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Honestly, I think frybread is something that Native Americans would do well to forget and cut largely from their diet, aside from special occasions. It's basic
by kepler1 5y ago
Honestly, I think frybread is something that Native Americans would do well to forget and cut largely from their diet, aside from special occasions.
It's basically a funnel cake, with all the unhealthy implications. I would no more associate funnel cakes with respect-worthy Native American food than I would with good American food.
At best it's a recent implanted/necessity food item that has provides some vague connection with difficult times and history but is not a true cultural heritage, and at worst it keeps people now in obesity and unhealthy diets -- and Native Americans could use all the cultural help to free themselves of those problems.
Flame away as insensitive, but these are realities.
- bane 5y agoI don't know that I disagree. It tastes great, makes an excellent pizza base, but may be one of the densest forms of calories you can make from scratch. A few people are pushing to go back to a more tortilla style way of cooking. But the perception that "this is our food and needs to be preserved as part of our identity" is going to be hard to shake.
- chasd00 5y ago"It's basically a funnel cake, with all the unhealthy implications." while i agree, please eat a funnel cake if you've never had one before :) Preferably, at a county fair while waiting in line for a ride.