I’m from Zuni Pueblo. My grandmother used to make us Indian tacos. My dad was an artist, and would show at the Santa Fe Indian Market in the 80’s. I would ask to buy a taco, and she would get upset with me, and say take me to the store. She would go buy everything for Indian tacos, and make them for us grandkids. She would say why would you want to pay all that money for one, when I can buy the ingredients with how much one cost, and feed everybody! I miss her. (She passed in 2001.)💕
A wise woman, grandma, mother. When you grow up in a poverty type reservation, you learn to be very money conscious. Proud of her. Great example. May she rest in peace. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Gina, yes it is true, I feel like I have embodied so many traditional culture such as making fry bread from my mother and grandmother I feel as though you are watching them. Thank you for your comment. Hugs to you Gina. Navajo Grandma
This made me cry. I’ve been learning about my culture as I was adopted the resources are limited but I’m thankful for what I do find! I hope more knowledge and awareness comes to indigenous cultures. I wish I could call you my grandma💛🙏💫👑
I would be happy to have you call me Grandma. I wanted to start this channel to share our culture and also my memories. I hope I hear from you again. You are welcome here anytime. Consider me your Navajo Grandma.
Awesome just been enjoying your videos , I do have a niece that is married to an awesome young Navajo man and they share their Navajo bread that he made and it so good , It just kinda feels like watching part of a family feeling as I watch your video ,so awesome 👏 to learn as I watch ,keep up the good work,sending blessings your way
Awwww culture baby don't cry I would cheer you up I would love to watch and learn from grandma also she is a sweet person for teaching what grandma teaching us we are all thankful sitting down together and learning and getting along together
my mother and I do not speak. (toxic situation unfortunately) To hear you speak in such a loving way along with your recipe, makes my heart SO happy. I just pretended you were my own mother giving me a little life lesson that I so yearn to hear from a mother figure. Thank you! This was so wholesome.
Thank you Priscilla. You are not the only one going thru this. My daughter doesn't talk to me for whatever reason again. But as time goes along things change now and then. It happens in families and it shouldn't but the more you love each other the greater the hate can be too. Sounds weird but its true. Grandma loves you and yes, you are welcome here to our Navajo Grandma family and being online we show our very best and sometimes folks here try to argue with gma but I also have a delete button. We do need to speak kindly to one another, in families things have happened and at times it is hard to forgive. The sad part is when the person passes on we have a hard time forgiving ourselves. Crazee how it all works and the best thing is to forgive each other. It doesn't mean you enable but to forgive. Love you tons. Navajo Grandma
“You’re watching my mother end my grandmother” 😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🕊️🕊️ My mother taught me everything I know about cooking and I’m proud and lucky to have been so blessed. Thank you for sharing ❤
What makes me laugh is when my daughters say, "oh my gosh I am turning into Mom!" like it is a deadly disease. Probably because it means aging. But truly it is wisdom and thank goodness for our mothers, grandmother's who taught us and by using their teachings we truly remember them and honor them. Thank you for this perfect lovely comment. Axhehee. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
I am Navajo and I don't have much connection to my biological family and I was born off the reservation. Watching your videos and connecting with your spirit makes me feel like I have access to my own culture in a way that was never possible for me before. It's so painful being disconnected and it just makes me want to cry. Thank you so much for your beautiful energy and for making the effort to connect with so many souls who need more people like you. Thank you
Dear Emmy, shi yazhi, although you don't have those biological connections, I hope you know your mother's and father's clan and both paternal and maternal clans. That is a great start. After that, its a matter of presenting yourself in Dine' Bizaad, then watching grandma's videos, retaining and being prayerful that you learn and add upon what grandma teaches you. You surely are old enough to go to the reservation and visit and get to know what its like. Its so important to come to yourself and connect then reconnect. You have come from an amazing culture that is so beautiful with the love of nature, God, and every creation. How blessed you are. I pray you make the effort and continue doing so. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I have always been shy of reconnecting with people on reservations and what they might think of me, having grown up apart from them, but you give me so much courage and faith that I can find unity and healing in reconnection with my people. Thank you so much for everything you do, you bring so much healing for the ones who may be lost or wandering. Highest blessings, and much love
i’m native hawaiian and have felt the same thing you’re feeling. my biggest advice is to find other navajo people on twitter and follow as many as you can. that’s how i started connecting and learning and feeling closer. it’s hard, but it’s possible and so so so healing. don’t give up. ❤️❤️❤️ your ancestors miss you.
My mother was half native American. No one would ever talk about my grandmother. I asked even my uncles would only say they didn't remember.... Anyway I can relate to your feelings of an emptiness in your soul...I'm definately going to try this woman's recipe for fry bread.....bless you❤
Wow, why have I not seen your videos before now? What a wonderful teacher. Thank you for your words of wisdom. I am 62, and taught anyone who wanted to learn my Armenian heritage. I used to stand at my mother’s hip to cook meals, and my Italian Grandmothers hip to learn to bake. But my mom was a wonderful baker as well, but she worked full time bringing up 4 children on her own.
I swear i answered you. Thank you for subscribing. Welcome to our Navajo Grandma family. We are alive, maybe online but real. Enjoy watching the videos. Your receptive spirit is lovely. Thank you so much!! Much loves & hugs. Navajo Grandma
Nya:weh for your lesson on Navajo fry bread all the way from the Seneca Reservation. I love learning from other territories elders. You keep our indigenous traditions and culture alive. Ja'goh! Big hugs to you Navajo Ak'sod! ❤
What a beautiful response comment you made and thank you for your gratitude. So few appreciate our wisdom as we get older. I love your tribal kindness!! Hugs from Navajo Grandma
I never met my father until I was 32 years old. I found out my family is enrolled in WI and my grandparents were Ojibwe. I wish I knew more about my grandparents and my culture, but just watching you made me feel so comforted, thank you!
Thank you for this comment. It is wonderful for you to find out your family is enrolled. We are genealogy researchers but I tell people we do charge & the reason we are so successful is because we go on location where your ancestors or family lived the ones in the USA. Ancestry.com sit in their cubicles & order records but are not as successful. Grandma tells all people, you can't find the needed info online, you have to travel & know where your family repositories are. The example I give is about myself. You can look for my info in our Navajo nation capital but you won't find me. Now if you hired Navajo Grandma's Archivists, you will find my records are in San Francisco, CA, my grandparents records are in Riverside or Long Beach, California. It's knowing how to gather records. It's not cheap but well worth it. So u can also do the same. You just need to know exactly where to go. But do what you can. If you want further info let me know. I appreciate your thoughts. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
HELLO NAJVAJO Grandma, i am a descendant of a residential school survivor! I have always heard of my grandma and her fry bread but never got to see her in action, I too would cry if the oil wasn't sooo hot. much love! Petra! such a beautiful video!
Thank you Petra, grandma surely appreciates your wonderful comment. Also, that you are a survivor says a great deal about you. Happy to know you are here in our Navajo Grandma family. There are heart strings that are pulled with wonderful memories of our past. Our grandparents who were stalwart and were the ones teaching us their morals, principles and the correct principles, our comfort foods that we had at the dinner table or on the ground on a picnic table cloth, it doesn't matter they are precious memories tucked away. Hugs to you again. Navajo Grandma
Love hearing you talk about having your grand kids close to you to learn. I don't have kids yet and my mom didn't really teach me how to cook.. all trial and error, watching RUclips videos, recipe books. I would have loved to learn all my Mexican grandmother recipes but she passed when I was 15. And my mother wanted to be Americanized and did not bother to learn. I do not blame her but recipes have been lost. I'm excited to have my own children some day soon, keep them close & teach them all that I have learned. My husbands Mexican mother will teach me recipes that I will pass down ... I miss having that life line of my culture, I am only half Mexican. But I embrace what I am and try to learn our traditions and recipes. Love learning about the native culture.. as my grandmother was a native to Mexico.🇲🇽
Its been 4 weeks but Stephie thank you for this lovely comment. Children are our most Godly Creation, each one. Whether they turn our nothing like how we taught them, but they are ours and we need to love them always. At times they will leave and not come home or never have communication but hopefully you will do a better job than us parents. I know about being Amerianized but your mother did what he felt best for you. Parents do not come with a handbook and thank goodness. They do what they can and we love them for the choices they made and tried to help us. I am thankful my mother had me though as my sister before me died and the doctors told my parents do not have anymore children. If we find you are pregnant we will come after you and abort the baby. Well she did get pregnant with me. They took their stuff in a horse and wagon and went to different places away from where they doctors knew they lived. I was born and grateful. About the recipes, yes learn from your mother in law and we do genealogy research for tons of the Indians in Mexico. There were tons of them. Problem is Mexico never recognized them like the United States does. But there is beauty in your amazing culture as many of these Indians still speak their language and have their culture and traditions. You should be so proud and happy. I hope you are able to have children, wait as once they start coming, then a million come after. Be wise and think of your health as well. Hugs to a mother to be. Navajo Grandma
Hi Neil, what wonderful news. It is my joy to hear you and your family enjoyed your frybread experience. Our friends make this every other Sunday with honey, jam, powdered sugar, eggs, potatoes then make the Navajo taco again. I love dipping it in made from scratch pinto beans. Next video coming up. Hugs to your family. Navajo Grandma ....subscribe.
I laughed at the dropping of the fry bread and then picking it up. When I was four years old , my aunt came from Scotland to stay. She was the first person to think me old enough to work with her. She taught me to make pastry for pies. I dropped the dough so many times that it was grey, it even landed in daddy's slippers, but it was filled with apple and baked before I proudly presented it to my father. He knew what had happened but ate it with a smile anyway. After that, all my baking was called mucky paw cakes. Half teasing me, half affectionate remembering of my first ever effort, the name is still used from time to time though sixty years have gone by. Only difference is that it is my grandchild who asks, 'What mucky paw kind are you making today, Grandma?' these days!
Jenni this is the most awesome short story that has such loving power, love and learning experiences that we all need to have . It is absolutely precious. Now your grandchild has learned this makes it even more wonderful. So thank you so much for this comment, it was the best!! Grandma loves you mucky paw. Hugs. Navajo Grandm
I’m the only one in the family that could make my grandmother’s cinnamon rolls for the very same reason except she wouldn’t let me take part…just watch. I thought my daughter the same way. Right next to me at the stove! She’s a very good cook now 50 some odd years later! Thank you for sharing.😊
Thank goodness you did teach her with her right next to you. Its the best way to teach. Children love to be involved and when you can teach them when they are young, success is way better. Later my girls as they got older started whining and goodness grief. Now they complain, why didn't you spank us and teach us. Well I tell them, its your free agency to learn or not. Now they groan trying to learn or teaching each other. Whatever comes out they are thrilled. Their brothers run from them, and say, Mom what on earth did they make? Its like scary. Its okay I love that they are trying. LOL! You are a wonderful soul and remain being such a good Mom. Happy Mother's Day ALL YEAR EVERY DAY!! Hugs, Navajo Grandma
Awww that is so precious and yes our grandmother's are amazing and blessed aren't they. Mine were!! I hope I exude some wisdom and grandma feelings like you expressed and I want to thank you for being so kind!! That made me so happy and from a CaliforniaDreamer no less. I loved to listen to the Mama's and Pappa's and that song never grows old. It was California Dreamin truly at one stage. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
OH thankyou so much! I have many Navajo friends and have never asked them to teach me- I wasnt sure if it would be polite, NOW they laugh and say, WHY didnt you ask? I love navajo fry bread & tacos! the MANYGOATS will be surprized when I make it for them! GOD BLESS YOU & your mother & grandmother fo teaching you the way they did!
This is the cutest comment!! How fun and wonderful when you invite them to your house and walla they won't believe how incredibly Dine' of a cook you are!! How exciting!! Happy thoughts!! Navajo Grandma
I taught my son how to cook when he was little. I wanted him to be self sufficient and not have to depend on a woman. He is an excellent cook today. His other half is better, but she is an awesome cook. I am blessed.
Your grandma was so wise and now you are sharing your wisdom. Thank you for sharing what you have learnt from your family. You are so BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!!
Carrie, thank you for your kind words. Subscribe and allow me to share more of my precious Navajo culture with you. Thank you for watching. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank you Elder. I appreciate you teaching me this. I’ve always eanted to learn how to make Navajo tacos and frybread. I have central american indigenous blood and our food is a little bit different but I still really love and appreciate our American Indian food. Very excited
Hi there Dan, no matter if you are from Central America or the moon, frybread will remain comfort food forever. Thank you for watching but be sure to subscribe and learn more about our Navajo culture. Hugs, Grandma.
That's great and what a loving soul you are to do this. Thank you. What a great example of kindness. Thank you again!! Love to you and your wife. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
I was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was lucky enough to have neighbors that made fry bread often. I only wished I had their recipe and would have watched them prepare and cook the bread. Thanks to You Tube and precious Mother's, like yourself, I can learn the art of preparing and cooking fry bread. Navajo Taco's are one of my all time favorite meals, and is always one of my first stops when attending the State Fair. Thank you so much💞
Hey Rodney, what a wonderful comment you just wrote to grandma. I am happy now that you are tutored that one day grandma can come to your home and have the best Navajo Taco or Frybread!! LOL. Glad you watched, listened and learned and thank you for supporting grandma's channel. Hope you have subscribed. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Thank you for ur kindness and patience in teaching us how to make frybread Navaho. You are very wise. I have taught all 12 of my grandchildren to cook. They now are going to learn how to make Navaho fry bread with me They are all either in collage or graduated or just didn't go. But I love them all so so much I can see the love u have for ur granddaughter in ur eyes. God bless you and thank you once again. 🎉
Sherry thank you for your lovely kindness in how you expressed your love for your children. How teaching them how to cook and to make fry bread. it is always something yummie when you are away from home and the flavors and learning how to be in the kitchen with Mom always brings comfort, happy memories and Mom back into their lives. Great example and goodness you are teaching and being. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@sherrypuckett6686 You know Sherry, our Navajo (Dine') diet isn't like going to a culinary school. There is just so much that we have survived on and it is tradition with culture and the same thing each year. I don't want to bore you but some have become creative and do a culinary things with the Navajo foods. These are plain jane Navajo (Dine') I ate or eat as being on the reservation and growing up there among my grandparents. I will try more recipes but some you have to bury in the ground and that happens in the fall. I will try to make a video of others making stuff as I will also do my best to make more foods. Thank you. Navajo Grandma
I'm so thankful to have access to people's culture. As a frenchman without youtube i could probably never learned about many aspects of other peoples culture. Thank you Navajo Grandma for teaching us.
Why thank you and appreciate your comment and letting grandma know you are a Frenchman. You folks know how to cook. That is all I am going to say. Thank you for watching and learning our way of making frybread. I just say do not get addicted. Yes we all need to be grateful for technology that gives us access to great learning abilities when we use technology for good. May we all continue to do so. Grandma is happy to know you dropped by and hope you have subscribed. Thank you again and have a wonderful week and month. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
Good morning, it's Monday here in Idaho, I felt like crying too, I miss my dad mom my grandparents and my brother, they all help me learn to cook, I love your food wish I could taste it but today I'm making my own from what I have learned from you, I can hardly wait, love and happiness to you.
Lecia, put those tears away, wipe them far from you. You are a wonder for watching and learning from Navajo Grandma. Look at your virtue "being a teachable soul," that is way up there!! So proud of you. So when you make this recipe and you can't ruin it, report and tell grandma how it came out, maybe not perfect but it will taste wonderful!! Keep that happy smile and enjoy making this recipe. Make it yours. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma thank you Navajo Grandma, I'm so much alone but I love to cook and I'm getting ready to make the fry bread, I got all the things needed to get ready I'll let you know how it went, I'm sure great, I have a wonderful new teacher, my dad would be so happy, love and happiness,
I’d give anything to have my saint of a Grandmother here teaching me her cooking. The few years I had with her after I came home from foster care She would always tell me to get in the kitchen with her so I can learn. She could make simple flour tortillas, beans & rice taste like a gourmet meal. Boy I LOVED her food! I would dance around when she would cook but I never wanted to get in there and learn. She passed away in my arms 22 years ago & one of my biggest regrets is not learning more from her. Love you Grams 💜🙏🏽
Well that was a sad but wonderful memory, write it down and keep it as a keepsake. She loved you so. Now that is the memory to keep forever till you meet her again. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Foster care if your grandmother was such a Saint why didn’t she take you out of foster care and take care of you herself and before you get mad you were the one who put all your business on the Internet
I’m in complete awe right now of your ignorance. You were anticipating me getting mad cause you wanted me to get mad. You’re the one who is big mad & you want to project your anger & bitterness on to others. Im embarrassed for you that you even commented to me like that. It shows what kind of person you are… a bitter, ignorant, abw! Before YOU get mad you were the one who commented to me so ignorantly. I wouldn’t be surprised if you feel so ugly inside that you go around all day commenting to people trying to provoke them to feel the same way you do. Expressing my love for my Grandmother & saying I was in foster care was hardly putting all my business on the internet. My Grandmother was a saint! She had a very hard life & health problems hence her dying at a young age. Seek help!
I love fry bread, here in New Zealand we also have a tradition of fry bread. Frybread was adopted by my Maori ancestors when white settlers came. If I had to guess, it was probably introduced by American whalers who in turn got the idea from the Navajo people. It's easily one of my most favorite dishes. It's traditionally served here with powered sugar, butter, and jam (like a doughnut).
Yes that is frybread Laura. We don't eat it 24/7, it is more like a treat for my family, but some subsist on it. It is delicious the way you fix it, in fact, most white folks here line up a mile long just for those fixings. Thank you for watching and commenting. Navajo Grandma
You remind me so much of my Grandma. I too, learned by watching, then helping and finally became good at doing things for myself. I still make my own bread and cook from scratch. She, her sisters and sisters-in-law taught me everything I needed to know about living well. A shame my mother didn't think this learning was valuable. Her Loss. I so miss my grandma and those family women who took me under their wings.
I definitely say, Thank you Lord for those women who had the tenacity to teach us valuable lessons even if people don't think much of learning to cook it is truly a gift. Happy you have that tenacity your grandma gave to you. That means you can make any and every one of these food video creations of the Navajo people. You are wonderful!! Hugs. Navajo Grandma
You remind me of my grandma. Shes not Navajo but Apache/Mexican. I miss her. Video made me cry she raised me and little bro. Blessings and thank you for the video. Me, little bro and grandpa would cry for Indian tacos and mutton burgers all the time. Never any leftovers
Hi Joey, what a beautiful but heart felt memory of your grandma. There is nothing that can replace a grandmother - never. But what you have done is to speak about her, share your feelings and remember who she is still. She has gone away for a while, you will see her again, this is not the end of life. That is what makes life beautiful as well. Life goes on and she is in the spirit world moving on, she is involved with the spiritual aspects of our true spiritual lives that we had before we came to this earth to be tried and tested whether we would choose right or wrong. Its a great Plan of God. We are His children and so is your dear grandma. She is happy and more than likely your angel. Who could love you more than your grandma and she watches over all of you. Thank you for sharing your love, your meals that are wonderful, though she is gone, maybe you can put together a meal like she did and enjoy those wonderful foods she use to make. I think that would be a wonderful idea to remember your grandma by. Pray always and bless her and let her know you still love her and talk to her. She can hear you. Few know the closeness of the spirit world for it is here on this earth in another sphere that we can't see the spirits but they know and feel our presence. Remember this. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Write the memories you desire to keep to remember leave the others but you will find that the other memories do teach us great lessons too. Thank you for watching and learning and supporting grandma. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Grandma, I got emotional too. I'm going to share something with you that my son taught me one day during ceremony. We were standing in a small creek and I was singing for him a blessing song and he started to cry letting his tears fall into the water. When the song was sung he looked up at me without wiping his face and said Mom tears are medicine tears are medicine mom. That was one of my hardest lessons. A woman is strong we can endure much pain but to let it out to let the tears fall is another thing. It takes a warrior woman to let her tears fall and be medicine Tears are medicine.
May our Creator bless you both, for he is blessing your son. Please I beg all Mothers to love their sons, teach them to walk uprightly before God, his sweet mind is close to God and yes I loved his angelic explanation of tears. I am tearing up now. How humbling to hear our dear children who are close to God and we forget they were with Him not long ago. Thus we need to care for them like they know God and knew Him. They remember and thus their wisdom is still there as we need to keep building upon it. I could just hug you and your son. I shall always remember this. So beautiful. What a wonderful comment and Mom you keep up the good ways and teach this young man to remain a strong Warrior for God and to fight for all goodness that is given to us and his family. The Title of Liberty is for "family, country, religion, God and ourselves." and more. Love you so much!!! Thank you for this humbling comment. "From the mouths of babes." Navajo Grandma
You speak truth, we learn by watching, eventually when are allowed and shown by hands on experience, this time with our mothers, teachers, we hear and understand what & how to mix, feel what consistency we are taught. Practice makes perfect. Thank you for remembering & continue to teach yourself & whomever. Great comment. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma you're welcome and it's somebody help me find some place on one of the reservations because these people have stolen my money and now all I have is $914 a month after I pulled and tore all of my muscles and my ankle blew and my legs shattered pins plates and screws in my leg and ankle I need to find some place to live and I really don't want to move back into the housing projects I'd like to be on one of the reservations in Tennessee Kentucky or maybe Ohio I got home from being taken prisoner of war in Yemen and when I did my farm with my Forest Marsh and swamp have been destroyed my safe have been broken into and everything is stolen then I go buy savings bonds and they break in the safe and steal the savings bonds receipt and somehow find a way to cash these savings bonds so if we can find me a one-bedroom something that would be great after I find that then I can at least get on food stamps right pay the rent the lights in the water
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, 🌹💞 Grandma and God bless you. When I had no food in the house, I had flour. I tried to make fry bread. It was awful. I see now where I went wrong. I have plenty of food now but still I'd like to learn how to make fry bread. 🌼
Staci be kind to yourself, you are learning with every failure and that is wonderful. Remember Grandma says, practice makes perfect. I believe in you, now believe in yourself. Love you for trying. Navajo Grandma
Wonderful video. I'm from India, I had Navajo Taco once when I was visiting the US and absolutely loved it. We have a similar fry bread in India (it's called puri), those are usually had on the side with vegetables but I think it would make a good taco too!
How interesting for you to share this information. No matter where we are on Mother Earth, we are truly family with everything in common. We all just need to wake up to this fact. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Well Christina, Dine' or not, hey I am so proud of you for making the frybread. There is always a starting point and you have done that. Pat yourself on the back too. Thank you for being so teachable, what a wonderful virtue you have!!! Hugs to you from Navajo Grandma. Ahehee.
I love having you. I will be posting more cooking videos and would love to have you join me in the kitchen or by the fire. So happy to hear from you Mr. Dee.
Thank you so much Navajo grandma I have really started taking an interest in my culture but most of my family who are native have passed and my dad's family just doesn't know that much
Jason, I have become everyone’s grandma, so come join the family. Come and enjoy learning, watch and retain. These videos are simple but important. Hugs to you from your new Grandma.
Thank you so much. I made fry bread today in avocado oil. Made some red chili with hatch peppers, put that over some pinto beans, lettuce, tomato and onion. Was out of salsa but had Cholula. So delicious!!
Wow Tony, my mouth burns just thinking of Hatch Chili, I am a more mild Anaheim Chili girl. But you know your gut and I know what chili does for food, its a wonder and so palatable. Not burning your mouth and guts out LOL! My sons eat habanero and other chilis like candy. We just need to be careful too. You get older and it doesn't happen like it use to. LOL! Love you for sharing and Wow you need to cook for Grandma one day. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I grew up with my grandma in Mexico, she would always say come see how I do this so you could learn. When you said that about your grandma I was a little girl again with my grandma. You got a tear out of me. Thank you so much for your story and your recipe.
Awww maida garcia, what a beautiful comment you sent to grandma. I am happy that what I shared brought happy thoughts of your grandma back to help you remember how much she loved you and still loves you even more. She continues to watch over you, remember this. Glad you saw this video and I am sure your making this recipe is mostly like the ones you make for your tortillas. Wonderful. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Well Alexandra thank you for using grandma's frybread recipe and hope you enjoy this thru the Christmas Holiday and make some for Santa Claus!!! Merry Christmas tomorrow and enjoy your Christmas Eve. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
I made fry bread for the first time today, followed your recipe and it was a huge success!!! I haven’t had Navajo Tqcos since I was about 13, now I’m 18 and love to cook new things and decided I’d make them. It was so wonderful and I plan on making them again as soon as I can. This was the best recipe I have ever made and the comfort you spread made me love to cook even more. Thank you for being such a bright spirit 🤎
Jay this is what this channel is all about, exactly what you experienced. Because you were receptive and went forward to making this frybread, just brings such great joy to Navajo Grandma. I am thrilled that you had such success as I tell all that you can't mess this up. Now you can make this and enjoy. I always say too...do not get addicted. Lots of carbs and remember moderation in all things. Much love and hugs. You brought me joy. Navajo Grandma
I first learned to make Indian tacos from some Choctaw ladies. Yours look so big and rich and yummy. 😋 I’m emotional, too. And I really miss cooking with my mom and grannies. Now I cook with my daughter. Cherish the time you have with your loved ones. Thank you for sharing so generously with us. It’s a wonderful blessing.
Kevin, grandma is grandma no matter how old. I was a grandma at a young age, and men whistling at me, they thought my daughters were my sisters, haha. I was a grandma then and look how grandma's look now. Hair done up, makeup, nicer clothing, some obsessed with health, exercise that they look like barbie dolls and not grandmas. Thus, who cares, I am Navajo Grandma no matter what I look like as it is my heart and soul and spirit that matters and how grandma prays over you all and desires to teach you correct principles. You could be 90 yrs old and I would still be your grandma. How's that. Thank you for watching and supporting my videos and my channel as without you, I would not exist. Think upon that one. That makes you powerful and that you matter. Hugs to you my grandson as old as I am. Maybe. Grandma's a dinosaur. I don't think you are. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
When I was 9, my Gramma asked me to help her with somthing. She had me make a fire and put stones around it. Then she asked me to peel some potatoes and carrots, we put a onion and a beef roast in a Dutch oven . By that time the fire had burnt down to coals. Then she told me to put the Dutch oven on the coals. Food cooked outdoors always tastes better. Anyway that's how Grandma's teach us stuff. By asking for help. I love you Grandma.
Awww I love your comment. So happy you have used my recipe. Please make it yours and use whatever ingredients you want. Just don't get addicted. When you are running low go and make frybread and sell it and you will be surprised how many people love it. The most I made making Navajo Tacos or just plain frybread with jam and honey and powdered sugar was over $8,000.00 in one day. I had truckers lining up asking for 10 to 15 pieces of frybread. It was crazy!! Never did that again. There was a 8 mile line of cars and the police had to make sure there was peace. I almost fainted finding this out. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
You are a beautiful woman. It’s something about just listening to you that warms my heart. Thank you for this video. My grandma use to make this bread. She passed away shortly after I had my son and I never learned how to make it along with other dishes. I wanted my son to taste it so I was looking for recipes. Im happy I came across your video. I thumbs up and subscribed. ❤️
MissAshleyK, thank you for your kind comment and yes this is a bread that tastes wonderful and has become a comfort food. Thank you for the thumbs up and for subscribing. I always invite all my new subscribers to take off their coat, take off your shoes and warm your feet by grandma's fire. Come sit, know you are loved and needed here, drink some warm tea, watch, listen and learn from Grandma's culture. Welcome and welcome again. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Nicole you are so sweet and thank you for your lovely comment. I am happy you felt this way as it is good. Our mothers and grandmothers taught in wonderful ways and it was a compliment what you said. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
You are beautiful and I really like when you speak your native tongue and listening to your wonderful stories of your mom and grandma. Brings back sweet memories. I miss my mother. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
Thank you Lucy for your kind words of Hozho and the time you remember your dear mother. Memories are there for us to return to, to grow from, to bring us wisdom in days that sometimes aren't like we would wish. I encourage all to write down, keep a journal or just a book of your life and moments with your family, individual and as a whole. What your thoughts were, everything first hand from "Your" perspective. Its wonderful. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Hi from Iceland, Í Love finally seeing indigenous cooking, first time I heard about Navajo taco. The more indigenous people show us their culture the more truly American culture will be saved, the roots must preserve the tree for it to grow and prosper. Thank you for sharing, and Yes I have subscribed. Much respect and love from me to you.
Your words brought back my own memories with my great grandmothers and grand mothers. One of their birthday just passed on the 12th. I had a strong need to make corn fritters. I cried and laughed at the memories of doing so at their side. I miss them dearly, but understand what you mean about teaching by doing. Had they not had me by their side, i would never have learned and have a precoius memory. Thank you Grand Mother for sharing.
Well that is it, you just hit the nail on the head. Yes, thank you great gma and gma for teaching you as now you know how to make fritters. Yum. Write this down and remember how blessed you are. Keep your record of times you had with them and what you learned, how you felt, joy. On not so good days, pull that book out and read it for its silver lining. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Such a kind comment and thank you so much for watching. I know there are many hispanic foods of course like this and everyone shared their cultures. Amazing to see how we are all related and we are one big huge family and many don't even believe that. Sad. Navajo Grandma
What oil do you use? Growing up I was told the hole in the bread had something to do with letting the spirit out? Your jewelry is beautiful🙂 Grandma's are the best, the heart of the family ❤
I use Avocado oil to fry with. Yes the superstitions I call them is the tale of letting the evil spirits out of our bread by making the holes. How true, its just what I have heard. Thank you for complimenting my jewelry, I love wearing silver and turquoise. Your comment about grandma's being the heart of the family, my paternal/maternal grandmothers were the heart beat of our families who fed, taught, dressed, taught us Navajo and all that we are that make us worthy of life. How I miss them and know we all miss or should go visit our grandparents today. Hugs to you Twila.
Thank you for showing the technique for shaping the dough in more detail! I know you said we could just use a roller, but learning to do it your way looks like fun.
Yes you can! Proud of you for trying this. It is the way of our ancestral grandmothers white, yellow, green, orange or brown, or black. Women were amazing. Enjoy. Hugs from the kitchen of 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
This reminds me of my grandmother and how she taught me how to make fry bread,soups,yuca,tacos& corn pancakes along with a lot of other stuff she’s from Upstate NY Seneca tribe & she taught me how to fish & grow all my own foods,weaving,spinning wool,dying & a plethora of others things watching this makes me miss her a lot! 🙂❤️
@@xomiliaaa3441 How blessed you are for having such an amazing grandmother. I surely miss mine and can see why you miss yours too. There is nothing like "grandma," and their love & wisdom. Of course their cooking skills always filled us with warmth & goodness. Your grandma was amazing to teach you all you remember. Now its your turn to teach your children or children you might have and your community. How wonderful. Navajo Grandma (Great comment!!)
@@NavajoGrandma Thank you sooo much Elder everything you said is sooo true and watching you reminds me of Grandma especially since resemble them my I was blessed to have my great great grandmother Great grandmother & grandmother around me my great great grandmother just passed away at the age of 102 she lived on the reservoir in upstate NY till the day she died both my Grandmothers were amazing and yes Everything they’ve taught me I’ve made sure to teach my daughter,nieces,god daughters & even my daughters friends so that all the amazing & medicinal/healing dishes will stay alive and continuing to go down many generations thank you Navajo Grandma have a blessed night! 🙂❤️
@@xomiliaaa3441 I am so sorry she passed but what a long life she lived and what great DNA you have. Thank you for taking the time to teach all in your family about what your grandmothers taught. So very very proud of you. So thrilled to hear this. Hugs galore. Love you, Navajo Grandma
You could easily be my mother or Great Grandmother or sister. I almost got to go to the reservation to live. Long story, with few details. Thank you so much for the cooking instructions and the love that goes with it.
Well I would be honored to be either. But here on our channel I am your adopted Navajo Grandma. Thank you for being receptive and that the instructions were beneficial. Come learn more. I have been at my brother's funeral and will be adding more videos. Sorry I haven't been able to answer for over a week. Navajo Grandma
I wish I grew up with a family like this and learned these kinds of things! I was raised solely by my white dad and stepmom bc my native bio mom was a drunk. I've only talked with her twice in my life, everyone in her family has died from alcoholism. I'm proud to be 2 yrs sober but also really sad that I'm so disconnected from half of my heritage.
I was answering your comment and somehow it bleeped out. So here goes again. Nancy, you are welcomed here at Navajo Grandma's family and fire. Come sit and warm yourself and watch and learn. Which tribe do you feel disconnected from? You are never disconnected, you are still from that tribe and yes though alcoholism is awful and tribal members have genes that are not well in dealing with its effects, you are doing good. Forgive your parents. There is more of a story there than you may believe or told. They loved you though they drank for poverty and weaknesses they couldn't understand, as most tribal members do. There is no psychologists available, and shamans just want money to be paid rather than to heal at times, but that doesn't work. What works is knowing who you are, where you come from, realizing you matter, that you are loved, that you are a tribal member no matter what, and that you are needed and loved here in our Navajo Grandma family. Its up to you to learn, no one will shove it down your throat, it takes your own desire and realizing your self worth that propels you to learn and to become who you truly are. That goes for anyone not just Natives. Come and learn and know grandma loves you and prays for each one of her subscribers and cares about them like Heavenly Father. These videos are not Hollywood style but they are true and genuine and I have loved each grandchild who has come to sit with me and to watch & learn. One day I pray we can all come together and grandma can look into each of your eyes and know you as I do when you comment. How wonderful to believe this. Keep your head high, walk straight on the pollen road, walk in beauty on the road of Hozh (peace, beauty, balance & harmony). Grandma sends you blessings of strength in yourself. Its up to you really. We are just here to love you and know you are needed. Hugs always. You are not alone. Navajo Grandma (Write to grandma) My address is in the description box.
God BLESS you!! its really HARD! But draw on your faith , use a sweat lodge if possible, and get the right herbs, and you CAN kick it! love and courage to you in your struggles!- crazy white woman in AZ
@@noraisaacs4292 Nancy I give thanks to Nora for suggesting good things to help you and help all of us. There is a lot of faith you have and know again that you are loved and we all have skeletons in our closets too, that is what grandma calls things like this. But its up to us individually to determine our own choices and lives. Hugs to you always. Thank you Nora. Navajo Grandma
It’s amazing to see your fry bread episode as my Grandmother was from Northern Mexico and she would make us similar bread but would sprinkle it with sugar and cinnamon. Her food was unbelievable and I miss her always.
Well that is what you can do. I laugh and tell the white folks they defile my frybread by sprinkling it with powdered sugar, spreading it with honey, jam and whatever they can. Funny thing is, its really good!! LOL! So learn to make it and do not get addicted, just enjoy and defile it if you have to. Have fun. Navajo Grandma
I know who you are!!! Professor Dannger. Frybread so late at night can go to your hips! Don't you know that?? Yup frybread sounds good. Hugs to you my REAL GRANDSON THE PROFESSOR!! Love you Coca Cola. Grandma
Hi Navajo Grandma! I am part Māori and also reconnecting as I’ve found out i have Native American ancestry (reconnecting-trying to find my ancestors name etc) Maori have fry bread as well and I’ve followed your recipe and its amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with everyone! 😊
This brings great joy to your ancestors and to yourself as you search to define who you are. As native Americans our breath of life is prayer. Faith in God, His literal son, Jesus Christ and in the Holy Spirit who bears witness to your spirit of all truth. Thus in finding yourself, your ancestry, kneel before your God, ask for His help to aid you and direct you on finding your ancestral roots, family. As you do this with reverence much will be revealed to you. I shall pray for you as well. Reconnecting is crucial and a great blessing. Thank you for adding Navajo Grandma along your journey. Thank you for your comment. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma wow Tena koe ( thank you in te reo Maori) :’) I’m also a believer Navajo Grandma!! And I’ve always found it challenging being both indigenous and a believer because of the past history of our cultures and religion, but also if arts etc are pleasing to God (if you know what i mean) i know I’m a child of God first but i also feel there’s questions in my identity. I really appreciate you, your prayers and wisdom! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
@@Indigenousgirl98 Glad you are coming to yourself. It is challenging to but not until we find that we can forgive the past. Nothing can be done to change it, its gone and we either learn from it or not. I am thankful you are a believer and know you are a child of God. This is excellent. What are your questions about your identity? I hope you can kneel down and pray and ask God for clarification. If I can help, I am always here. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
I came for the taco recipe. What I find more fascinating and bingeable are the back stories. Thank you so so very much for sharing you language and culture. You are so inspiring.
Mike you are wonderful! Welcome and sorry about the Taco recipe, enjoy making it and make it yours. Celebrate eating this wonderful comfort food. Also thank you for subscribing by now I hope to watch all of grandma's videos. There is much to learn, don't just watch. Hugs forever. Navajo Grandma
Just wanted to say a massive Thank You from Norfolk, UK! My partner has been asking to make this recipe for quite a while and we had a go this past weekend. I fell in love with your tutorial. You are just the cutest and you make me miss my grandma. Our recipe came out absolutely amazing and it’s now going to be in our ‘dinner rotation’. All good things, Dan & Jackie xx
Jackie what wonderful news and a great comment!! All from the UK!! I am so happy to hear from you after watching then making this frybread. It is wonderful but I am warning you, "do not get addicted." Thank you for being so receptive and absolutely honored to be hearing from across the great waters to Norfolk in England. That is where gpa our Aussie's ancestral lines come from there, Norwich where his 9th great grandfather was Sheriff many moons ago. So happy to hear from that area and happy eating. Hugs always from Navajo Grandma
GRAND MA, that is how i was taught to cook and can by my grand ma also! that meal would be enough for me for three(3) days! that looked so delicious made my mouth water!
Yooper Mann, you are way ahead of everyone as your grandma taught you right. Keep up the great work and understanding and try your hand at this. Navajo Grandma
What a lady! I really enjoyed watching you make this favorite food, and so impressed with your sentimental expression for your mother and Grandmother, so wonderful to see!
I enjoy your videos so much! My man is Dine’ and these videos are the best! Thank you very much Navajo grandma. You are beautiful and so is your spirit!
I didnt have anyone to show Me this stuff when I was young. The traditional language & the food is so freekin kool & on occasion severely edufcational. Your videos are awesome. Wish u had been My neighbor LOL.
Well I am your Navajo Grandma now. I am happy to hear you do appreciate the language, the food and just what you have missed out on. Now you are not missing anymore and you have Grandma teaching you. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
You are so sweet! It made me cry, but you're so right because I find myself doing the same thing, saying I'm turning into my mom and dad! Your recipes are SO good! Keep 'em coming. I'll be on the lookout for more! Nyaweh from Iroquois Territory.
Thank you Mary, what a kind loving comment of Hozho you gave to Grandma. We do all have moments that when out of the clear blue we find ourselves doing things and we realize it was learned from our mother or dad. You recognize it and think, hey this is incredible, this is exactly what mom did. Oh my goodness, I am turning into my mom or dad. The first time I laughed, then I cried. Now I just smile. Its when my daughter's claim this they almost get angry or mock it. I don't know why but one day when their mother is gone, finally will they have heart strings that will be pulled. I hope I am wrong. Oh well. Great comment. Glad you are here and a member of our Navajo Grandma family. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
#NavajoGrandma I learn so much from u yes family and traditions and holding on to culture and language is important to indigenous peoples to hold on too the U.S Government tried to take that away from us by taking the children to those boarding schools to break there spirits and cut them off from there culture and identity but now there is a resurgence of our ppl bringing back out culture and traditions thanks to the elders like u that can teach us these things. I am greatful for your wisdom and knowledge u share with us it really moves me
I was so fortunate to have been raised by my grandparents and great-grandparents as well as my parents. I learned so much from my grandparents. It makes me so sad that most people these days don't even know their grandparents. What a loss for everyone :( I love watching you. You remind me of my grandma.
Oh I do love you picture and thank you for that comment and compliment. How wonderful to know another who was raised by her grandparents. You know you learn what is most important and reality and goodness with laughter and seriousness like no other. The teaching experiences no one can replace or duplicate. Grandparents are Holy Ones in my heart and spirit. I miss them so dearly. Great to welcome you and do enjoy making the frybread, I always say, do not get addicted, its for only now and then. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I agree. I learned to have compassion for everyone from my Grandma. And my great-grandparents taught me to garden and they were so patient. They never ever raised their voice to me and my sisters. They were truly holy :) I miss them so much too. Hugs to you too :) Michaeline
I really appreciate ur videos. My grandpa was a residential school survivor but he lost cultural and ended up very religious, so my dad didn’t know much about his resulting in me knowing nothing, I can’t wait to makes these for me n my fiancé ☺️ a little reconnecting for me and my tummy will be satisfied
Culture and Traditions come to us so lovely with comfort and warmth like your blanket. Keep it simple and allow your spirit, heart n soul to absorb it, as it is a part of you, it is not foreign. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I learned the same way from my mother. She used just her hand to measure. To this day I use my hand to measure as well. Your Navajo tacos look Delicious.
That is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing your mother and how she measured. Those are the ways a true cook measures. And they are always exact. We miss our ancestors and parents and pray we shall see them if they are alive and learn from them as much as we can. Hugs to you. Navajo Grandma
Remember the way to anyone’s heart is what? Food. Subscribe and keep watching and learning. Culture is awesome and so are your comments. Navajo Grandma
Yes kindness and teaching, for everyone no matter WHO you are. Thank you for sharing and reminding those under 50, you have to teach and care everyday you are on this earth!!! Its how the world learns.
I'm gonna copycat this. Thank you for this beautiful video. I'm Mexican, but always been fascinated with the Native American Culture. I dont know why I'm labeled as a Mexican American. I know my Grandfather was Native. Dont know much about his Background but I'd love to learn the Culture. 😊
Thank you for this wonderful channel and the special videos, Navajo Grandma! Looking forward to more. You should have your own PBS show. You are gorgeous. Love to you
I am half black and half native, my tribes are eastern shoshone, northern arapaho, and navajo and I like to watch people make frybread and Indian tacos. I am gonna try to learn navajo but I know a bit of shoshone and arapaho and I only know Yá'át'ééh if that's how you spell it but this video made me happy when I watched it
So happy to hear you know who you are! So few care to invest their time to define how amazing they are, their DNA, their ancestors and more. Defining oneself is powerful and healing. And the greatest blessings. Great comment. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Your videos make me emotional as well!! 💗😭 I can feel all the love in the knowledge you are sharing and receiving it with my whole heart!! I am filled with gratitude 🙏
Emily, what a beautiful name. Now I have two granddaughters with the name Emily, one of them is you. I hope you do feel grandma's love and care and concern in what is being taught. Watch and learn and enjoy. If you don't like my recipes then do it your way. Grandma is teaching you her way and how she was taught. Hugs. Navajo Grandma.
Hello from Toronto Canada,, I watched you make fry bread yesterday , I followed along your lead,, THANK YOU SO MUCH , My fry bread wad delicious , by this morning Ihad to make a new batch, I shared some with my neighbour who wanted the recipe,, I’m Italian we too have fry bread, Back in Italy it was survival food , I love it best the next day, it thickens ,, I love your content, I too speak of my grandma,, they were great influences in our lives, 🙏🏻❤️😊💛🙏🏻
Rita what a lovely comment. I so enjoyed reading this. I smiled that you share some with your neighbor and then than person wanted the recipe. I say that was kind. Thank you for all you have learned or continue to learn from Navajo Grandma and thank you for subscribing. Loved your comment. Navajo Grandma
Thank you so much and yes it is absolutely comfort food from your past and forever. A wonderful spam and potatoes with Naneeskadi or Frybread. Just don't get addicted and it is easy to make. Good luck. Navajo Grandma
Hi there "that girl..." I appreciate your response. Welcome knowing you have Dine' blood running in your veins. What an honor. Thank you for subscribing, I pray I teach you correct principles I learned from my Nali & Bizhi. Axhehee, Navajo Grandma
You do not have to be Navajo to appreciate Indian Bread as part of your childhood memories. Every year as a child, we went to what was called the Indian Village at the State Fair in New Mexico and the music and dancing and fry bread was the only reason I went to the fair. I hardly ever went on the rides. We were served packets of honey with the bread, at at that time, that simple combination made one of the most delicious meals for me as a child. Even though I have had just about every type of gourmet cuisine in the world since then, I tend to come back to Indian Fry Bread as one of the best simple meals that I have ever had.
I was taken back when I read that first sentence but thru the rest of your comment I was thrilled and you spoke so perfectly and with such goodness. Yes, there is nothing like the smell and nothing like our taste buds that do not forget. Taste is powerful. Happy to know you still smile when you bite into a frybread. Just don't make it a habit LOL! Love from Navajo Grandma
Taste is powerful and that is also why we mourn our mothers who have gone to the spirit world for they taught us thru their cooking all the best in life...yummie food. Food like no one else could make. Happy thoughts. Gma
Sending Blessings and Love. 💜 l Have All Ways Loved Fry Bread. I Miss Going To The. Pow Wow. And Hearing The Drums. Your Heart. Is Good. Keep Teaching and Sharing 💕
Sandra what a kind compliment of Hozho to give to Grandma. I need more of those. It just makes my heart happy as it already is but even more. Thank you for watching and yes we all miss some of the Pow Wows. Some have closed and some have not. The drums are beautiful you are right. I hope you are able to watch grandma's video on tomorrow's October 1st DINE' HAPPY NEW YEAR! You say, "Yaateeh Ghaaji." Time for renewal to the Dine' and to all my grandchildren subscribers. Happy New Year!!! Woo Hoo!! Navajo Grandma
I just wanted to say how moved I was by you talking about your mother and grandmother that way how your hands were basically their hands and you were you know how they taught you I almost started crying to remembering my own family I wish you every happiness and many many years of teaching your grandchildren and great-grandchildren how to make fry bread.
Dear Joey, that was a very moving comment. Thank you for watching and learning. You see the reason the video tugged at your heartstrings is that you too, remember your times with your mother and grandmother. I pray you write them down. I almost cried but I knew I had to be careful because I was in front of a hot oil. Boy its tough when you remember those who loved you, raised you and all they taught us all. Happy thoughts, Happy memories. I pray we remember them and do as they taught us. I love your heart. Hugs always from Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma before my grandmother's and other family members passed I gave them all notebooks because I wanted them to write down the recipes. Keep in mind this was before everybody had a cell phone and could video easily. However only one of them did this so I go and fuss at their gravestones occasionally when I don't remember a measurement or ingredient.
@@joeyboardwell8030 You are a wonder!! What I did was go to my grandparents and sat in front of them and asked the questions. I drove myself insane as there was not enough time. Everyone would say, shut the door, I am not home, here she comes with her notebook again. I literally shoved the door open to find my family member and then yes, we would sit with her or his eyes rolling wishing I would stop. I did that only for a couple of summers and poof they were gone too. I talk to my Nali and Bizhi at that gravestones and give them updates or ask them questions too. Mostly I end up crying because they were my life and I miss them though I know they are around me and care for me more than they did when they were alive. You are such a wonderful soul for having done what you did. You can find those measurements you know. Go online and find out. I do and some of gpa's family members were speaking old english and we found information too. Pray first then look. It will be opened up to you. Its a heavenly undertaking but with joy!! Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma oh my goodness, I am beginning to think you and I are somehow related or each other's spirit animals or something. I talk to my grandparents all the time at least in my head especially my grandmother Mary Lee. She was my main inspiration for cooking she never measured anything it was a dab of this the dash of that she could make the most amazing meals just by throwing together whatever was in her kitchen. They were never fancy meals because they were dairy Farmers and never had a lot of money. However, to this day that is some of the best food I have ever eaten. Every time I make her vegetable soup or this is weird but even egg salad or tuna salad. I always think of her. I would sit in the kitchen with her and just talk and watch her cook. In my family cooking seems to skip generations because my mother can cook but she hates to cook and I think when you hate cooking you're not good at cooking. I think I became such a good cook to save myself my father and my brother.my family when I would ask them to write down the recipes all said they didn't know a recipe they had no idea of the measurements and they basically didn't want to be bothered with measuring things when they made it like I suggested. If they were still alive today it would be so easy and I would love to have videos of them cooking and talking to me. However when they were alive you had to haul around a giant video camera and have the money to afford it. I don't just talk to them at their grave sites in fact I don't visit them that often because they are not close to me. However I talk to them at least in my brain all the time and though I wouldn't admit it to just everybody a lot of times out loud. One of my greatest regrets, is that my son did not get to know my grandparents and many of my great aunts and uncles that were such a part of my life. Although my parents were both extremely well educated and had professional jobs, I grew up on the family farm. Which my grandfather ran but my father helped out every spare minute he had as well as my brother and I and other family members. I wish my son had that same experience. I believe it teaches you responsibility, respect, and an acceptance of hard work which I feel is seriously lacking in today's generation. Lord I sound old now. Thank you so much I would love to continue your corresponding with you.
@@joeyboardwell8030 Well Joey, "my goodness is right." This isn't "costume jewelry" anymore to no one. The silversmiths are hiking prices like a rocket and so are the white folks. I just pray for money by the pound now!! Might as well. I loved loved your comment about your family. Those are absolutely life saving memories and when we die, guess what we shall have a welcoming committee that is beyond your dreams. If you don't bawl and cry now, definitely you will. You will be HOME then. But you see, I am not ready to die, I prefer living as long as I darn well can. I have so much to do and nothing is going to stop me not even the devil. That creep!!! So my advice, if I may, get a book out, a journal of whatever kind, write and write away. You see though your son never met your grandparents, he can meet them thru you. My youngest daughter cries at times and weeps that she never met her grandparents. So I tell her stories about them, how they dressed, looked, acted, angry, kind, loving, all about them. There wasn't a stone unturned and I drew pictures of them or found pictures, it has calmed her heart somewhat but she still longs to have met them. I told her don't wish too much you might meet them sooner than you need. So there. We have done so much of our genealogy, my dear husband has helped me find and dig out records in archives and driving to California many times and found tons, and there are tons out there still. We just don't have enough time, then they want a JAB card to walk into these archives now, and they are never goona get that because I am not STUPID. Sorry that is my perspective talking. So we still hunt. My husband's family came from England and because his ancestor stole a loaf of bread during those times when they were having a horrible economy and no jobs, so they got hauled onto a ship and ended up in Australia and not allowed to return. So sad. If the King gave you a pardon there you were. So is our story. We have lots of family from all parts of this Mother Earth who are so dear to us. When I read about his family I weep and boy some of them had hearts of gold and others you could lock up without a thought. Same with ours probably. Well now I am carrying so I best stop. Write anytime. I love your comments. And last of all I laughed when I thought I read that you wanted me to WILL that necklace to you. So far I have 7 children and 26 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren who claim a lot. I just guess they will have quite a fight when its done. But they won't because I am not planning on going NO WHERE. LOL!! Hugs and hope you got a smile outta this. Navajo Grandma
I’m from Zuni Pueblo. My grandmother used to make us Indian tacos. My dad was an artist, and would show at the Santa Fe Indian Market in the 80’s. I would ask to buy a taco, and she would get upset with me, and say take me to the store. She would go buy everything for Indian tacos, and make them for us grandkids. She would say why would you want to pay all that money for one, when I can buy the ingredients with how much one cost, and feed everybody! I miss her. (She passed in 2001.)💕
A wise woman, grandma, mother. When you grow up in a poverty type reservation, you learn to be very money conscious. Proud of her. Great example. May she rest in peace. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
My heart grew when she said "you're watching my mother and my grandmother " 🖤
Gina, yes it is true, I feel like I have embodied so many traditional culture such as making fry bread from my mother and grandmother I feel as though you are watching them. Thank you for your comment. Hugs to you Gina. Navajo Grandma
Same here😊
Made me tear up 🥲
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This made me cry. I’ve been learning about my culture as I was adopted the resources are limited but I’m thankful for what I do find! I hope more knowledge and awareness comes to indigenous cultures. I wish I could call you my grandma💛🙏💫👑
I would be happy to have you call me Grandma. I wanted to start this channel to share our culture and also my memories. I hope I hear from you again. You are welcome here anytime. Consider me your Navajo Grandma.
Awesome just been enjoying your videos , I do have a niece that is married to an awesome young Navajo man and they share their Navajo bread that he made and it so good , It just kinda feels like watching part of a family feeling as I watch your video ,so awesome 👏 to learn as I watch ,keep up the good work,sending blessings your way
Hugs from Grandma.
Love and Hugs to you💕 Sending you Blessings on your journey!💖
Awwww culture baby don't cry I would cheer you up I would love to watch and learn from grandma also she is a sweet person for teaching what grandma teaching us we are all thankful sitting down together and learning and getting along together
my mother and I do not speak. (toxic situation unfortunately) To hear you speak in such a loving way along with your recipe, makes my heart SO happy. I just pretended you were my own mother giving me a little life lesson that I so yearn to hear from a mother figure. Thank you! This was so wholesome.
Thank you Priscilla. You are not the only one going thru this. My daughter doesn't talk to me for whatever reason again. But as time goes along things change now and then. It happens in families and it shouldn't but the more you love each other the greater the hate can be too. Sounds weird but its true. Grandma loves you and yes, you are welcome here to our Navajo Grandma family and being online we show our very best and sometimes folks here try to argue with gma but I also have a delete button. We do need to speak kindly to one another, in families things have happened and at times it is hard to forgive. The sad part is when the person passes on we have a hard time forgiving ourselves. Crazee how it all works and the best thing is to forgive each other. It doesn't mean you enable but to forgive. Love you tons. Navajo Grandma
“You’re watching my mother end my grandmother” 😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🕊️🕊️
My mother taught me everything I know about cooking and I’m proud and lucky to have been so blessed.
Thank you for sharing ❤
What makes me laugh is when my daughters say, "oh my gosh I am turning into Mom!" like it is a deadly disease. Probably because it means aging. But truly it is wisdom and thank goodness for our mothers, grandmother's who taught us and by using their teachings we truly remember them and honor them. Thank you for this perfect lovely comment. Axhehee. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Keep the love of cooking and tradition alive. Thank you for your time, love and story.
Wow beautiful wisdom! Great comment. Hugs from Navajo Grandma ❤
I am Navajo and I don't have much connection to my biological family and I was born off the reservation. Watching your videos and connecting with your spirit makes me feel like I have access to my own culture in a way that was never possible for me before. It's so painful being disconnected and it just makes me want to cry. Thank you so much for your beautiful energy and for making the effort to connect with so many souls who need more people like you. Thank you
Dear Emmy, shi yazhi, although you don't have those biological connections, I hope you know your mother's and father's clan and both paternal and maternal clans. That is a great start. After that, its a matter of presenting yourself in Dine' Bizaad, then watching grandma's videos, retaining and being prayerful that you learn and add upon what grandma teaches you. You surely are old enough to go to the reservation and visit and get to know what its like. Its so important to come to yourself and connect then reconnect. You have come from an amazing culture that is so beautiful with the love of nature, God, and every creation. How blessed you are. I pray you make the effort and continue doing so. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I have always been shy of reconnecting with people on reservations and what they might think of me, having grown up apart from them, but you give me so much courage and faith that I can find unity and healing in reconnection with my people. Thank you so much for everything you do, you bring so much healing for the ones who may be lost or wandering. Highest blessings, and much love
i’m native hawaiian and have felt the same thing you’re feeling. my biggest advice is to find other navajo people on twitter and follow as many as you can. that’s how i started connecting and learning and feeling closer. it’s hard, but it’s possible and so so so healing. don’t give up. ❤️❤️❤️ your ancestors miss you.
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My mother was half native American. No one would ever talk about my grandmother. I asked even my uncles would only say they didn't remember....
Anyway I can relate to your feelings of an emptiness in your soul...I'm definately going to try this woman's recipe for fry bread.....bless you❤
Wow, why have I not seen your videos before now? What a wonderful teacher. Thank you for your words of wisdom. I am 62, and taught anyone who wanted to learn my Armenian heritage. I used to stand at my mother’s hip to cook meals, and my Italian Grandmothers hip to learn to bake. But my mom was a wonderful baker as well, but she worked full time bringing up 4 children on her own.
I swear i answered you. Thank you for subscribing. Welcome to our Navajo Grandma family. We are alive, maybe online but real. Enjoy watching the videos. Your receptive spirit is lovely. Thank you so much!! Much loves & hugs.
Navajo Grandma
Nya:weh for your lesson on Navajo fry bread all the way from the Seneca Reservation. I love learning from other territories elders. You keep our indigenous traditions and culture alive. Ja'goh! Big hugs to you Navajo Ak'sod! ❤
What a beautiful response comment you made and thank you for your gratitude. So few appreciate our wisdom as we get older. I love your tribal kindness!! Hugs from Navajo Grandma
I never met my father until I was 32 years old. I found out my family is enrolled in WI and my grandparents were Ojibwe. I wish I knew more about my grandparents and my culture, but just watching you made me feel so comforted, thank you!
Thank you for this comment. It is wonderful for you to find out your family is enrolled. We are genealogy researchers but I tell people we do charge & the reason we are so successful is because we go on location where your ancestors or family lived the ones in the USA. Ancestry.com sit in their cubicles & order records but are not as successful. Grandma tells all people, you can't find the needed info online, you have to travel & know where your family repositories are. The example I give is about myself. You can look for my info in our Navajo nation capital but you won't find me. Now if you hired Navajo Grandma's Archivists, you will find my records are in San Francisco, CA, my grandparents records are in Riverside or Long Beach, California. It's knowing how to gather records. It's not cheap but well worth it. So u can also do the same. You just need to know exactly where to go. But do what you can. If you want further info let me know. I appreciate your thoughts. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
HELLO NAJVAJO Grandma, i am a descendant of a residential school survivor! I have always heard of my grandma and her fry bread but never got to see her in action, I too would cry if the oil wasn't sooo hot. much love! Petra! such a beautiful video!
Thank you Petra, grandma surely appreciates your wonderful comment. Also, that you are a survivor says a great deal about you. Happy to know you are here in our Navajo Grandma family. There are heart strings that are pulled with wonderful memories of our past. Our grandparents who were stalwart and were the ones teaching us their morals, principles and the correct principles, our comfort foods that we had at the dinner table or on the ground on a picnic table cloth, it doesn't matter they are precious memories tucked away. Hugs to you again. Navajo Grandma
Love hearing you talk about having your grand kids close to you to learn. I don't have kids yet and my mom didn't really teach me how to cook.. all trial and error, watching RUclips videos, recipe books. I would have loved to learn all my Mexican grandmother recipes but she passed when I was 15. And my mother wanted to be Americanized and did not bother to learn. I do not blame her but recipes have been lost. I'm excited to have my own children some day soon, keep them close & teach them all that I have learned. My husbands Mexican mother will teach me recipes that I will pass down ... I miss having that life line of my culture, I am only half Mexican. But I embrace what I am and try to learn our traditions and recipes. Love learning about the native culture.. as my grandmother was a native to Mexico.🇲🇽
Its been 4 weeks but Stephie thank you for this lovely comment. Children are our most Godly Creation, each one. Whether they turn our nothing like how we taught them, but they are ours and we need to love them always. At times they will leave and not come home or never have communication but hopefully you will do a better job than us parents. I know about being Amerianized but your mother did what he felt best for you. Parents do not come with a handbook and thank goodness. They do what they can and we love them for the choices they made and tried to help us. I am thankful my mother had me though as my sister before me died and the doctors told my parents do not have anymore children. If we find you are pregnant we will come after you and abort the baby. Well she did get pregnant with me. They took their stuff in a horse and wagon and went to different places away from where they doctors knew they lived. I was born and grateful. About the recipes, yes learn from your mother in law and we do genealogy research for tons of the Indians in Mexico. There were tons of them. Problem is Mexico never recognized them like the United States does. But there is beauty in your amazing culture as many of these Indians still speak their language and have their culture and traditions. You should be so proud and happy. I hope you are able to have children, wait as once they start coming, then a million come after. Be wise and think of your health as well. Hugs to a mother to be. Navajo Grandma
I want to personally thank you for sharing this recipe with us. Our family, while not indigenous, just absolutely enjoyed this experience.
Hi Neil, what wonderful news. It is my joy to hear you and your family enjoyed your frybread experience. Our friends make this every other Sunday with honey, jam, powdered sugar, eggs, potatoes then make the Navajo taco again. I love dipping it in made from scratch pinto beans. Next video coming up. Hugs to your family. Navajo Grandma ....subscribe.
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I just know your home is full of love and good food. Thank you so much for sharing your culture with everyone.
@@islandgirl75 Have a wonderful 4th of July, CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THIS GOD GIVEN NATION UNDER GOD!!
❤️❤️ Navajo Grandma
I laughed at the dropping of the fry bread and then picking it up. When I was four years old , my aunt came from Scotland to stay. She was the first person to think me old enough to work with her. She taught me to make pastry for pies. I dropped the dough so many times that it was grey, it even landed in daddy's slippers, but it was filled with apple and baked before I proudly presented it to my father. He knew what had happened but ate it with a smile anyway. After that, all my baking was called mucky paw cakes. Half teasing me, half affectionate remembering of my first ever effort, the name is still used from time to time though sixty years have gone by. Only difference is that it is my grandchild who asks, 'What mucky paw kind are you making today, Grandma?' these days!
Jenni this is the most awesome short story that has such loving power, love and learning experiences that we all need to have . It is absolutely precious. Now your grandchild has learned this makes it even more wonderful. So thank you so much for this comment, it was the best!! Grandma loves you mucky paw. Hugs. Navajo Grandm
I’m the only one in the family that could make my grandmother’s cinnamon rolls for the very same reason except she wouldn’t let me take part…just watch. I thought my daughter the same way. Right next to me at the stove! She’s a very good cook now 50 some odd years later! Thank you for sharing.😊
Thank goodness you did teach her with her right next to you. Its the best way to teach. Children love to be involved and when you can teach them when they are young, success is way better. Later my girls as they got older started whining and goodness grief. Now they complain, why didn't you spank us and teach us. Well I tell them, its your free agency to learn or not. Now they groan trying to learn or teaching each other. Whatever comes out they are thrilled. Their brothers run from them, and say, Mom what on earth did they make? Its like scary. Its okay I love that they are trying. LOL! You are a wonderful soul and remain being such a good Mom. Happy Mother's Day ALL YEAR EVERY DAY!! Hugs, Navajo Grandma
My grandmothers both passed away long before I was born. It's a blessing to be able to listen to grandmother wisdom! Thank you!
Awww that is so precious and yes our grandmother's are amazing and blessed aren't they. Mine were!! I hope I exude some wisdom and grandma feelings like you expressed and I want to thank you for being so kind!! That made me so happy and from a CaliforniaDreamer no less. I loved to listen to the Mama's and Pappa's and that song never grows old. It was California Dreamin truly at one stage. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
OH thankyou so much! I have many Navajo friends and have never asked them to teach me- I wasnt sure if it would be polite, NOW they laugh and say, WHY didnt you ask? I love navajo fry bread & tacos! the MANYGOATS will be surprized when I make it for them! GOD BLESS YOU & your mother & grandmother fo teaching you the way they did!
This is the cutest comment!! How fun and wonderful when you invite them to your house and walla they won't believe how incredibly Dine' of a cook you are!! How exciting!! Happy thoughts!! Navajo Grandma
I taught my son how to cook when he was little. I wanted him to be self sufficient and not have to depend on a woman. He is an excellent cook today. His other half is better, but she is an awesome cook. I am blessed.
You are a good Mom. Navajo Grandma
You remind me of my grandmother who has been gone for a while now. Miss her dearly and regret not having more time with her.
Awwww how sweet. Thank you for your kind comment. Always good to hear your responses. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Your grandma was so wise and now you are sharing your wisdom. Thank you for sharing what you have learnt from your family. You are so BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!!
Carrie, thank you for your kind words. Subscribe and allow me to share more of my precious Navajo culture with you. Thank you for watching. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I agree, Carrie
Thank you for keeping your tradition alive... ✌️🙏💯😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for being so kindly receptive. It is greatly appreciated. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Thank you Elder. I appreciate you teaching me this. I’ve always eanted to learn how to make Navajo tacos and frybread. I have central american indigenous blood and our food is a little bit different but I still really love and appreciate our American Indian food. Very excited
Hi there Dan, no matter if you are from Central America or the moon, frybread will remain comfort food forever. Thank you for watching but be sure to subscribe and learn more about our Navajo culture. Hugs, Grandma.
yaateeh Grandma, yesterday I made fry bread ,naneeskaadi and chicken gorditas. My wife loved it. Thanks.
That's great and what a loving soul you are to do this. Thank you. What a great example of kindness. Thank you again!! Love to you and your wife. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
I was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was lucky enough to have neighbors that made fry bread often. I only wished I had their recipe and would have watched them prepare and cook the bread. Thanks to You Tube and precious Mother's, like yourself, I can learn the art of preparing and cooking fry bread. Navajo Taco's are one of my all time favorite meals, and is always one of my first stops when attending the State Fair.
Thank you so much💞
Hey Rodney, what a wonderful comment you just wrote to grandma. I am happy now that you are tutored that one day grandma can come to your home and have the best Navajo Taco or Frybread!! LOL. Glad you watched, listened and learned and thank you for supporting grandma's channel. Hope you have subscribed. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Thank you for ur kindness and patience in teaching us how to make frybread Navaho. You are very wise. I have taught all 12 of my grandchildren to cook. They now are going to learn how to make Navaho fry bread with me
They are all either in collage or graduated or just didn't go. But I love them all so so much I can see the love u have for ur granddaughter in ur eyes. God bless you and thank you once again. 🎉
Sherry thank you for your lovely kindness in how you expressed your love for your children. How teaching them how to cook and to make fry bread. it is always something yummie when you are away from home and the flavors and learning how to be in the kitchen with Mom always brings comfort, happy memories and Mom back into their lives. Great example and goodness you are teaching and being. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
Thanks for reply 🙂 God bless and may he always shine on you with his mercy and grace. Love
I want to learn some more things to make I'm ready to learn from you.
@@sherrypuckett6686 You know Sherry, our Navajo (Dine') diet isn't like going to a culinary school. There is just so much that we have survived on and it is tradition with culture and the same thing each year. I don't want to bore you but some have become creative and do a culinary things with the Navajo foods. These are plain jane Navajo (Dine') I ate or eat as being on the reservation and growing up there among my grandparents. I will try more recipes but some you have to bury in the ground and that happens in the fall. I will try to make a video of others making stuff as I will also do my best to make more foods. Thank you. Navajo Grandma
I'm so thankful to have access to people's culture. As a frenchman without youtube i could probably never learned about many aspects of other peoples culture. Thank you Navajo Grandma for teaching us.
Why thank you and appreciate your comment and letting grandma know you are a Frenchman. You folks know how to cook. That is all I am going to say. Thank you for watching and learning our way of making frybread. I just say do not get addicted. Yes we all need to be grateful for technology that gives us access to great learning abilities when we use technology for good. May we all continue to do so. Grandma is happy to know you dropped by and hope you have subscribed. Thank you again and have a wonderful week and month. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
Good morning, it's Monday here in Idaho, I felt like crying too, I miss my dad mom my grandparents and my brother, they all help me learn to cook, I love your food wish I could taste it but today I'm making my own from what I have learned from you, I can hardly wait, love and happiness to you.
Lecia, put those tears away, wipe them far from you. You are a wonder for watching and learning from Navajo Grandma. Look at your virtue "being a teachable soul," that is way up there!! So proud of you. So when you make this recipe and you can't ruin it, report and tell grandma how it came out, maybe not perfect but it will taste wonderful!! Keep that happy smile and enjoy making this recipe. Make it yours. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma thank you Navajo Grandma, I'm so much alone but I love to cook and I'm getting ready to make the fry bread, I got all the things needed to get ready I'll let you know how it went, I'm sure great, I have a wonderful new teacher, my dad would be so happy, love and happiness,
I’d give anything to have my saint of a Grandmother here teaching me her cooking. The few years I had with her after I came home from foster care She would always tell me to get in the kitchen with her so I can learn. She could make simple flour tortillas, beans & rice taste like a gourmet meal. Boy I LOVED her food! I would dance around when she would cook but I never wanted to get in there and learn. She passed away in my arms 22 years ago & one of my biggest regrets is not learning more from her. Love you Grams 💜🙏🏽
Well that was a sad but wonderful memory, write it down and keep it as a keepsake. She loved you so. Now that is the memory to keep forever till you meet her again. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Foster care if your grandmother was such a Saint why didn’t she take you out of foster care and take care of you herself and before you get mad you were the one who put all your business on the Internet
I’m in complete awe right now of your ignorance. You were anticipating me getting mad cause you wanted me to get mad. You’re the one who is big mad & you want to project your anger & bitterness on to others. Im embarrassed for you that you even commented to me like that. It shows what kind of person you are… a bitter, ignorant, abw! Before YOU get mad you were the one who commented to me so ignorantly. I wouldn’t be surprised if you feel so ugly inside that you go around all day commenting to people trying to provoke them to feel the same way you do. Expressing my love for my Grandmother & saying I was in foster care was hardly putting all my business on the internet. My Grandmother was a saint! She had a very hard life & health problems hence her dying at a young age. Seek help!
My mom is Cherokee and I thinks It's so nice to see you on here sharing your recipes. It's wonderful! 🌷
@@Fearlesslyobedient love you and great comment!! Hugs from Navajo Grandma
I love fry bread, here in New Zealand we also have a tradition of fry bread. Frybread was adopted by my Maori ancestors when white settlers came. If I had to guess, it was probably introduced by American whalers who in turn got the idea from the Navajo people. It's easily one of my most favorite dishes. It's traditionally served here with powered sugar, butter, and jam (like a doughnut).
Yes that is frybread Laura. We don't eat it 24/7, it is more like a treat for my family, but some subsist on it. It is delicious the way you fix it, in fact, most white folks here line up a mile long just for those fixings. Thank you for watching and commenting. Navajo Grandma
You remind me so much of my Grandma. I too, learned by watching, then helping and finally became good at doing things for myself. I still make my own bread and cook from scratch. She, her sisters and sisters-in-law taught me everything I needed to know about living well. A shame my mother didn't think this learning was valuable. Her Loss. I so miss my grandma and those family women who took me under their wings.
I definitely say, Thank you Lord for those women who had the tenacity to teach us valuable lessons even if people don't think much of learning to cook it is truly a gift. Happy you have that tenacity your grandma gave to you. That means you can make any and every one of these food video creations of the Navajo people. You are wonderful!! Hugs. Navajo Grandma
You remind me of my grandma. Shes not Navajo but Apache/Mexican. I miss her. Video made me cry she raised me and little bro. Blessings and thank you for the video. Me, little bro and grandpa would cry for Indian tacos and mutton burgers all the time. Never any leftovers
Hi Joey, what a beautiful but heart felt memory of your grandma. There is nothing that can replace a grandmother - never. But what you have done is to speak about her, share your feelings and remember who she is still. She has gone away for a while, you will see her again, this is not the end of life. That is what makes life beautiful as well. Life goes on and she is in the spirit world moving on, she is involved with the spiritual aspects of our true spiritual lives that we had before we came to this earth to be tried and tested whether we would choose right or wrong. Its a great Plan of God. We are His children and so is your dear grandma. She is happy and more than likely your angel. Who could love you more than your grandma and she watches over all of you. Thank you for sharing your love, your meals that are wonderful, though she is gone, maybe you can put together a meal like she did and enjoy those wonderful foods she use to make. I think that would be a wonderful idea to remember your grandma by. Pray always and bless her and let her know you still love her and talk to her. She can hear you. Few know the closeness of the spirit world for it is here on this earth in another sphere that we can't see the spirits but they know and feel our presence. Remember this. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
This was a gift that brought back a flood of memories. Both sorrow and cherished joy that I had forgotten. Blessed be. 😻🙏
Write the memories you desire to keep to remember leave the others but you will find that the other memories do teach us great lessons too. Thank you for watching and learning and supporting grandma. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Grandma,
I got emotional too.
I'm going to share something with you that my son taught me one day during ceremony. We were standing in a small creek and I was singing for him a blessing song and he started to cry letting his tears fall into the water. When the song was sung he looked up at me without wiping his face and said Mom tears are medicine tears are medicine mom.
That was one of my hardest
lessons. A woman is strong we can endure much pain but to let it out to let the tears fall is another thing. It takes a warrior woman to let her tears fall and be medicine
Tears are medicine.
May our Creator bless you both, for he is blessing your son. Please I beg all Mothers to love their sons, teach them to walk uprightly before God, his sweet mind is close to God and yes I loved his angelic explanation of tears. I am tearing up now. How humbling to hear our dear children who are close to God and we forget they were with Him not long ago. Thus we need to care for them like they know God and knew Him. They remember and thus their wisdom is still there as we need to keep building upon it. I could just hug you and your son. I shall always remember this. So beautiful. What a wonderful comment and Mom you keep up the good ways and teach this young man to remain a strong Warrior for God and to fight for all goodness that is given to us and his family. The Title of Liberty is for "family, country, religion, God and ourselves." and more. Love you so much!!! Thank you for this humbling comment. "From the mouths of babes." Navajo Grandma
that's how i learned. watching. eventually, you get a 'feel' for it. i taught my kids the same way.
You speak truth, we learn by watching, eventually when are allowed and shown by hands on experience, this time with our mothers, teachers, we hear and understand what & how to mix, feel what consistency we are taught. Practice makes perfect. Thank you for remembering & continue to teach yourself & whomever. Great comment. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
❤ thank you..
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
Pretty good. Thank you. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma you're welcome and it's somebody help me find some place on one of the reservations because these people have stolen my money and now all I have is $914 a month after I pulled and tore all of my muscles and my ankle blew and my legs shattered pins plates and screws in my leg and ankle I need to find some place to live and I really don't want to move back into the housing projects I'd like to be on one of the reservations in Tennessee Kentucky or maybe Ohio I got home from being taken prisoner of war in Yemen and when I did my farm with my Forest Marsh and swamp have been destroyed my safe have been broken into and everything is stolen then I go buy savings bonds and they break in the safe and steal the savings bonds receipt and somehow find a way to cash these savings bonds so if we can find me a one-bedroom something that would be great after I find that then I can at least get on food stamps right pay the rent the lights in the water
What kind of oil?
@@TamBoochilooks like olive oil
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, 🌹💞 Grandma and God bless you. When I had no food in the house, I had flour. I tried to make fry bread. It was awful. I see now where I went wrong. I have plenty of food now but still I'd like to learn how to make fry bread. 🌼
Staci be kind to yourself, you are learning with every failure and that is wonderful. Remember Grandma says, practice makes perfect. I believe in you, now believe in yourself. Love you for trying. Navajo Grandma
Wonderful video. I'm from India, I had Navajo Taco once when I was visiting the US and absolutely loved it. We have a similar fry bread in India (it's called puri), those are usually had on the side with vegetables but I think it would make a good taco too!
How interesting for you to share this information. No matter where we are on Mother Earth, we are truly family with everything in common. We all just need to wake up to this fact. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Awesome. Thanks for sharing your recipe and walking me through making the fry bread. First soft dough in my 57 years of life. Sadly I'm a Dine woman.
Well Christina, Dine' or not, hey I am so proud of you for making the frybread. There is always a starting point and you have done that. Pat yourself on the back too. Thank you for being so teachable, what a wonderful virtue you have!!! Hugs to you from Navajo Grandma. Ahehee.
Grandma Navajo; I like your stories! And your cooking! 👌🏻🙂
I love having you. I will be posting more cooking videos and would love to have you join me in the kitchen or by the fire. So happy to hear from you Mr. Dee.
Thamk you for shareong this. It looks so amazy. As we mature we realy appru all the kessons. And we miss yhe elder who taught them to us
Well thank you and getting back in the saddle. Happy for your receptive soul. Love you all in my absence!! Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
Thank you so much Navajo grandma I have really started taking an interest in my culture but most of my family who are native have passed and my dad's family just doesn't know that much
Jason, I have become everyone’s grandma, so come join the family. Come and enjoy learning, watch and retain. These videos are simple but important. Hugs to you from your new Grandma.
Thank you so much. I made fry bread today in avocado oil. Made some red chili with hatch peppers, put that over some pinto beans, lettuce, tomato and onion. Was out of salsa but had Cholula. So delicious!!
Wow Tony, my mouth burns just thinking of Hatch Chili, I am a more mild Anaheim Chili girl. But you know your gut and I know what chili does for food, its a wonder and so palatable. Not burning your mouth and guts out LOL! My sons eat habanero and other chilis like candy. We just need to be careful too. You get older and it doesn't happen like it use to. LOL! Love you for sharing and Wow you need to cook for Grandma one day. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I grew up with my grandma in Mexico, she would always say come see how I do this so you could learn. When you said that about your grandma I was a little girl again with my grandma. You got a tear out of me. Thank you so much for your story and your recipe.
Awww maida garcia, what a beautiful comment you sent to grandma. I am happy that what I shared brought happy thoughts of your grandma back to help you remember how much she loved you and still loves you even more. She continues to watch over you, remember this. Glad you saw this video and I am sure your making this recipe is mostly like the ones you make for your tortillas. Wonderful. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Navajo Grandma, thank you 😊 🙏 I have so many good memories of eating fry bread growing up in AZ
Well Alexandra thank you for using grandma's frybread recipe and hope you enjoy this thru the Christmas Holiday and make some for Santa Claus!!! Merry Christmas tomorrow and enjoy your Christmas Eve. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
I made fry bread for the first time today, followed your recipe and it was a huge success!!! I haven’t had Navajo Tqcos since I was about 13, now I’m 18 and love to cook new things and decided I’d make them. It was so wonderful and I plan on making them again as soon as I can. This was the best recipe I have ever made and the comfort you spread made me love to cook even more. Thank you for being such a bright spirit 🤎
Jay this is what this channel is all about, exactly what you experienced. Because you were receptive and went forward to making this frybread, just brings such great joy to Navajo Grandma. I am thrilled that you had such success as I tell all that you can't mess this up. Now you can make this and enjoy. I always say too...do not get addicted. Lots of carbs and remember moderation in all things. Much love and hugs. You brought me joy. Navajo Grandma
That's beautiful!
Just don't cry because you'll make me cry
Hugs❤️
You are so sweet. Hugs from Gma.
I first learned to make Indian tacos from some Choctaw ladies. Yours look so big and rich and yummy. 😋
I’m emotional, too. And I really miss cooking with my mom and grannies. Now I cook with my daughter. Cherish the time you have with your loved ones.
Thank you for sharing so generously with us. It’s a wonderful blessing.
Yes, we need to cherish these moments together. Yes we do. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank you Grandma !...... Even though we're probably close to the same age, it's all good.
Kevin, grandma is grandma no matter how old. I was a grandma at a young age, and men whistling at me, they thought my daughters were my sisters, haha. I was a grandma then and look how grandma's look now. Hair done up, makeup, nicer clothing, some obsessed with health, exercise that they look like barbie dolls and not grandmas. Thus, who cares, I am Navajo Grandma no matter what I look like as it is my heart and soul and spirit that matters and how grandma prays over you all and desires to teach you correct principles. You could be 90 yrs old and I would still be your grandma. How's that. Thank you for watching and supporting my videos and my channel as without you, I would not exist. Think upon that one. That makes you powerful and that you matter. Hugs to you my grandson as old as I am. Maybe. Grandma's a dinosaur. I don't think you are. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma , you may be the sweetest Grandma ever !....... I'll be 55 on the 26th of November.
When I was 9, my Gramma asked me to help her with somthing.
She had me make a fire and put stones around it. Then she asked me to peel some potatoes and carrots, we put a onion and a beef roast in a Dutch oven .
By that time the fire had burnt down to coals.
Then she told me to put the Dutch oven on the coals. Food cooked outdoors always tastes better.
Anyway that's how Grandma's teach us stuff. By asking for help.
I love you Grandma.
Kurt you are on a roll. Your spirit is clear and amazing. Navajo Grandma
Aaniin, Your fried bread is my top five . Light, flavourful, easy to make and such a good teacher. Chi Miigwech Navajo Grandma. Baamaapi.
Awww I love your comment. So happy you have used my recipe. Please make it yours and use whatever ingredients you want. Just don't get addicted. When you are running low go and make frybread and sell it and you will be surprised how many people love it. The most I made making Navajo Tacos or just plain frybread with jam and honey and powdered sugar was over $8,000.00 in one day. I had truckers lining up asking for 10 to 15 pieces of frybread. It was crazy!! Never did that again. There was a 8 mile line of cars and the police had to make sure there was peace. I almost fainted finding this out. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
You are a beautiful woman. It’s something about just listening to you that warms my heart. Thank you for this video. My grandma use to make this bread. She passed away shortly after I had my son and I never learned how to make it along with other dishes. I wanted my son to taste it so I was looking for recipes. Im happy I came across your video. I thumbs up and subscribed. ❤️
MissAshleyK, thank you for your kind comment and yes this is a bread that tastes wonderful and has become a comfort food. Thank you for the thumbs up and for subscribing. I always invite all my new subscribers to take off their coat, take off your shoes and warm your feet by grandma's fire. Come sit, know you are loved and needed here, drink some warm tea, watch, listen and learn from Grandma's culture. Welcome and welcome again. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Wow, this made me tear up while you were talking and reminiscing, and I felt like my own mom or grandma was teaching me. Thank you Navajo Grandma. ❤️
Nicole you are so sweet and thank you for your lovely comment. I am happy you felt this way as it is good. Our mothers and grandmothers taught in wonderful ways and it was a compliment what you said. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
You are beautiful and I really like when you speak your native tongue and listening to your wonderful stories of your mom and grandma. Brings back sweet memories. I miss my mother. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
Thank you Lucy for your kind words of Hozho and the time you remember your dear mother. Memories are there for us to return to, to grow from, to bring us wisdom in days that sometimes aren't like we would wish. I encourage all to write down, keep a journal or just a book of your life and moments with your family, individual and as a whole. What your thoughts were, everything first hand from "Your" perspective. Its wonderful. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Hi from Iceland, Í Love finally seeing indigenous cooking, first time I heard about Navajo taco. The more indigenous people show us their culture the more truly American culture will be saved, the roots must preserve the tree for it to grow and prosper. Thank you for sharing, and Yes I have subscribed. Much respect and love from me to you.
Welcome and welcome again. Thank you for subscribing to grandmas channel. You have such words of wisdom. Navajo Grandma
Your words brought back my own memories with my great grandmothers and grand mothers. One of their birthday just passed on the 12th. I had a strong need to make corn fritters. I cried and laughed at the memories of doing so at their side. I miss them dearly, but understand what you mean about teaching by doing. Had they not had me by their side, i would never have learned and have a precoius memory. Thank you Grand Mother for sharing.
Well that is it, you just hit the nail on the head. Yes, thank you great gma and gma for teaching you as now you know how to make fritters. Yum. Write this down and remember how blessed you are. Keep your record of times you had with them and what you learned, how you felt, joy. On not so good days, pull that book out and read it for its silver lining. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Love your wise familia teaching advise - gracias, from native-mexican California
Such a kind comment and thank you so much for watching. I know there are many hispanic foods of course like this and everyone shared their cultures. Amazing to see how we are all related and we are one big huge family and many don't even believe that. Sad. Navajo Grandma
What oil do you use? Growing up I was told the hole in the bread had something to do with letting the spirit out? Your jewelry is beautiful🙂 Grandma's are the best, the heart of the family ❤
I use Avocado oil to fry with. Yes the superstitions I call them is the tale of letting the evil spirits out of our bread by making the holes. How true, its just what I have heard. Thank you for complimenting my jewelry, I love wearing silver and turquoise. Your comment about grandma's being the heart of the family, my paternal/maternal grandmothers were the heart beat of our families who fed, taught, dressed, taught us Navajo and all that we are that make us worthy of life. How I miss them and know we all miss or should go visit our grandparents today. Hugs to you Twila.
Thank you for showing the technique for shaping the dough in more detail! I know you said we could just use a roller, but learning to do it your way looks like fun.
Yes you can! Proud of you for trying this. It is the way of our ancestral grandmothers white, yellow, green, orange or brown, or black. Women were amazing. Enjoy. Hugs from the kitchen of 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
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This reminds me of my grandmother and how she taught me how to make fry bread,soups,yuca,tacos& corn pancakes along with a lot of other stuff she’s from Upstate NY Seneca tribe & she taught me how to fish & grow all my own foods,weaving,spinning wool,dying & a plethora of others things watching this makes me miss her a lot! 🙂❤️
@@xomiliaaa3441 How blessed you are for having such an amazing grandmother. I surely miss mine and can see why you miss yours too. There is nothing like "grandma," and their love & wisdom. Of course their cooking skills always filled us with warmth & goodness. Your grandma was amazing to teach you all you remember. Now its your turn to teach your children or children you might have and your community. How wonderful. Navajo Grandma (Great comment!!)
@@NavajoGrandma Thank you sooo much Elder everything you said is sooo true and watching you reminds me of Grandma especially since resemble them my I was blessed to have my great great grandmother Great grandmother & grandmother around me my great great grandmother just passed away at the age of 102 she lived on the reservoir in upstate NY till the day she died both my Grandmothers were amazing and yes Everything they’ve taught me I’ve made sure to teach my daughter,nieces,god daughters & even my daughters friends so that all the amazing & medicinal/healing dishes will stay alive and continuing to go down many generations thank you Navajo Grandma have a blessed night! 🙂❤️
@@xomiliaaa3441 I am so sorry she passed but what a long life she lived and what great DNA you have. Thank you for taking the time to teach all in your family about what your grandmothers taught. So very very proud of you. So thrilled to hear this. Hugs galore. Love you, Navajo Grandma
You could easily be my mother or Great Grandmother or sister. I almost got to go to the reservation to live. Long story, with few details. Thank you so much for the cooking instructions and the love that goes with it.
Well I would be honored to be either. But here on our channel I am your adopted Navajo Grandma. Thank you for being receptive and that the instructions were beneficial. Come learn more. I have been at my brother's funeral and will be adding more videos. Sorry I haven't been able to answer for over a week. Navajo Grandma
I wish I grew up with a family like this and learned these kinds of things! I was raised solely by my white dad and stepmom bc my native bio mom was a drunk. I've only talked with her twice in my life, everyone in her family has died from alcoholism. I'm proud to be 2 yrs sober but also really sad that I'm so disconnected from half of my heritage.
I was answering your comment and somehow it bleeped out. So here goes again. Nancy, you are welcomed here at Navajo Grandma's family and fire. Come sit and warm yourself and watch and learn. Which tribe do you feel disconnected from? You are never disconnected, you are still from that tribe and yes though alcoholism is awful and tribal members have genes that are not well in dealing with its effects, you are doing good. Forgive your parents. There is more of a story there than you may believe or told. They loved you though they drank for poverty and weaknesses they couldn't understand, as most tribal members do. There is no psychologists available, and shamans just want money to be paid rather than to heal at times, but that doesn't work. What works is knowing who you are, where you come from, realizing you matter, that you are loved, that you are a tribal member no matter what, and that you are needed and loved here in our Navajo Grandma family. Its up to you to learn, no one will shove it down your throat, it takes your own desire and realizing your self worth that propels you to learn and to become who you truly are. That goes for anyone not just Natives. Come and learn and know grandma loves you and prays for each one of her subscribers and cares about them like Heavenly Father. These videos are not Hollywood style but they are true and genuine and I have loved each grandchild who has come to sit with me and to watch & learn. One day I pray we can all come together and grandma can look into each of your eyes and know you as I do when you comment. How wonderful to believe this. Keep your head high, walk straight on the pollen road, walk in beauty on the road of Hozh (peace, beauty, balance & harmony). Grandma sends you blessings of strength in yourself. Its up to you really. We are just here to love you and know you are needed. Hugs always. You are not alone. Navajo Grandma (Write to grandma) My address is in the description box.
God BLESS you!! its really HARD! But draw on your faith , use a sweat lodge if possible, and get the right herbs, and you CAN kick it! love and courage to you in your struggles!- crazy white woman in AZ
@@noraisaacs4292 Nancy I give thanks to Nora for suggesting good things to help you and help all of us. There is a lot of faith you have and know again that you are loved and we all have skeletons in our closets too, that is what grandma calls things like this. But its up to us individually to determine our own choices and lives. Hugs to you always. Thank you Nora. Navajo Grandma
It’s amazing to see your fry bread episode as my Grandmother was from Northern Mexico and she would make us similar bread but would sprinkle it with sugar and cinnamon. Her food was unbelievable and I miss her always.
Well that is what you can do. I laugh and tell the white folks they defile my frybread by sprinkling it with powdered sugar, spreading it with honey, jam and whatever they can. Funny thing is, its really good!! LOL! So learn to make it and do not get addicted, just enjoy and defile it if you have to. Have fun. Navajo Grandma
I want some fry bread now! I’m so glad my Grandma can make me some 😋
I know who you are!!! Professor Dannger. Frybread so late at night can go to your hips! Don't you know that?? Yup frybread sounds good. Hugs to you my REAL GRANDSON THE PROFESSOR!! Love you Coca Cola. Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma love you grandma!
Hi Navajo Grandma! I am part Māori and also reconnecting as I’ve found out i have Native American ancestry (reconnecting-trying to find my ancestors name etc) Maori have fry bread as well and I’ve followed your recipe and its amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with everyone! 😊
This brings great joy to your ancestors and to yourself as you search to define who you are. As native Americans our breath of life is prayer. Faith in God, His literal son, Jesus Christ and in the Holy Spirit who bears witness to your spirit of all truth. Thus in finding yourself, your ancestry, kneel before your God, ask for His help to aid you and direct you on finding your ancestral roots, family. As you do this with reverence much will be revealed to you. I shall pray for you as well. Reconnecting is crucial and a great blessing. Thank you for adding Navajo Grandma along your journey. Thank you for your comment. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma wow Tena koe ( thank you in te reo Maori) :’) I’m also a believer Navajo Grandma!! And I’ve always found it challenging being both indigenous and a believer because of the past history of our cultures and religion, but also if arts etc are pleasing to God (if you know what i mean) i know I’m a child of God first but i also feel there’s questions in my identity. I really appreciate you, your prayers and wisdom! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
@@Indigenousgirl98 Glad you are coming to yourself. It is challenging to but not until we find that we can forgive the past. Nothing can be done to change it, its gone and we either learn from it or not. I am thankful you are a believer and know you are a child of God. This is excellent. What are your questions about your identity? I hope you can kneel down and pray and ask God for clarification. If I can help, I am always here. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
My grandmother put the love of cooking in me. Those were some of the best days of my life.
Yes thank heaven for grandmothers. Angels on earth. Navajo Grandma
I came for the taco recipe. What I find more fascinating and bingeable are the back stories. Thank you so so very much for sharing you language and culture. You are so inspiring.
Mike you are wonderful! Welcome and sorry about the Taco recipe, enjoy making it and make it yours. Celebrate eating this wonderful comfort food. Also thank you for subscribing by now I hope to watch all of grandma's videos. There is much to learn, don't just watch. Hugs forever. Navajo Grandma
Just wanted to say a massive Thank You from Norfolk, UK! My partner has been asking to make this recipe for quite a while and we had a go this past weekend. I fell in love with your tutorial. You are just the cutest and you make me miss my grandma. Our recipe came out absolutely amazing and it’s now going to be in our ‘dinner rotation’. All good things, Dan & Jackie xx
Jackie what wonderful news and a great comment!! All from the UK!! I am so happy to hear from you after watching then making this frybread. It is wonderful but I am warning you, "do not get addicted." Thank you for being so receptive and absolutely honored to be hearing from across the great waters to Norfolk in England. That is where gpa our Aussie's ancestral lines come from there, Norwich where his 9th great grandfather was Sheriff many moons ago. So happy to hear from that area and happy eating. Hugs always from Navajo Grandma
I love the Native American jewelry, they r so lovely
Thank you and even the fry bread is lovely to eat too:) Navajo Grandma
GRAND MA, that is how i was taught to cook and can by my grand ma also! that meal would be enough for me for three(3) days! that looked so delicious made my mouth water!
Yooper Mann, you are way ahead of everyone as your grandma taught you right. Keep up the great work and understanding and try your hand at this. Navajo Grandma
What a lady! I really enjoyed watching you make this favorite food, and so impressed with your sentimental expression for your mother and Grandmother, so wonderful to see!
Thank you so much! Thank you for your kind comment. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
I enjoy your videos so much! My man is Dine’ and these videos are the best! Thank you very much Navajo grandma. You are beautiful and so is your spirit!
What a kind precious heart with kind compliments. Be sure to subscribe and be part of our family. Hugs galore. Navajo Grandma.
I didnt have anyone to show Me this stuff when I was young. The traditional language & the food is so freekin kool & on occasion severely edufcational. Your videos are awesome. Wish u had been My neighbor LOL.
Well I am your Navajo Grandma now. I am happy to hear you do appreciate the language, the food and just what you have missed out on. Now you are not missing anymore and you have Grandma teaching you. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
You are so sweet! It made me cry, but you're so right because I find myself doing the same thing, saying I'm turning into my mom and dad! Your recipes are SO good! Keep 'em coming. I'll be on the lookout for more! Nyaweh from Iroquois Territory.
Thank you Mary, what a kind loving comment of Hozho you gave to Grandma. We do all have moments that when out of the clear blue we find ourselves doing things and we realize it was learned from our mother or dad. You recognize it and think, hey this is incredible, this is exactly what mom did. Oh my goodness, I am turning into my mom or dad. The first time I laughed, then I cried. Now I just smile. Its when my daughter's claim this they almost get angry or mock it. I don't know why but one day when their mother is gone, finally will they have heart strings that will be pulled. I hope I am wrong. Oh well. Great comment. Glad you are here and a member of our Navajo Grandma family. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
#NavajoGrandma I learn so much from u yes family and traditions and holding on to culture and language is important to indigenous peoples to hold on too the U.S Government tried to take that away from us by taking the children to those boarding schools to break there spirits and cut them off from there culture and identity but now there is a resurgence of our ppl bringing back out culture and traditions thanks to the elders like u that can teach us these things. I am greatful for your wisdom and knowledge u share with us it really moves me
Ahehee again, you have such words of wisdom. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I was so fortunate to have been raised by my grandparents and great-grandparents as well as my parents. I learned so much from my grandparents. It makes me so sad that most people these days don't even know their grandparents. What a loss for everyone :( I love watching you. You remind me of my grandma.
Oh I do love you picture and thank you for that comment and compliment. How wonderful to know another who was raised by her grandparents. You know you learn what is most important and reality and goodness with laughter and seriousness like no other. The teaching experiences no one can replace or duplicate. Grandparents are Holy Ones in my heart and spirit. I miss them so dearly. Great to welcome you and do enjoy making the frybread, I always say, do not get addicted, its for only now and then. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I agree. I learned to have compassion for everyone from my Grandma. And my great-grandparents taught me to garden and they were so patient. They never ever raised their voice to me and my sisters. They were truly holy :) I miss them so much too. Hugs to you too :) Michaeline
@@WiseTailsArt "Grandparents are the best." Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I really appreciate ur videos. My grandpa was a residential school survivor but he lost cultural and ended up very religious, so my dad didn’t know much about his resulting in me knowing nothing, I can’t wait to makes these for me n my fiancé ☺️ a little reconnecting for me and my tummy will be satisfied
Culture and Traditions come to us so lovely with comfort and warmth like your blanket. Keep it simple and allow your spirit, heart n soul to absorb it, as it is a part of you, it is not foreign. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma ur so lovely and unique ✨ ur words of wisdom mean everything
@@leighlee6786 Loved your comment and thank you always. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
In the Dominican Republic we call this Yaniqueques, I don’t know if it is the same recipe, but it look similar, delicious and fluffy 😂.
Interesting! Navajo Grandma, thank you for watching and learning my culture.
I learned the same way from my mother. She used just her hand to measure. To this day I use my hand to measure as well. Your Navajo tacos look Delicious.
That is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing your mother and how she measured. Those are the ways a true cook measures. And they are always exact. We miss our ancestors and parents and pray we shall see them if they are alive and learn from them as much as we can. Hugs to you. Navajo Grandma
I love the recipe and can't wait to try it. I've been learning more of my Native roots and love learning even more from food! Thank you! ❤❤❤
Remember the way to anyone’s heart is what? Food. Subscribe and keep watching and learning. Culture is awesome and so are your comments. Navajo Grandma
Girl you black stop it
Yes kindness and teaching, for everyone no matter WHO you are. Thank you for sharing and reminding those under 50, you have to teach and care everyday you are on this earth!!! Its how the world learns.
Well said! You deserve a big fat Happy Valentines Day!! Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I'm gonna copycat this. Thank you for this beautiful video. I'm Mexican, but always been fascinated with the Native American Culture. I dont know why I'm labeled as a Mexican American. I know my Grandfather was Native. Dont know much about his Background but I'd love to learn the Culture. 😊
Go for it! Navajo Grandma
Beautiful work, Mrs Navajo grandma ❤
Why thank you "lord luvs me," great name by the way. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Thank you for this wonderful channel and the special videos, Navajo Grandma! Looking forward to more. You should have your own PBS show. You are gorgeous. Love to you
Christy you need a few million $$ for your nice compliments. I hope you subscribe cuz we are still going strong. Hugs. NAVAJO Grandma
I am half black and half native, my tribes are eastern shoshone, northern arapaho, and navajo and I like to watch people make frybread and Indian tacos. I am gonna try to learn navajo but I know a bit of shoshone and arapaho and I only know Yá'át'ééh if that's how you spell it but this video made me happy when I watched it
So happy to hear you know who you are! So few care to invest their time to define how amazing they are, their DNA, their ancestors and more. Defining oneself is powerful and healing. And the greatest blessings. Great comment. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Your videos make me emotional as well!! 💗😭 I can feel all the love in the knowledge you are sharing and receiving it with my whole heart!! I am filled with gratitude 🙏
Emily, what a beautiful name. Now I have two granddaughters with the name Emily, one of them is you. I hope you do feel grandma's love and care and concern in what is being taught. Watch and learn and enjoy. If you don't like my recipes then do it your way. Grandma is teaching you her way and how she was taught. Hugs. Navajo Grandma.
Hello from Toronto Canada,, I watched you make fry bread yesterday , I followed along your lead,, THANK YOU SO MUCH , My fry bread wad delicious , by this morning Ihad to make a new batch, I shared some with my neighbour who wanted the recipe,, I’m Italian we too have fry bread, Back in Italy it was survival food , I love it best the next day, it thickens ,, I love your content, I too speak of my grandma,, they were great influences in our lives, 🙏🏻❤️😊💛🙏🏻
Rita what a lovely comment. I so enjoyed reading this. I smiled that you share some with your neighbor and then than person wanted the recipe. I say that was kind. Thank you for all you have learned or continue to learn from Navajo Grandma and thank you for subscribing. Loved your comment. Navajo Grandma
Gosh this looks sooo good😁I miss my grandma's frybread. Bless her heart🥺
Thank you so much and yes it is absolutely comfort food from your past and forever. A wonderful spam and potatoes with Naneeskadi or Frybread. Just don't get addicted and it is easy to make. Good luck. Navajo Grandma
bless you Navajo Grandma
I love your blessings. Thank you so much. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
This is beautiful. It warms my heart. Thank you for sharing your traditions and your elders' beautiful wisdom.
Thank you so much! Navajo Grandma
My step grandmother was Navajo. Thank you for sharing!
Hi there "that girl..." I appreciate your response. Welcome knowing you have Dine' blood running in your veins. What an honor. Thank you for subscribing, I pray I teach you correct principles I learned from my Nali & Bizhi.
Axhehee, Navajo Grandma
Oh my, this looks delicious. Thank you for teaching us.
My pleasure 😊. Navajo Grandma
THANKS LOVELY BEAUTIFUL TACOS DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME
The best! Don't get addicted. Lots of carbs if you care about your hips LOL! Love you and sending happy hugs. Navajo Grandma
Making this today 😅 using pinto beans, soaked mine overnight and now boiling away ✌🏼 great job 👏
Your making me hungry, so guess what I made a how to make pinto beans from scratch. You know it’s easy but for some they don’t know how. Grandma
You do not have to be Navajo to appreciate Indian Bread as part of your childhood memories. Every year as a child, we went to what was called the Indian Village at the State Fair in New Mexico and the music and dancing and fry bread was the only reason I went to the fair. I hardly ever went on the rides. We were served packets of honey with the bread, at at that time, that simple combination made one of the most delicious meals for me as a child. Even though I have had just about every type of gourmet cuisine in the world since then, I tend to come back to Indian Fry Bread as one of the best simple meals that I have ever had.
I was taken back when I read that first sentence but thru the rest of your comment I was thrilled and you spoke so perfectly and with such goodness. Yes, there is nothing like the smell and nothing like our taste buds that do not forget. Taste is powerful. Happy to know you still smile when you bite into a frybread. Just don't make it a habit LOL! Love from Navajo Grandma
Taste is powerful and that is also why we mourn our mothers who have gone to the spirit world for they taught us thru their cooking all the best in life...yummie food. Food like no one else could make. Happy thoughts. Gma
Sending Blessings and Love. 💜 l Have All Ways Loved Fry Bread. I Miss Going To The. Pow Wow. And Hearing The Drums. Your Heart. Is Good. Keep Teaching and Sharing 💕
Sandra what a kind compliment of Hozho to give to Grandma. I need more of those. It just makes my heart happy as it already is but even more. Thank you for watching and yes we all miss some of the Pow Wows. Some have closed and some have not. The drums are beautiful you are right. I hope you are able to watch grandma's video on tomorrow's October 1st DINE' HAPPY NEW YEAR! You say, "Yaateeh Ghaaji." Time for renewal to the Dine' and to all my grandchildren subscribers. Happy New Year!!! Woo Hoo!! Navajo Grandma
I remember GREAT Navajo fry bread from the Four Corner's area of the American Southwest. This is the worthy match. Thank You!
LOL!! Thank you for watching and appreciating. You need to learn how to make frybread. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank you grandmother! Yum!
An old 70s adage: "try it you'll like it."
I just wanted to say how moved I was by you talking about your mother and grandmother that way how your hands were basically their hands and you were you know how they taught you I almost started crying to remembering my own family I wish you every happiness and many many years of teaching your grandchildren and great-grandchildren how to make fry bread.
Dear Joey, that was a very moving comment. Thank you for watching and learning. You see the reason the video tugged at your heartstrings is that you too, remember your times with your mother and grandmother. I pray you write them down. I almost cried but I knew I had to be careful because I was in front of a hot oil. Boy its tough when you remember those who loved you, raised you and all they taught us all. Happy thoughts, Happy memories. I pray we remember them and do as they taught us. I love your heart. Hugs always from Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma before my grandmother's and other family members passed I gave them all notebooks because I wanted them to write down the recipes. Keep in mind this was before everybody had a cell phone and could video easily. However only one of them did this so I go and fuss at their gravestones occasionally when I don't remember a measurement or ingredient.
@@joeyboardwell8030 You are a wonder!! What I did was go to my grandparents and sat in front of them and asked the questions. I drove myself insane as there was not enough time. Everyone would say, shut the door, I am not home, here she comes with her notebook again. I literally shoved the door open to find my family member and then yes, we would sit with her or his eyes rolling wishing I would stop. I did that only for a couple of summers and poof they were gone too. I talk to my Nali and Bizhi at that gravestones and give them updates or ask them questions too. Mostly I end up crying because they were my life and I miss them though I know they are around me and care for me more than they did when they were alive. You are such a wonderful soul for having done what you did. You can find those measurements you know. Go online and find out. I do and some of gpa's family members were speaking old english and we found information too. Pray first then look. It will be opened up to you. Its a heavenly undertaking but with joy!! Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma oh my goodness, I am beginning to think you and I are somehow related or each other's spirit animals or something. I talk to my grandparents all the time at least in my head especially my grandmother Mary Lee. She was my main inspiration for cooking she never measured anything it was a dab of this the dash of that she could make the most amazing meals just by throwing together whatever was in her kitchen. They were never fancy meals because they were dairy Farmers and never had a lot of money. However, to this day that is some of the best food I have ever eaten. Every time I make her vegetable soup or this is weird but even egg salad or tuna salad. I always think of her. I would sit in the kitchen with her and just talk and watch her cook. In my family cooking seems to skip generations because my mother can cook but she hates to cook and I think when you hate cooking you're not good at cooking. I think I became such a good cook to save myself my father and my brother.my family when I would ask them to write down the recipes all said they didn't know a recipe they had no idea of the measurements and they basically didn't want to be bothered with measuring things when they made it like I suggested. If they were still alive today it would be so easy and I would love to have videos of them cooking and talking to me. However when they were alive you had to haul around a giant video camera and have the money to afford it. I don't just talk to them at their grave sites in fact I don't visit them that often because they are not close to me. However I talk to them at least in my brain all the time and though I wouldn't admit it to just everybody a lot of times out loud. One of my greatest regrets, is that my son did not get to know my grandparents and many of my great aunts and uncles that were such a part of my life. Although my parents were both extremely well educated and had professional jobs, I grew up on the family farm. Which my grandfather ran but my father helped out every spare minute he had as well as my brother and I and other family members. I wish my son had that same experience. I believe it teaches you responsibility, respect, and an acceptance of hard work which I feel is seriously lacking in today's generation. Lord I sound old now. Thank you so much I would love to continue your corresponding with you.
@@joeyboardwell8030 Well Joey, "my goodness is right." This isn't "costume jewelry" anymore to no one. The silversmiths are hiking prices like a rocket and so are the white folks. I just pray for money by the pound now!! Might as well. I loved loved your comment about your family. Those are absolutely life saving memories and when we die, guess what we shall have a welcoming committee that is beyond your dreams. If you don't bawl and cry now, definitely you will. You will be HOME then. But you see, I am not ready to die, I prefer living as long as I darn well can. I have so much to do and nothing is going to stop me not even the devil. That creep!!! So my advice, if I may, get a book out, a journal of whatever kind, write and write away. You see though your son never met your grandparents, he can meet them thru you. My youngest daughter cries at times and weeps that she never met her grandparents. So I tell her stories about them, how they dressed, looked, acted, angry, kind, loving, all about them. There wasn't a stone unturned and I drew pictures of them or found pictures, it has calmed her heart somewhat but she still longs to have met them. I told her don't wish too much you might meet them sooner than you need. So there. We have done so much of our genealogy, my dear husband has helped me find and dig out records in archives and driving to California many times and found tons, and there are tons out there still. We just don't have enough time, then they want a JAB card to walk into these archives now, and they are never goona get that because I am not STUPID. Sorry that is my perspective talking. So we still hunt. My husband's family came from England and because his ancestor stole a loaf of bread during those times when they were having a horrible economy and no jobs, so they got hauled onto a ship and ended up in Australia and not allowed to return. So sad. If the King gave you a pardon there you were. So is our story. We have lots of family from all parts of this Mother Earth who are so dear to us. When I read about his family I weep and boy some of them had hearts of gold and others you could lock up without a thought. Same with ours probably. Well now I am carrying so I best stop. Write anytime. I love your comments. And last of all I laughed when I thought I read that you wanted me to WILL that necklace to you. So far I have 7 children and 26 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren who claim a lot. I just guess they will have quite a fight when its done. But they won't because I am not planning on going NO WHERE. LOL!! Hugs and hope you got a smile outta this. Navajo Grandma