Hee hee, uh oh, yet another Navajo burger addict is born! I find the Navajo burgers really good but a tad plain. They sometimes stick a roasted green chile in them but I could see some kind of chile sauce being really nummy.

Our family does not eat fry bread on a daily basis but there are alot of families that eat it every day. I think that's when fry bread may pose a problem. Alcohol is illegal on the Navajo reservation and as such, there is a major social stigma if you even have a single drink. It just isn't done. If somebody orders a single drink at a company dinner, the reaction is usually quiet shock. As a result, there are alot of non-drinking Navajo around where I live and yet, there is still a problem with weight. I've never really thought of sodas as fattening myself as I'm an avid soda drinker and not really overweight. I think it's the daily consumption that is the problem with fry bread. Anything that greasy and good should be eaten sparingly, imo! lol

The Navajo are really pretty sedentary compared to their former selves. There used to be a male version of the kinaalda (sp), the women's puberty ceremony. This was basically sticking the young Navajo man out in the wilderness with perhaps only a knife to survive for a week or two. They don't do it anymore.

Stephanie

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