Just Navajo it!

  So I was reading this book about how androids take over the planet and start mass murdering humans but a small group of survivors is able to overpower them, reinstating the US government and interweaving it with Lakota beliefs and rituals when i discovered this mysterious bread.

Apparently it can be both sweet and savory, which to me is even more impressive then a small group of humans taking out thousands of non-sentient robots.

 There are a ton of recipes for fry bread but i choose this one for no specific reason. There are various styles for different nations which you can find recipes for at the Manataka American Indian Council.  I thought Indian was politically incorrect but apparently many indigenous Americans don't care too much according to Indian Country Today and some other articles. Anyway political correctness can be ridiculous, but also you don't want to unintentionally offend anyone which is the catch 22 of modern times. One work around is to just consciously be offensive... though i guess then you'd still have to be aware of what's politically correct so you're not  accidentally not offensive.  It really is a conundrum.

Basically you mix the dough then you roll it out then you fry it. The recipe i used called for 3 cups of water but that was way too much and i only used two.

Make sure the oil's hot enough, whoops.

Much better. Tada:

 I mad some sweet (Shaking them in a bag with cinnamon and sugar:

These are delicious and taste a little like funnel cake. I left more plain because i'm a savory person.

I asked Phil and Nanc if they wanted a sandwich and Phil was all, "I'm going to lunch with Steve," and Nanc was like sure. We had some leftover chicken so I microwaved some bacon and made a California Club with Guac:

 I wrapped it in parchment because this is special. Then Nanc was taking her sweet time cleaning something and not eating it hot so Phil came by and was like, "Where'd you get that from?" And I said, "I made it." And he took a big bite and said, "What the hell are you doing making a sandwich like this when i'm going out to lunch?" so I said, "Don't worry, i'm making dinner."

When you search for fry bread recipes "Navajo Tacos" are often mentioned. So i was like, "Well that sounds delicious, I wonder what kind of spices they use?" But it's just a regular beef taco with fry bread as the shell, which was a little disappointing but also sounds delicious. So I asked Phil if we had any ground beef and he said, "Of course." But then when it was time to make dinner we only had four beef patties from Omaha Steaks.  I figured we should probably use them for burgers and not taco seasoning because it's high quality meat which resulted in "Navajo Cheeseburgers" because now anything wrapped in fry bread is Navajo. 

I wanted to heat up the bread so I broiled it with some shredded cheddar on top.  Then I caramelized some red onions because this is special.

 

I made the burgers like the Smitten Kitchen Fakeshake ones where you freeze them a little them smash them onto the hot pan. And finally lettuce, ketchup, and kiwpie mayo (that tastes like McDonalds).

 They were overall successful. So was the Navajo omelette I made this morning. Phil already asked me how to recreate that sandwich because he wants to make one "for Popou." Which i think means "for Phil" but what do I know? I'm not part of a small group of humans that take back the US from killer androids. Anyway that bread only lasted us like a day due to it's deliciousness which is probably good because it's fried bread and you shouldn't eat it at every meal. But know if you do it is a delight.