NITC Cooking: Blue Cornmeal Twoosh'chiin

[@robertmescal7326]

I love watching your vlogs

[@mickikilloran8290]

I think there are some differences between junipers and cedars, but to many folks they're the same thing. To others the shrubs are junipers, the trees are cedars. I make this with the Hopi blue corn I grew. Delish! My Navajo friends tell me a pinch of baking soda will help keep it more blue than grey if no ash is available, but that is missing the minerals.

[@MarthaErb]

Thank you! I bought the Navajo pride blue cornmeal at A Lowe’s market!

[@nlainebegay]

Thank you for sharing the chilchin.. it was very simple and easy to make. Next gonna try the blue corn meal❤️

[@roseyellowman827]

Thank you so much for sharing your recipe.

[@normasantanagarcia8798]

Thank you for your scrumptious recipes looks good, I bet both my Native recipes and Mexican recipes are gonna have a special somebody very happy!🥰I should put up some of my Mexican recipes so I can share with my Native sisters. Blessings. 🖤❤🤍🖤🤍

[@sappysamurai5170]

Thank you for the recipe! I love the sound of your language. It sounds so musical 🤩

[@joshuaj.aguero2225]

when my grandma makes us atole she puts ground the milk and butter but with ground pecans in it with cinnamon, nutmeg, maple syrup. its so good

[@seaurchin468]

I just checked…Navajo Pride has an online store but they didn’t have blue cornmeal listed to buy…😢 They sell bags of blue corn though…

[@ogadlogadl490]

Is NAPI organic? Would love to support and but the blue corn meal directly from the grower but I don’t want any nasty pesticides. Thx in advance for the answer

[@shawntefleming7370]

Where can I buy roasted blue corn meal

[@NavajoGrandma]

Makes me hungry just watching

[@AbellaTeacher]

Yum, looks good! Is the blue cornmeal nixtamalized (treated with lye or ash and turned into hominy), like it is in traditional Mexican atole, or is it more like "basic" cornmeal that's simply ground up?

[@o0HunniBunni0o]

In this case it is just ground cornmeal.

[@sappysamurai5170]

Good question. I wonder if when blue mush is made w the ash if that counts as nixtamalization? From what I understand the lye or ash is what has the corn become truly digestible and healthy for us to eat by taking away the indigestible parts of the corn. If anyone could share about the Navajo way of doing this that would be amazing 🤩

[@ThePotThickens]

@@sappysamurai5170 yes. When making blue corn mush, believe the juniper ash provides calcium and alkali to basically nixtamalize the corn when it is cooked. I don’t think this video uses it.

[@sappysamurai5170]

@@ThePotThickens Thank you for the in depth explanation! I think the nixtamalization is important. I will try that! 💕🙏🏼

[@jeffarp7409]

I have seen several recipes like this, I was wondering what is the purpose of the juniper ash in this dish. Could you please explain what the juniper or cedar ash is for? thank you for your response.

[@thecook8964]

Juniper ash has lots of calcium.

[@0thereviewer586]

Good morning. hi there.i was watching you video n I see u didn't add cedar ash.

[@briannahmitchell7049]

Do you know how to make kneel down bread? My mom and I enjoy watching your videos

[@theeAnteePop]

MMM i love it! Us Apaches call it Adooli

[@joseorta13]

In the South it call grits or homonyms

[@rezkitty397]

I have never added butter or milk (or sugar) to my mush like that. We make it more traditional for stews or alone on its own. Adding cedar ash is a different, more complicated way of making blue mush.👍

[@bettybilly2496]

I did not see you add the ash. 🤨

[@susantaylor8507]

Down south we would call it grits

[@darciwauneka7740]

My husband is going to love me when i make this for him the next time Hahahaha

[@NavajointheCity]

Yayyyyy!! #MarraigeGoals LoL

[@MJ-ib7iq]

Grass fed butter is so much better and tastier than margarine

[@Ljuuroku]

Everyone in my family eats this with sugar. I eat mine with salt lol.

[@NavajointheCity]

I know right? Well, now that I'm older, I don't eat with any additives... LoL!

[@lilmzflizza2273]

Same here, with salt! 😋

[@robinrice9836]

So 4 cups of water???? 😝

[@Desertvanlife]

Were is da bluebird sack ?..... jk

[@Kgiedd1]

That's not butter lol Real butter is better