much science and out of all my breads, only 1 was palatable. DJ tried as well, but by then too much flour had been worked into the dough and they were too tough.
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