Hard times story: When flour companies realized that women were making their children's slips and undergarments from their cotton 50-lb flour sacks, they began printing pretty patterns on those sacks.
And by the late 30's, the labels that identified the flour brand were printed in ink that washed out, leaving more fabric to use for dresses www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/
I really notice and appreciate how much integrity you bring to these explorations of other peoples' cultural traditions. A different kind of person might make fun or be patronizing, but you approach recipes, cultures, and traditions with admiration and a genuine desire to learn and share. Brava!
My grandma loves hers more like a tomato soup consistency, I made some for her after I watched this video. She was so happy, it's been a long time since she's had any and she was very happy. It made her think of her grandmother. Thank you Emmy ❤️💕
@@whitealliance9540 Maybe in the future, I've never had the toasted flour one but I've had the toasted cornmeal with my coffee. So I was very surprised when I saw that flour could be used also. My grandma however already knew about it, because she had it as a child in her grandmother's Hogan.
This could be just a great story or actual history: fabric flour bags were purposely printed with patterns after mills discovered people were repurposing the fabric bags for clothing.
I’m a Navajo woman from Arizona ❤️ Thank you for sharing this recipe. I’ve had several variations of this drink throughout my life, the one with roasted ground corn powder added to coffee being my favorite. Ahé’hee’!!! (Thank you) ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ooooooh! Thank you for sharing this! I want to try this recipe and try using the corn also. I have such wonderful memories of Navajo Tacos made with fry bread. ❤️
Omg Emmy I'm half Navajo!! My masanii (Navajo for grandmother) made this for me a couple of times! I haven't had it in forever. Also blue bird is a navajo household staple 👍🏻 thank you for sharing my culture once again!! Edit: my mom said my masanii actually makes it with finely ground corn meal! Almost like corn flour
that's so interesting, in mexico there is a traditional drink called atole made from masa (corn that has been ground and gone though the nixtamalization process) but some people use toasted flour as a replacement. It comes in various flavors. The drink dates back to indigenous mesoamerica and i think its cool how indigious cultures share some similarities/are connected! edit: didn't see emmy mentioned this at the end lol
paintup46 me too and I lived on the Rez and we didn’t have this. Its kinda sad to me when people say traditional food and they are talking about commodities. Fry bread came out of shit thrown together from government issued rations not tradition.
I've heard stories of mothers trying to feed their kids dough or a kind of thick flour based soup. I think this is how this recipe was developed. Basically the military just gave out flour to Navajos who were deported to Fort Sumner New Mexico as rations. Just flour, no instructions or anything else to help prepare it. For those who didn't know there was a mass deportation of Navajos from their ancestral lands to a prison camp in the 1860s. It was the second largest removal of American Indians in US history second only to the Trail of Tears that the Cherokees endured. Thousands died from the marches and imprisonment. Malnourishment was probably he biggest killer.
@@MiezzMiezz There is no comparison, Nazis were far far worse. That you would even think to compare the two shows a deep misunderstanding and/or ignorance of history.
Rhese Avallone It’s easy to associate a statement like theirs with politics, but it doesn’t always refer to that. I hope, at least, that they aren’t referencing anything political, because my take on their comment is it easily applies to today’s consumerism and obsession with technology and social media.
Rhese Avallone the ability to even attend college is an entitlement afforded by the generation before you. Kids born after 2000 have the easiest and near unlimited access to information unlike ever before- that’s entitlement. Choosing to attend a college and racking up massive debts, knowingly taking out loans, and not having a sufficient plan to fall back on, is not entitlement.
@@naxzed_it After preparing a salad, it'll often be wet from rinsed / chopped lettuce or other veggies. To dry a salad, place it in a clean, empty pillowcase and tie the end closed then swing it around, using inertia to dry the salad out. If a salad is wet, then salad dressing won't stick to the veggies very well, it will just slick off to the bottom of your plate / bowl.
It’s like champurrado! This is a brilliant thick hot chocolate “drink” that is perfect for very cold days. It’s also very filling so you feel sustained for hours until your next meal.
justalittleone Where are you from? Cause here in the Philippines we call it champorado. We do share a lot of our culture to other countries so I’m curious
Blue bird flour is the only flour me and my husband use. He’s Jicarilla Apache and I’m Lakota Sioux. Frybread is a must. But there’s so many recipes from many native tribes that are so good.
@@emmymade i feel guilty i didnt mean thats not true in anyway. I just see that commented over and over. Im not completely sour with life and i apologize.
It usually is my breakfast, actually! It’s “weird” enough that it’s a great way to keep coworkers from trying to steal your stuff too! (Because I premix the flour into my little can of coffee.) 🤣👍
Incredible: this is exactly how my grandmother (half native-american) would prepare us cocoa. I can remember that pot of fresh toasted flour and how much I loved it! I'm from South America and I had no idea Navajo people had something similar. :)
Alejandra reyes castellon Funny enough, we have something similar also called Champorado in the Philippines but it’s more along the lines of Chocolate Rice Porridge.
@@NoOne-ib1xs Mexican sailors on Spanish vessels actually brought champurrado to the Philippines and the recipe was adapted there. Truly amazing, since it went the long way around the world to get there.
I'm so glad someone commented about it, I find it funny how she says it but I also agree with her, these days many things are made to last very little just so you have to buy more and it's a bit sad to be honest...
My mother bought a brand new GENERAL ELECTRIC stove in 1968. It is rather big being 39 inches wide .Today's stoves are usually 36 inches wide. I have it and use it almost every day to cook and bake items. Still works like a champ. My electric Whirlpool refrigerator is 22 years old.. Yep, they don't make things like they used to. Look at the manufacturers warranty for a clue to how long the manufacturer thinks it will last or least perform without problems. The makers of such items realized quality products that last reduces sales so got to make items that break down quicker to keep sales up and money coming in. I don't care if it is a half century old..it still works.
Wow, I've never heard of this and I am Navajo. I asked my dad and mom about it. They told me that before flour, they used grinded corn with coffee. Mmm. Looks good though. Thank you.
4:51 I *felt* that sigh! That was an *_I'd really like to go on a tangent about how things aren't made like they used to be but this is not the video for that_* kind of sigh. Me too Emmy, me too
In the movie "Hidalgo", Viggo Mortensen's character tells the sheik that where he comes from, their coffee is so thick a spoon can stand up in it. His character is part Native Amercican.
I'm amazed and delighted with the things I've learned from reading the comments on this one video. Think of all the people who saw "Hidalgo" and had no idea what Viggo M was talking about re his coffee. I would have been one of them. I would have thought he was saying that his coffee was so strong a spoon could stand upright in it, and actually, that's what the sheik probably thought unless he was up on his ethnic coffee recipes but maybe - and I'm willing to admit I may be wrong, there's an Arab version of it
Yá'át'ééh, hello and thanks for posting this. I can't believe i am watching this on such a big channel. I love this coffee and it is a treat to have it every now and then. Ahéhee' thank you.
All your Native American subbies will chime in to this ep I'm sure 😋👍. I'm full Navajo and love your channel. Thank you for sharing this video, love it ❤. (Blue bird flour is called "magic" flour in my family 😍)
Yes! Please do more Native American foods! I love it! Especially traditional pre-contact Native American dishes are really difficult to find information on. It'd be so great to have more content about it spread around.
Toasting the flour reminds me of my childhood when I would have an earache, my mother would toast flour or corneal, put it in a cloth and tie it up with a rubber band and I would place it on my ear.
Emmy, are you familiar with the Townsends channel on UA-cam? They do a lot of 18th-century recipes that you might find interesting if you ever get a wild hair and decide to do REALLY old-timey recipes. :)
Here in chile we buy something like that, is called "harina tostada" (toasted flour, but is alreasy toasted), and we eat it with watermelon, with milk or with red wine! (Especially in the south of chile)
I’m fascinated by the fact that Navajo people also enjoy toasted flour... maybe the drive to toast grains, is what make us humans. Btw, i’m totally making this, when i buy me some harina tostada
When I was in elementary school, we went to a field trip to a museum and they gave us a sample of some sort of brown liquid. Most kids didn’t like it and the main thing I remember learning in history at that age was about native Americans, so I wonder if I finally solved my mystery and it was actually Navajo coffee
I remember my firs time trying it and loved it. My aunt first introduced me to it, then my Mother and finally, my Grandma who spoke only Navajo or Dine, made it for me... May she rest in peace. She left us December 19th, 2020. Thank you for sharing and bringing back good memories.
I love watching your youtube videos & proudly, I'm Navajo. The way my grandmother told me was the reason why they toasted the flour was to act as creamer. :)
I’m so glad you did this!! I watch Sierra and I’m Native American so this video is just so fantastic to me!! Another surprising delight is blue corn mush. Thanks Emmy!!!
My dad's family is from south-central New Mexico, and my grandma keeps a ziploc bag full of toasted flour in her kitchen for most of her flour-y needs. Her tortillas always taste so much richer than anything I've gotten in a store.
So, i tryed this recipe! well, sort of… i toasted some plain flour (i think you call it allpurpose flour…) and used instant coffee and brown sugar… It worked surprisingly well! i like it!
I went to DHS and we had the pleasure to have some Navajo people come to our school. We learned about their lives and their journey through discovering their culture . We also had miss Navajo nation visit us .I learned so much from them and they made beaded jewelry and fry bread for us to buy . It was such an awesome experience.
A lot of Navajo foods and some word/terms come from Mexico. My mother has stories of her great grandmother who experienced The long walk and what she's had to do to survive. Love your videos, and even though this food comes from a sad time in our history it makes me proud.
I thought it was a single serve coffee maker that uses coffee pods, but then she used a different method for the coffee sooo there went my theory hahaha!
Well, I just brewed my usual morning coffee.... and toasted some cake flour and also did rice flour... And oh my.... it DOES taste wonderful! It's like I had coffee pudding for breakfast and is heavy. The rice flour needs a bit of milk.. and it tasted great!
I love watching Emmy’s videos when I’m anxious because she has a very motherly and kind vibe and it’s very comforting. I really enjoy your videos Emmy!! Thank you for the anxiety relief, it’s very appreciated.
this reminds me of one of my favorite drinks in my childhood called sahlab in terms of cinsistency its an arab drink that uses milk and rose water and you put different toppings on it i wonder if emmy ever tried making it and if not id love to see what she thinks of it p.s. love your channel
When I was growing up in NM my Navajo friends made some and thought I’d think it was gross and wanted to see my reaction, it’s actually pretty good imo
Have you ever made anything strange from your channel that wasnt really that bad, just different, and then found yourself craving it later? I was curious. 😊
That reminds me!! Make Najavo tea! (Super easy but I want you to try it). I lived in New Mexico when I was little and we used to go foraging with my gma’s Navajo friends for the sticks and leaves. It’s delicious! It has a LOT of caffeine in it though so be careful. Lol
In the Canary Islands (Spain) we have have something similar to this. We call it "gofio" and it's basically toasted flour, it can be wheat, corn, or mixed. We use gofio with almost everything sweet and savory; with milk, broth, bananas, honey, vegatables cream, ... The combinations are endless and we mostly have it as thick as dough
I’m going through Cortez tomorrow. I’m up at Hill AFB UT right now. I’m a trucker and going to Robins AFB GA. Trying to stay out of the weather. Think I’ll pick me up some flour. Thanks Emmy.
Helio fellow trucker! I'm in Layton just down the road from the AFB lol. Headed to Denver tomorrow though so no escaping weather for me. Stay safe out there my friend
Gotta be honest with you. Emmy's videos really make me feel good about myself. Watching Emmy try to make all these not-so everyday recipes without saying it's weird or that it's unusual feels so comforting. That trying different stuff is always cool and exciting. It makes me feel happy I'm not the only one who wants to try different stuff. Thank you, Emmy, for your great videos.
Emmy has always been one of my favorite cooking/food channels, the way she is so respectful about the history and cultures of the dishes she makes/talks about, the way she presents her knowledge is so refreshing and wholesome. Much Love!! 💕💕
i love how open and positive you are to all different kinds of cultures and foods. whilst others might be like title: "I TRY WEIRD SLIMY GRAVY COFFEE" and react like it's gross, you are always respectful
In my college years I was daily in an early morning rush to be on time for classes, and so I had to find ways to get a meal into me before I passed the door. One of my favorites was to fill my coffee mug with an oat or corn cereal, then to pour my hot coffee into it and then add sweetener and/or creamer to taste. I then produced a thickened cereal-coffee soup. Down the hatch! Bon apetit! And sometimes I had a styro or other hot cup to take it with me to the bus or car!
Eeeyah haven't seen this since I left the rez, love how you always give backstory to your recipes very lovely! If you make kneel down bread ima lose it!!
I just learned that in the Puglio region of Italy, it was common practice for villagers to gather burnt wheat grains left by the farmers to use them for making pasta and bread. The flour is known as Fran Arsano and is commercially manufactured and sold. Would be awesome if you could make video on a recipe utilising that flour.
Emmy you make my days brighter, as I've been having really bad months, and I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for that! Keep up the amazing work and take care please. Greetings from Argentina!
@@escapedcops08 MANY natives use the patterns in their dance regalia and other Native crafts. It's been going on for YEARS. So plz you have no idea on what you are talking about.
Ah man, I've recently started binge-watching your videos because your calm voice and positive energy are really great for my anxiety! I got super excited when you started talking about the Grand Canyon. I went on a six-day backpacking trip through the canyon and it is my favorite thing I've ever done in my life. Such a beautiful place and it felt so much like home to me, thank you for bringing back some wonderful memories. :)
Alex Wesker I know I was laughing because I guess my palette isn’t mature enough to detect the wonderful nuttiness! I seriously get no flavor from toasted flour 😃
Alex Wesker I thought it was the raw eggs in cookie dough that may carry salmonella. You just made me look it up and learn that raw flour is also not safe to eat. Thanks!
Oh you oughta try Tibetan tsampa some time which is toasted barley flour mixed with butter and tea into a hearty breakfast dough ball/ super thick porridge
The fun is that it's similar to this but prepared in the opposite way, buttered tea is slowly poured into a bowl of toasted flour and extra butter then rolled and integrated with your hand until you have a slightly moist ball that you can pick up and eat like a mochi
Hello Emmy! I live in NM, and use Blue Bird flour all the time. Cortez Milling company also makes a flour called Red Rose flour. It looks almost the same, but has a beautiful red rose in the middle. My grandmother used to save her flour sacks, wash them, and sew them into cloth to reuse for things like curtains, aprons, and potholders. She also used the clean sacks to cover her bread as it rose, or to strain fresh milk. She also told me that when she was a little girl, flour sacks were often reused to make clothing!
I really admire and appreciate all the historical facts that come from these recipes such as mentioning the Navajo, especially that they were known as the Dine, and how you add that it could’ve been a derivative of atole.
Hard times story:
When flour companies realized that women were making their children's slips and undergarments from their cotton 50-lb flour sacks, they began printing pretty patterns on those sacks.
Wow how cool
Keet Randling I’m a little confused. Were the designs printed on the bags in order to make them less, or more desirable as clothing?
@@smilysprid I assume more desirable since they were nice patterns!
And by the late 30's, the labels that identified the flour brand were printed in ink that washed out, leaving more fabric to use for dresses www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/
I bet they charged more though and I wonder if the dye was food-grade...
I really notice and appreciate how much integrity you bring to these explorations of other peoples' cultural traditions. A different kind of person might make fun or be patronizing, but you approach recipes, cultures, and traditions with admiration and a genuine desire to learn and share. Brava!
Agreed wholeheartedly!
“So thick it’s almost pudding like” is my new tinder bio
Damn girl you thicker than a cup of pudding
😂😂😂
I love this
Hah!
Nezuko-chan UwU
My grandma loves hers more like a tomato soup consistency, I made some for her after I watched this video. She was so happy, it's been a long time since she's had any and she was very happy. It made her think of her grandmother. Thank you Emmy ❤️💕
Wow your grandma talking about her grandma... That's some wisdom you should post it on your page
@@whitealliance9540 Maybe in the future, I've never had the toasted flour one but I've had the toasted cornmeal with my coffee. So I was very surprised when I saw that flour could be used also. My grandma however already knew about it, because she had it as a child in her grandmother's Hogan.
That's a beautiful story. I'm glad you were able to share this special moment with your grandmother.
❤ this.
Aaawww
this adorable woman finds the beauty in everything. So darling
exactly, she is so pleasant to watch!!
Dani Renee have you seen missemae
Dani Renee I love it. I try hard to do the same. Emmy's a great influence. ♥️
@ugly boy sadly she's married😔
She’s such a pleasant woman. She could be talking about anything and I’d be drawn.
This could be just a great story or actual history: fabric flour bags were purposely printed with patterns after mills discovered people were repurposing the fabric bags for clothing.
Actual history. People used to say you could tell what brand flour kids mothers used by looking at what they wore to school.
Definitely actual history! My great grandmother used to make her dresses from flour sacks
People boiled the bags to get the writing off.
My mother wore flour sack dresses.
My father told me his school shirts were made from grain sacks.
I’m a Navajo woman from Arizona ❤️ Thank you for sharing this recipe. I’ve had several variations of this drink throughout my life, the one with roasted ground corn powder added to coffee being my favorite. Ahé’hee’!!! (Thank you) ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yá'át'ééh
Ooooooh! Thank you for sharing this! I want to try this recipe and try using the corn also. I have such wonderful memories of Navajo Tacos made with fry bread. ❤️
What does it taste like out of curiosity
Do you mean like polenta?
I love this coffee. I make it when I am stressed. It calms me. Is corn flour the same as corn starch? I have to try and find
Omg Emmy I'm half Navajo!! My masanii (Navajo for grandmother) made this for me a couple of times! I haven't had it in forever. Also blue bird is a navajo household staple 👍🏻 thank you for sharing my culture once again!!
Edit: my mom said my masanii actually makes it with finely ground corn meal! Almost like corn flour
my grandmother also made this with finely ground corn meal and honey- it is delightful- she would serve it for breakfast...nice childhood memory
Aww these memories sound so beautiful.
I’m in and from AZ, didn’t know about this.
that's so interesting, in mexico there is a traditional drink called atole made from masa (corn that has been ground and gone though the nixtamalization process) but some people use toasted flour as a replacement. It comes in various flavors. The drink dates back to indigenous mesoamerica and i think its cool how indigious cultures share some similarities/are connected!
edit: didn't see emmy mentioned this at the end lol
paintup46 me too and I lived on the Rez and we didn’t have this. Its kinda sad to me when people say traditional food and they are talking about commodities. Fry bread came out of shit thrown together from government issued rations not tradition.
I've heard stories of mothers trying to feed their kids dough or a kind of thick flour based soup. I think this is how this recipe was developed. Basically the military just gave out flour to Navajos who were deported to Fort Sumner New Mexico as rations. Just flour, no instructions or anything else to help prepare it.
For those who didn't know there was a mass deportation of Navajos from their ancestral lands to a prison camp in the 1860s. It was the second largest removal of American Indians in US history second only to the Trail of Tears that the Cherokees endured. Thousands died from the marches and imprisonment. Malnourishment was probably he biggest killer.
My mom would cook the flour and add cheese the we would eat with tortillas in hard times we loved it
And you thought only the nazis were bad....
@@MiezzMiezz There is no comparison, Nazis were far far worse. That you would even think to compare the two shows a deep misunderstanding and/or ignorance of history.
ddt0889 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki ...and they wanted to do the same to germany.
@@MiezzMiezz Still not anywhere even remotely close to Nazi atrocities. Also, the US never planned on using atomic weaponry in the European theatre.
“Sad times are important to remember”
Very, very well said!
you never forget sad times because they are the worst
“Some sentences are forgotten in seconds, but the victim would remember for a lifetime.”
-Me
Harry Potter yeah we do have to keep bringing up hard times. Younger generations are getting too entitled. Links to our hard times keeps us grateful
Rhese Avallone It’s easy to associate a statement like theirs with politics, but it doesn’t always refer to that. I hope, at least, that they aren’t referencing anything political, because my take on their comment is it easily applies to today’s consumerism and obsession with technology and social media.
Rhese Avallone the ability to even attend college is an entitlement afforded by the generation before you.
Kids born after 2000 have the easiest and near unlimited access to information unlike ever before- that’s entitlement.
Choosing to attend a college and racking up massive debts, knowingly taking out loans, and not having a sufficient plan to fall back on, is not entitlement.
When the flour is gone, you can repurpose the sack as a kitchen towel!
Brilliant idea!
I was thinking it would make a cute pillow!
It can also be used for drying salad, since pillowcases are often used for that.
@@marisu9765 W h a t
@@naxzed_it After preparing a salad, it'll often be wet from rinsed / chopped lettuce or other veggies. To dry a salad, place it in a clean, empty pillowcase and tie the end closed then swing it around, using inertia to dry the salad out. If a salad is wet, then salad dressing won't stick to the veggies very well, it will just slick off to the bottom of your plate / bowl.
It's so crazy all native americans LOVE the Blue Bird Flour. We use the flour bag pattern in our earrings and skirts!
@Jason Woods so incredibly insensitive
@Jason Woods lol no not for clothing. It's for our regalia the outfits we dance in.
@@lexifern9231 native american culture isn't known like other cultures. So I don't really blame him for what he doesn't know.
Lee Roy it was still very offensive and pretty rude.
@@koo-core7274 meh I guess I just don't let stuff like that bother me.
The fact that you know what atole AND champurrado are, made my heart smile so much. Thank you for finding beauty in other peoples cultures.
It’s like champurrado! This is a brilliant thick hot chocolate “drink” that is perfect for very cold days. It’s also very filling so you feel sustained for hours until your next meal.
Leah Yarnes YESSSSSSSSSS
Champurrado, actually x)
justalittleone Where are you from? Cause here in the Philippines we call it champorado. We do share a lot of our culture to other countries so I’m curious
Erís I’m from Tucson, Arizona. A lot of rich Mexican culture here so I’ve been lucky enough to learn about recipes like champorado 😀
Leah Yarnes ohh, that’s interesting. I guessed spaain but I kinda see it being from Mexico!
Blue bird flour is the only flour me and my husband use. He’s Jicarilla Apache and I’m Lakota Sioux. Frybread is a must. But there’s so many recipes from many native tribes that are so good.
Trippy to see a Dx on this part of UA-cam lmaoo
Always wanted to try fry bread
Mary Suniga it’s delicious and pretty filling
@@marysuniga1157 DUDE frybread is the BEST. Have it with whipped cream cheese and a slice of cheddar under a drizzle of honey. Ima leave that there.
@@stanleeajrdabeatles1523 that sounds YUM.
Anyone else notice how this recipe went from "cheers" to "Itadakimasu" with the addition of more flour?
AyaBlue22 it went from being a drink to a thick soup lol
the more flour you add the less european you get
Sure did
I love how you're always so respectful to all walks of life. It's lovely to see. It's sad that that's the way it is
Congrats. Your the 23656893217896543th person to comment that..
DARTHIGIVUP why does that concern you lmao
@@anabela2691 i dnt have time for this so you figure it out.
Thank you.🙏
@@emmymade i feel guilty i didnt mean thats not true in anyway. I just see that commented over and over. Im not completely sour with life and i apologize.
That “ ooooh” scared me. I thought my FBI agent finally revealed himself.
WTF i thought the EXACT same thing ROFL
😂😂😂
What’s the time stamp lol
Kaya Ochoa when she talks about the protein content
@@kayaochoaa Around 2:40
As a miserable jaded older guy,
Emmy is the only woman that can get me excited about
"flour coffee".
She is a national treasure.
Did you make it ?
Same here
White
This would be a good breakfast for people who only drink coffee in the morning haha
Ooo... dont tempt me 🤣
True💖
OMG that is so true!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was totally thinking that.... as I sip my breakfast 😂
It usually is my breakfast, actually!
It’s “weird” enough that it’s a great way to keep coworkers from trying to steal your stuff too! (Because I premix the flour into my little can of coffee.) 🤣👍
Incredible: this is exactly how my grandmother (half native-american) would prepare us cocoa. I can remember that pot of fresh toasted flour and how much I loved it! I'm from South America and I had no idea Navajo people had something similar. :)
In México we call It champurrado and can has cinnamon AND milk if you want
Alejandra reyes castellon Funny enough, we have something similar also called Champorado in the Philippines but it’s more along the lines of Chocolate Rice Porridge.
No One Guam also has champurrado. I never knew the name but looooved eating it as a kid.
@@NoOne-ib1xs Mexican sailors on Spanish vessels actually brought champurrado to the Philippines and the recipe was adapted there. Truly amazing, since it went the long way around the world to get there.
@@NoOne-ib1xs I love champurrado! Gutum na ako 😭
“I really wish things were made to last longer than just 5 years” I felt that deeply ✊🏽😔
1k likes?! Thanks everyone!❤️
jenni Corianga the shirt, pants and wool socks I have on right now are older than five years...
My shoes are close to seven...
Buy used things from second hand and antique shops that were still made with quality in mind.
I think she meant a relationship, guys.
Yes! My laptop is 5 years old now and I really need a new one. And computers are such a large investment, they should last so much longer!
😂😂 i was messing around. Nothing serious
That works out to be about 7 percent protein.
“Oooooohhh”
B.L. Nelms thought i was crazy
I had to rewind, it kinda freaked me out! Thought I was hacked.
I thought I was tripping 😂
Stephonni Wisconni I’ve had some migraine related musical hallucinations of late and I had to go back too.
@@Steph_Said SAME I looked to my webcam to make sure the light was off
She should be the type of UA-camr winning all of the awards. So adorably classy. Please don't ever change.
That random zoom in after she said “I wish things were made to last for more than 5 years” was HILARIOUS idk why
I'm so glad someone commented about it, I find it funny how she says it but I also agree with her, these days many things are made to last very little just so you have to buy more and it's a bit sad to be honest...
We all felt that.
My mother bought a brand new GENERAL ELECTRIC stove in 1968. It is rather big being 39 inches wide .Today's stoves are usually 36 inches wide. I have it and use it almost every day to cook and bake items. Still works like a champ. My electric Whirlpool refrigerator is 22 years old.. Yep, they don't make things like they used to. Look at the manufacturers warranty for a clue to how long the manufacturer thinks it will last or least perform without problems. The makers of such items realized quality products that last reduces sales so got to make items that break down quicker to keep sales up and money coming in. I don't care if it is a half century old..it still works.
Wow, I've never heard of this and I am Navajo. I asked my dad and mom about it. They told me that before flour, they used grinded corn with coffee. Mmm. Looks good though. Thank you.
4:51 I *felt* that sigh! That was an *_I'd really like to go on a tangent about how things aren't made like they used to be but this is not the video for that_* kind of sigh. Me too Emmy, me too
PLAAAANNED OBSOLESCENCE!!!! 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
Lindsey Botelho yesssss!!! I sigh that same sigh wayyy too often 🤣
@@cathybelle81 me too!
So true
So frustrating
In the movie "Hidalgo", Viggo Mortensen's character tells the sheik that where he comes from, their coffee is so thick a spoon can stand up in it. His character is part Native Amercican.
I'm amazed and delighted with the things I've learned from reading the comments on this one video. Think of all the people who saw "Hidalgo" and had no idea what Viggo M was talking about re his coffee. I would have been one of them. I would have thought he was saying that his coffee was so strong a spoon could stand upright in it, and actually, that's what the sheik probably thought unless he was up on his ethnic coffee recipes but maybe - and I'm willing to admit I may be wrong, there's an Arab version of it
So i made a gluten free version with almond and coconut flour. OH MY GOD! SO GOOD! It's so toasty and nutty and soft!
How many tablespoons of almond & coconut flour do you need for your version? Is it the same?
@@rickyreksoprawiro5692 i think maybe 1/3 of almond and 2/3 of coconut soo divide how much flour she put into 3 then use 1/3 almond then 2/3 coconut
Smh shí nalí would not be impressed 🥱
Yá'át'ééh, hello and thanks for posting this. I can't believe i am watching this on such a big channel. I love this coffee and it is a treat to have it every now and then. Ahéhee' thank you.
Agreed! Always a great feeling to see our people being represented and taught on big platforms like this! 💗
"7% Protein"
Protein Ghost: (Oooooo)
I read your comment as that part of the video played and it made me laugh out loud. Ha ha.
Lmao!😂😂😂 Protein ghost.
I love the protein ghost 🥺
Rotein rhost?!?
I’m only in the comments to make sure that it was the video and not something on my side 😂
Am I the only one who adores how geniune Emmy is?
All your Native American subbies will chime in to this ep I'm sure 😋👍.
I'm full Navajo and love your channel. Thank you for sharing this video, love it ❤.
(Blue bird flour is called "magic" flour in my family 😍)
Thank you so much for the kind words. ❤️ I’m glad I did alright by you. Magic flour!✨
💜💜💜
Yes! Please do more Native American foods! I love it! Especially traditional pre-contact Native American dishes are really difficult to find information on. It'd be so great to have more content about it spread around.
I had to replay that “Ooooo” just to make sure I wasn’t hearing things in my room
me too! lmao!
I a prepared bc of the comments
SAME, lol I came here to the comments section to see if anyone else noticed it
SAME💀
underrated moment: the post zoom sigh after "i really wish things were made to last longer than five years" 😂😂😂 i legit barked out a laugh
Toasting the flour reminds me of my childhood when I would have an earache, my mother would toast flour or corneal, put it in a cloth and tie it up with a rubber band and I would place it on my ear.
Jodi Collins awww like a heating pad? I miss old school remedies they were a lot more mindful.
Aww...I imagine that would feel so comforting and warm. ♨️
emmymadeinjapan just like you 😍🥰❤️
emmymadeinjapan were you really that upset about the kettle lol that was cute
Emmy, are you familiar with the Townsends channel on UA-cam? They do a lot of 18th-century recipes that you might find interesting if you ever get a wild hair and decide to do REALLY old-timey recipes. :)
Yes, I watch them every now & then....
Same with English Heritage. And Even Glen and Friends cooking
@@chelsey8737 ...are you me?
Love that channel!
We used to tease Townsends for not having slaves do all the cooking 😜
Oooo.... When it was like syrup (1 stage before the final), I thought "That would be good on ice cream." Project time!
....... Mother of god, I wanna try this, now. :O THIS IS WHY I READ THE COMMENTS. :D
Ok everyone try this in different ways and we can share our experiences. Make sure you take good notes on everything. This is amazing. See you soon
That looks like the coffee we give nursing home patients who are on a special diet of thicken liquids cause they can choke
Lmaooo. It sure does
Here in chile we buy something like that, is called "harina tostada" (toasted flour, but is alreasy toasted), and we eat it with watermelon, with milk or with red wine! (Especially in the south of chile)
I’m fascinated by the fact that Navajo people also enjoy toasted flour... maybe the drive to toast grains, is what make us humans. Btw, i’m totally making this, when i buy me some harina tostada
venía a escribir lo mismo jajaja tambien nombrar que igual tenemos fry bread, la sopaipilla
Aquí se le dice gofio. Es harina de trigo tostada con azúcar.
When I was in elementary school, we went to a field trip to a museum and they gave us a sample of some sort of brown liquid. Most kids didn’t like it and the main thing I remember learning in history at that age was about native Americans, so I wonder if I finally solved my mystery and it was actually Navajo coffee
Maybe it's yaupon tea, which is also a drink associated with Native Americans, particularly in the southeast.
4:55 that “my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined” face lol
Hahahaha. My absolute fav time traveling ReviewBrah.
I remember my firs time trying it and loved it. My aunt first introduced me to it, then my Mother and finally, my Grandma who spoke only Navajo or Dine, made it for me... May she rest in peace. She left us December 19th, 2020. Thank you for sharing and bringing back good memories.
I love watching your youtube videos & proudly, I'm Navajo. The way my grandmother told me was the reason why they toasted the flour was to act as creamer. :)
I’m so glad you did this!! I watch Sierra and I’m Native American so this video is just so fantastic to me!! Another surprising delight is blue corn mush. Thanks Emmy!!!
Just subbed to Sierra's channel a few weeks ago...she's so nice and positive. Love the content as well.
My dad's family is from south-central New Mexico, and my grandma keeps a ziploc bag full of toasted flour in her kitchen for most of her flour-y needs. Her tortillas always taste so much richer than anything I've gotten in a store.
Hmm, I love homemade tortillas, so I might try this.
Sina McSpacetoaster does she substitute toasted flour for all the flour in her recipe, or does she do part toasted, part untoasted?
@@BJMallory It's usually a mix. The goal is to remove/hide the flavor of raw flour more than anything else.
Aw how cool! I'll try this! thanks abuela
Sina McSpacetoaster thanks! Trying that 🙂
Thank you!! As a Navajo this makes me happy!!!✨💝✨Blue bird flour is a iconic image in the community and it's in every Navajos house. Thank you!!!
Thank you! Your approval means a lot. 🙏🏼
So, i tryed this recipe! well, sort of… i toasted some plain flour (i think you call it allpurpose flour…) and used instant coffee and brown sugar…
It worked surprisingly well! i like it!
I was looking to see if anyone tried it with a different flour than Blue Bird. Good to know similar results can be had
"and make that coffee strong enough to chew!"
Buchanan Winchester do I spy a Waitress reference? 😊
Manda “sugar...coffee...flour...”
Your profile picture makes this comment even better
Buchanan Winchester you win 👏🏻😂
“That works out to be about seven grams of protein” *oooo*
That startled me 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I rewinded it to make sure I wasn’t losing it! 😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
I thought it was either Emmy's belly rumbling or mine 😅
I just assumed my apartment was haunted. Thankfully it wasn't just me that heard it!
Ailie Robertson 🤣😂🤣😂
Omg I did the same thing
The ghost liked that
Navajo 'Díne' used powdered/grinded corn from the cornfields...as there creamer besides the flour...also toasted!
Someone in Emmy's house really likes it when Emmy does math.
“Ooh look how thick that is... so beautiful”
A very important message 🖤
At 2.47 after she said how much protein there was an “ ohhhh” I never been so scared at 3oclock in the morning
I went to DHS and we had the pleasure to have some Navajo people come to our school. We learned about their lives and their journey through discovering their culture . We also had miss Navajo nation visit us .I learned so much from them and they made beaded jewelry and fry bread for us to buy . It was such an awesome experience.
A lot of Navajo foods and some word/terms come from Mexico. My mother has stories of her great grandmother who experienced The long walk and what she's had to do to survive. Love your videos, and even though this food comes from a sad time in our history it makes me proud.
BLUEBIRD, I can't say I've never had this however I'm Zuni!!!! And it's so nice to see people make native stuff
Emmy, I really like the way you show the utmost respect while presenting these cultural recipes. Keep up the good work! Stay humble and kind.
2:47 wtf was that ghostly voice saying “oooooo?!!”
wtf-
Dainon McDuffie wtf hahahah what in the world this needs some conspiracy theories
Meep Moop 😱
deyseemedrawin I need answers! I don’t watch emmys videos to be scared shitless. Haha
I thought it was a single serve coffee maker that uses coffee pods, but then she used a different method for the coffee sooo there went my theory hahaha!
Well, I just brewed my usual morning coffee.... and toasted some cake flour and also did rice flour...
And oh my.... it DOES taste wonderful! It's like I had coffee pudding for breakfast and is heavy. The rice flour needs a bit of milk.. and it tasted great!
Tell me I’m not the only one who heard that “Ooh” at 2:47
Um Hi ? Like legitly!! Is there a ghost in her house??!!??????!!!
😂😂😂
emmymadeinjapan WHAT WAS THAT? ANSWER ME!
Her house is on a Native American burial ground, the ghosts are like *fuck yeah* 😂
Definitely heard that too..
2:45 the ominous "ohhhhh" scared the hell out of me Emmy 😂😂 it's 3am I'm on my lunch break at work by myself in the parking lot 😂😂😂
2:35am at work by myself in the parking lot! LOL
"How do you take your coffee?" -"More flour than a pasta dish."
😑
I really wish things were made to last longer than 5 years +sad disappointed face+ 😂 we love you
It looks like gravy and I want some 🤣
Also that “ooo” threw me off, I had to rewind and make sure I wasn’t going crazy lol
Me to at 2:47. Was that intentional or was that a ghost!!!
Daé J I thought it may have been in my head for a second. 😂😂
it's probably her brother since they recently did a video together
@@crossxfuse nope, definitely a added sound bite
2:46 oOOoOOh
I love watching Emmy’s videos when I’m anxious because she has a very motherly and kind vibe and it’s very comforting. I really enjoy your videos Emmy!! Thank you for the anxiety relief, it’s very appreciated.
this reminds me of one of my favorite drinks in my childhood called sahlab in terms of cinsistency its an arab drink that uses milk and rose water and you put different toppings on it i wonder if emmy ever tried making it and if not id love to see what she thinks of it
p.s. love your channel
I love what the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota (ie. "Sioux") call coffee: "the black medicine"
When I was growing up in NM my Navajo friends made some and thought I’d think it was gross and wanted to see my reaction, it’s actually pretty good imo
Have you ever made anything strange from your channel that wasnt really that bad, just different, and then found yourself craving it later? I was curious. 😊
Deb Reaves I second this question!! Also Emmy should totally do another Q&A :D
Deb Reaves good question
I made the DIY Fluff Screamer Burger because, marshmallow fluff. Have since made it two more times thanks to random cravings.
I fourth this 😂
The oooh man voice sound effect fucking scared me lol! I thought there was someone in my room! lmao
I didn't even notice it. I had to go back and relisten after reading the comments
That reminds me!! Make Najavo tea! (Super easy but I want you to try it). I lived in New Mexico when I was little and we used to go foraging with my gma’s Navajo friends for the sticks and leaves. It’s delicious! It has a LOT of caffeine in it though so be careful. Lol
amy g all of these stories about New Mexico, I really want to go!
@@ah-ss7he I went this past summer with our scout troop. It was BEAUTIFUL!
sara seaman I loved being a girl scout!!!!
sara seaman maybe I’ll try to become a troop leader next school year!
I used to go tea hunting with my grandma all the time!!! Making the tea bundles with her!! Aww the memories. Lol
Wow! I'm a part of the Navajo nation. It's amazing to see you make a video a part of my culture and foods 😁♥️♥️♥️
In the Canary Islands (Spain) we have have something similar to this. We call it "gofio" and it's basically toasted flour, it can be wheat, corn, or mixed. We use gofio with almost everything sweet and savory; with milk, broth, bananas, honey, vegatables cream, ... The combinations are endless and we mostly have it as thick as dough
I wish you were my Science teacher, I would pay more attention. All the recipe prep videos you do are so fascinating.
Thank you so much for being open and trying this. Wow, impressed you even had the Bluebird flour! 😁
I’m going through Cortez tomorrow. I’m up at Hill AFB UT right now. I’m a trucker and going to Robins AFB GA. Trying to stay out of the weather. Think I’ll pick me up some flour. Thanks Emmy.
Kevin Springer safe travels !!
GET YOURSELF ANASAZI BEANS ALSO AND MESA VERDE IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT,CROW CANYON..SAFE TRAVELS..
Helio fellow trucker! I'm in Layton just down the road from the AFB lol. Headed to Denver tomorrow though so no escaping weather for me. Stay safe out there my friend
Safe travels. Thank you for what you do.
oooh if you see piñons or frybread grab some they're really good
Gotta be honest with you. Emmy's videos really make me feel good about myself. Watching Emmy try to make all these not-so everyday recipes without saying it's weird or that it's unusual feels so comforting. That trying different stuff is always cool and exciting. It makes me feel happy I'm not the only one who wants to try different stuff. Thank you, Emmy, for your great videos.
Emmy has always been one of my favorite cooking/food channels, the way she is so respectful about the history and cultures of the dishes she makes/talks about, the way she presents her knowledge is so refreshing and wholesome. Much Love!! 💕💕
i love how open and positive you are to all different kinds of cultures and foods. whilst others might be like title: "I TRY WEIRD SLIMY GRAVY COFFEE" and react like it's gross, you are always respectful
Hey I live 20 minutes from Cortez Co lol I use bluebird all the time!!! I love the video 😍
I'm not Navajo but
I am Ute
UTE VERY COOL...SPENT TIME IN THE ABOHOS,,,FANTASTIC PLACE FOR SURE..STAY WELL
Mookie Pavisook GOT SOME NUTTY FLAVOR FOR YOU
Shout out to Sierra Johnson! Love her page as well!!! Thanks Emmy for your connection with her!
In my college years I was daily in an early morning rush to be on time for classes, and so I had to find ways to get a meal into me before I passed the door. One of my favorites was to fill my coffee mug with an oat or corn cereal, then to pour my hot coffee into it and then add sweetener and/or creamer to taste. I then produced a thickened cereal-coffee soup. Down the hatch! Bon apetit! And sometimes I had a styro or other hot cup to take it with me to the bus or car!
Her voice is so claiming
I feel like I could sleep to this
I want to try this so bad!!! Coffee pudding sounds like an actual dream 😍😍😍
Eeeyah haven't seen this since I left the rez, love how you always give backstory to your recipes very lovely! If you make kneel down bread ima lose it!!
When I was little I used sit on my grandmother’s lap and dip my buttered toast into her coffee this makes me think of that 🥰
I just learned that in the Puglio region of Italy, it was common practice for villagers to gather burnt wheat grains left by the farmers to use them for making pasta and bread. The flour is known as Fran Arsano and is commercially manufactured and sold. Would be awesome if you could make video on a recipe utilising that flour.
This woman is the bob ross of cooking
Most underrated comment!! I agree!
I’m listening with earbuds and That “Oooooh” at 2:45 scared the holy shit out of me!!!
LaDivinaLover I’m like, did she add sound effects or did she catch a ghost evp... lol
LaDivinaLover huh??
Yea, I had to listen five times myself, that is creepy
Lynn Leigha lol what was it??
Yeah I think she caught an EVP
Emmy you make my days brighter, as I've been having really bad months, and I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for that! Keep up the amazing work and take care please. Greetings from Argentina!
My wife sells beaded earrings with the blue bird as the center piece. People at powwows eat them up.
Wait until copyright infringement ruins it for her.
@@escapedcops08 MANY natives use the patterns in their dance regalia and other Native crafts. It's been going on for YEARS. So plz you have no idea on what you are talking about.
It's a really lovely design, I totally get why your wife's stuff would get snapped up!
@@Tardisntimbits it is!!! Blue jays are beautiful in the first place!
Does she have a website? I would like to see them. It’s a beautiful bag of flour.
Ah man, I've recently started binge-watching your videos because your calm voice and positive energy are really great for my anxiety! I got super excited when you started talking about the Grand Canyon. I went on a six-day backpacking trip through the canyon and it is my favorite thing I've ever done in my life. Such a beautiful place and it felt so much like home to me, thank you for bringing back some wonderful memories. :)
You said Navajo and Diné superb! Love it! Thank you for sharing the history story and taking interest in our food🙏🏽
I was told the reason for toasting the flour was for color and to cook off anything that might be alive! 😂
Yeah, iirc raw flour can give you salmonella poisoning. That's why you shouldn't eat raw cookie dough.
Alex Wesker I know I was laughing because I guess my palette isn’t mature enough to detect the wonderful nuttiness! I seriously get no flavor from toasted flour 😃
Yeah my great great grandma said the government gave put expired and bug infested rations to our ancestors. Well they still do but not much we can do.
Alex Wesker I thought it was the raw eggs in cookie dough that may carry salmonella. You just made me look it up and learn that raw flour is also not safe to eat. Thanks!
I forgot about raw flour and salmonella. Also, i haven't seen any weevils lately.
Toasting the flour must stop the lumps from sticking together.
Oh you oughta try Tibetan tsampa some time which is toasted barley flour mixed with butter and tea into a hearty breakfast dough ball/ super thick porridge
The fun is that it's similar to this but prepared in the opposite way, buttered tea is slowly poured into a bowl of toasted flour and extra butter then rolled and integrated with your hand until you have a slightly moist ball that you can pick up and eat like a mochi
Hello Emmy! I live in NM, and use Blue Bird flour all the time. Cortez Milling company also makes a flour called Red Rose flour. It looks almost the same, but has a beautiful red rose in the middle. My grandmother used to save her flour sacks, wash them, and sew them into cloth to reuse for things like curtains, aprons, and potholders. She also used the clean sacks to cover her bread as it rose, or to strain fresh milk. She also told me that when she was a little girl, flour sacks were often reused to make clothing!
I really admire and appreciate all the historical facts that come from these recipes such as mentioning the Navajo, especially that they were known as the Dine, and how you add that it could’ve been a derivative of atole.