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Frybread

Frybread (also spelled fry bread) is a dish of the indigenous people of North America that is a flat dough bread, fried or deep-fried in oil, shortening, or lard.

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Created by
Native Americans
Main ingredients
Dough, leavening agent, fat (oil, shortening, or lard)
Other information
State bread of South Dakota
Place of origin
North America
Type
Flatbread

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Triples81
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
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Frybread

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related to In popular culture · 26
Frybread → American Indian Youth Literature, Awards, Characters, Fry Bread, Frybread Face, Frybread Power, FX Productions, Greasy Frybread, Indigenous, Indigenous American, Juana Martinez-Neal, Keith Secola, Kevin Noble Maillard, Me, More Than Frybread, Native American Family Story, Navajo, Reservation Dogs, Robert, Sherman Alexie's
related to history · 18
Frybread → American Classic, Boarding, Harjo, In, Indian Country Today, It's, James Beard Foundation, Native American, Native Americans, Northern Native American/Indigenous, Phoenix, South Dakota, Suzan Shown Harjo, That, The, The Fry Bread House, The United States, Tribes
related to Similar foods · 15
Frybread → Bannock, Bhature, Canada, First Nations, Hungary, In Russia, India, Mangalore, Modern Lángos, New Zealand, North India, Punjabi, Romani, Russian, The Māori
related to Culture and symbolism · 4
Frybread → According, Native American, Native Americans, Smithsonian Magazine
related to External links · 2
Frybread → Media, Wikimedia Commons
related to Preparation and serving · 2
Frybread → It, The
Created by · 1
Frybread → Native Americans
Main ingredients · 1
Frybread → Dough, leavening agent, fat (oil, shortening, or lard)
Other information · 1
Frybread → State bread of South Dakota
Place of origin · 1
Frybread → North America

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native bread american americans also ingredients indigenous lard dough people oil history foods fry indian symbol resilience dish similar state

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FrybreadCreated byNative Americans1.00infobox
FrybreadMain ingredientsDough, leavening agent, fat (oil, shortening, or lard)1.00infobox
FrybreadOther informationState bread of South Dakota1.00infobox
FrybreadPlace of originNorth America1.00infobox
FrybreadTypeFlatbread1.00infobox
Sherman consider it a symbol of colonial oppressioninstance ofindigenous chefs0.80text
as the ingredients were being provided because the government had moved the people onto land that could not support growing traditional staples like corninstance ofindigenous chefs0.80text
beans.The journalistinstance ofindigenous chefs0.80text
documentary filmmaker Patty Talahongvainstance ofindigenous chefs0.80text
who is Hopi of the Corn Claninstance ofindigenous chefs0.80text
calls frybreadinstance ofindigenous chefs0.80text
pow-wowsinstance ofand are either rolled or pulled into flat discs prior to frying in hot oil.It is served both in homes and at gatherings0.80text

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