The town of Jim Thorpe along with a recipe for native american Fry bread.
October 7, 2011 by cherrylane1968
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Since the town of Jim Thorpe is under 80 miles from my home I decided to make a day trip of it and visit. This would be my very first time at Jim Thorpe after passing through it so many times over the years and never having stopped before. From what I’ve read Jim Thorpe had never stepped foot in this town either and he passed away without ever knowing that this town was named after him!. The town of Jim Thorpe was called Mauch Chunk before the name change, and according to my readings the name change to Jim Thorpe happened because after Mr. Thorpe’s death the state of Oklahoma would not erect a memorial to honor him, after his angry widow heard about it she moved his remains out of Oklahoma and moved them to the new town named in his honor. All of the planets seemed to be aligning at that moment because the town of Mauch Chunk was looking for a way to increase tourism and increase business. So now my impression of the town of Jim Thorpe, my first thoughts are “why didn’t I do this sooner”. I’ve heard some call this town the “little Switzerland” of the Pocono’s, and I couldn’t confirm that because I’ve never been to Europe in my life. But I have been to old Montreal in Canada which is modeled at least in part from heavy French influences, and this town does remind me of a town from Germany or France with its narrow streets and outside cafes. Even some of the buildings have more of a European feel than a colonial one as you can see from some of my pictures. I will be visiting Jim Thorpe again because I really enjoyed myself and fell in love with the town, its just a shame Jim Thorpe never experienced this same feeling in life from a town named after him . To honor Jim Thorpe’s native American heritage Ive include this American Indian recipe of fry bread. Richard
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Jim Thorpe’s resting place |
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High wheeler made in the 1800s |
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Miner equipment from the early 1900s |
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Native American Fry Bread
This bread is used as the basis for Navajo Tacos and can also be folded over a stuffing and eaten as a sandwich. At special events through the Southwest they are cooked in large round pots over open mesquite fires by Native Americans. Fry Bread is often served sprinkled with confectioners sugar or drizzled with honey. Sometimes chopped onions and chiles are mixed into the dough. The Ute tribe forms the tortillas in the same way as fry bread, but they cook them over a charcoal grill outdoors or over an open fire. This method also makes delicious Fry Bread.
3 cups unbleached flour
2 teaspoons baking powder*
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups warm water or milk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil or shortening
Oil or shortening, for deep frying
* Use 3 teaspoons of baking powder at high altitudes.
In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except oil and knead until smooth. Rub oil or shortening over dough. Cover and let sit for about 30 minutes.
Either pat or roll out enough dough to fit in the palm of your hand in a circle about 1/8-inch thick. Deep fry in hot oil or shortening. Top with refried beans, confectioners’ sugar or honey.
Makes 10 to 12 Fry Breads.
Published with permission from Recipe goldmine.
Richard from Amish Stories
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Next Monday a recipe from Amish fiction writer Wanda E. Brunstetter! |
Also on Jeans post coming this Tuesday Jean and David help an Amish family get their farm and home in order after losing both parents in that horrible accident in New York state involving the 6 Amish who were killed. Read the story of Amish and Mennonites who traveled miles just to help the 12 children who lost their parents.
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It looks like the Turkey Hill Dairy company who makes milk and other dairy products is now making "whoopie pie ice cream" for a limited time!. I have their blog on the right side of Amish Stories incase anyone would like to check it out. The recipe of the week for next Monday will be from Amish fiction writer Wanda Brunstetter, and on Tuesday Jean talks about going down to one of the Amish families who were effected in the horrible New York state accident involving 6 Amish and helping out get the families farm and home back in order. Jeans husband David and even the children pitched-in to help this Amish family. So look for this post on Tuesday along with a recipe that Jeans Amish friends like to make. Richard
What rich history ya'll share over here in your beautiful blog.Now, about that Indian Flat Bread…I haven't had any since the last time I visited the Navaho Reservation in Albuquerque many moons ago! Dang…now I'm cravin' it!God bless ya and have a wonderful weekend!!! :o)
Good morning Nezzy and i must admit that ive never tried Fry bread, but after posting the recipe for it i need to try it now! Enjoy todays post folks and the recipe, and im heading out the door. Richard
I love Indian fry bread. I used to live in NM and now that I've moved, I have to make it. Good stuff.Pictures are beautiful.jodie
You have a very interesting blog.
Great pictures and very interesting information. Thank you. Vicki
now i must visit jim thorpe. i have passed by it many times but never stopped. next time i will! an i love fry bread and have made it many times!
Thanks for the trip to Jim Thorpe. You photographically depicted the area very well, Looks like a great way to spend a day! Many scenes remind me of New Hope PA which my sister & I enjoy visiting sometimes when I am in NJ. We give New Hope lots of our $$$- great shops & cafes there as well.Hope everyone has a nice weekend!
Hi Richard! What a beautiful town! My dad had told me many things about Jim Thorpe. The fry bread looks great. I have made many fry breads in my life. hehe. I sat on a board for IHS ( Indian Health Service )for 10 years. We held a traditional Powwow every year and even served as head woman dancer. I like to eat fry bread with honey and powdered sugar the best yummy! Great pictures too! ~ Lissa
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Wow, what an amazing blog you have. Not sure how you found me, but I'm glad you did. And yes, we are having beautiful weather here in San Diego. Years ago my son and I attended a small Mennonite church in Upland, CA. To this day they remain some of the nicest folks I have ever met.blessings,jilly
Just getting back home folks. I've been to a few pow wow's upstate New York when they would have them, so I've always found native American culture to be very interesting. I remember the food being very good and i really enjoyed the dancing so it was always entertaining being there, and i will look into going to another now that I'm in Pennsylvania. Richard
I also recieved an e-mail from someone who i had contacted for permission to use some very clear and good quality images of the TV show the Walton's, so now i can work on that post and have it ready for the holidays. And as I've said ill try and make it a little shorter than the Bonanza post was, which in no way reflects my fondness for this show. Richard
I loved your photos, the town looks very compelling. I would love to visit there. I will try the fry bread, sure looks good. Thanks for all you're sharing!
The town looks very quaint! Do you know how many residents are there?
What an amazing blog, wonderful photos. I have tried that fry bread. It is so simple, I love it!
Wasn’t there a Jim Thorpe who played big league baseball?
Hello TnT I'm not exactly sure how many folks live in the town of Jim Thorpe, but it is a living town with private homes in and around the village. I myself lived in a small town for a while in Florida called Mt Dora which was just a little bigger than this one. It was mostly geared toward the tourist but had a very lively local population that got very much involved in the town. And with Jim Thorpe I'm pretty sure they would follow that same rule. There's no way anyone will let that town waste away because to be honest it just makes way too much money, and its a very nice place to be in. Richard
I used to travel along route 209 near Milford Pennsylvania when i was a kid in the late 1960s, so the Pocono's are pretty special to me with lots of memories. I think it was like 1968 when i remember riding in my dads new 68 Ford fairlane with my grandmother and family riding on route 209 somewhere and stopping at an old silk city diner. A silk city diner for those who don't know looks something like a train car except its all stainless steel outside. It was most likely made in the early 1950s and was an honest to goodness diner with the pies and cakes at the front counter, and the waitress talking to the locals on the latest gossip in town. I remember having a cheese burger and fries, and the cheese being white not yellow. And as a kid i always thought the state of Pennsylvania only made and sold white cheese,lol. I'm not kidding folks i really did, I'm sure writing a lot and i think i should have turned this into a post for Amish Stories. I did do a diner review of Jennies diner which is a silk city on this blog, so if you would like to check it out i think you might like it. I have a picture of Jennies which is in the roadside diner blog on the right side of this blog, that's one of the pictures that i had taken for that post. And i did another old diner review a long while back of a diner in Lebanon county, and we have 3 or 4 of them and they are very real! Richard
And yes Shom Jim Thorpe was an Olympic gold metal winner and played pro baseball and football. And from my understanding played professional basketball in the Indian league. So i think its safe to call him the Sammy Davis jr of sports because he was so very talented in pretty much everything that he was a part of. His down fall that I've read was drinking and died a poor man, and i think we all have known someone either as a friend or a family member that had so much talent only to see them go way before their time because of one reason or another. Jim Thorpe made an extremely huge mark in history before his flame was put out. Richard
I remember Mt. Dora in Florida. If I remember correctly they had a lot of antique stores and once a year use to have a big antique arts and crafts show where dealers and buyers came in from all over the United States. My sister-in-laws Mother got a brand new car so she and my sister-in-law went to Mr. Dora-somehoe she got in a car accident there and smashed up her brand new car. No one was hurt but the car and my sister-in-laws mother's pride.
For those of you who don't know what a silky dinner is-there is a picture of one on the right hand side down a way.It's under Roadside: The Best Classic Dinner News and Stories in America. I don't know how long the picture will be there as they change then from time to time. It's 8:14 AM EST and the picture is there.
I pushed the wrong button when it came to my name. I am Marilyn from New York and I wrote the above Anonymous said….
Good morning Marilyn, and I'm the one who took that diner picture so it will be staying put for now. That diner image would be of Jennies of Lancaster county which i go to as much as one can because its very good. And when i reviewed it on this blog i did give it a very high review, its kind of a legend in my parts and noted for very good food. And they feed you plenty of it, but they only take cash with no credit card or debit allowed!. If you can accept that then i strongly recommend going there on your visit to Lancaster. Well I'm out for the day folks so everyone have a great one, ill be in Lancaster for the day looking for a certain rooster on a 2 wheel scooter. That's right I'm really looking for that little……, i almost said it but caught myself,lol. I'm off. Richard
Love the Pocono's and Jim Thrope is the beginning of them…least to me 🙂 I was further north last week and went to a rodeo and will go back in a week or so to enjoy the colors.Another great, blog!
Wow!! I need to catch up on your blog…what a wealth of great stories, pictures, and info. you have here. I'd love to go to some of these places since I don't live too far from Lancaster. Thanks for finding me at my blog…I'm sure glad you did. I bet my husband would enjoy your blog as well! 🙂 Have a great weekend!!
This town looks like a wonderful find. It does indeed look like Switzerland, especially with that blue train. I'm so sorry to hear the news of the terrible violence in Amish country recently. I hope that the community will be able to work things out peacefully.
Hi Richard, Thanks for the tour!I enjoy your blog very much, and I have awarded you The Versatile Blogger Award.http://versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.com/vba-rules/Hope you have a good weekend!
Wow I've only been away for a few hours and I've already won an award,lol. Well thank you very much Dimples for giving me that versatile blogger award, and i will have it on the top right side of Amish Stories for a week. Richard
Thanks for stopping by farmers wife, and since my blog appeals to both woman and the guys, please let your husband farmer know about Amish Stories. I have some Amish factory tour posts coming up that most of the guys should enjoy, and if he's like me he loves cars and enjoys most anything mechanical. Richard
The winner of the award is supposed to tell 7 things about themselves. 1) I love cars old and some new.2) I was born in New York city 3) I can be a bit silly at times 4) And at the drop of a hat i can be very serous 5) My favorite music is Motown and from the 1970s 6) Roosters never much liked me, and i them 7) And i love the place that i live-in as well as the state of Pennsylvania. 8) And just for the heck of it ill throw-in an extra one, I really enjoy hosting Amish Stories and its readers very much. There now I'm spent,lol. Good night folks. Richard
Great pictures….Regards from France,Pierre
Congratulations on your award , Richard. It was 80 here yesterday and it's suppose to close to that again. Sun shining. Beautiful fall day.
I think I'll just start calling you, 'Teacher'! I learn so much from your blog! I had never heard of Jim Thorpe (the town) and loved seeing the pictures. What a charming town – love the townhouses and the bay windows – very San Francisco-like!Thanks, Teach!
You know Dreaming I've been called much worse in my time, so ill take that any day,lol. And what i really do is only reporting what I've seen for Amish Stories, so I'm no teacher. I will visit this town again in winter i think, so look for some really festive image's a little later on from Jim Thorpe. Richard
And hello Marilyn and Pierre from France. And id like to welcome you Pierre to Amish Stories, I didn't think you folks in France could smell our whoopie pies from all the way over there! On Monday will be the recipe of the week featuring a recipe from Wanda Brunstetter. We are quite warm over my way today with temps i think almost hitting 80 degrees, but hey I'm not complaining folks ill take what i can get until the normal cool weather gets here. Richard
Congrats on the Award! (0; Now about Monty, his name is Monty, not______!LOL. Hope you found him??? Did ya get pics of him riding by at a high speed?? ~ Lissap.s. JK Don't get serious on me.(0;
I didn't jump on that scooter Lissa, it was so warm and nice that by the time i got down over to Lancaster the mood passed. I do know where Monty went, its at the local Kentucky Fried Chicken. Sounds like a new gym maybe, so it appears that little sweet chicken McNugget is trying to get some muscle's on his skinny self. Richard
It seems so contradictory that the town of Jim Thorpe is European in style. I was hoping that it would honor his culture as well as his name! It is very pretty though. Mr. Thorpes ending is sad. Terrible, what addiction can do to a person! Our local Native Americans have a potlatch called Stommish every summer. They also serve fry bread. One of the tribal members who's travelled extensively told us that almost every tribe has some version of fry bread. That picture you posted looks yummy!
Hi Debora, and yes his story was sad at the end with his life ending so very early. A very talented man. Richard
Nah, Monty is to smart to let them turn him into a nugget! I'm sure he could outrun the old ColonelLOL ~ Lissa
I dont know Lissa, i dont see the colonel doing much of anything right now! Richard
Oh now you've done it… My waistline is going to have to whoop up on you for this one! I love me the Indian Fry Bread. Powdered sugar and honey just adds to it. Now that I am trying to get my weight down for competition with the pony, you go and post this?
Looks like I'm being blamed again for something, "why oh why" was i blessed with good taste,lol. Richard
Hahaha, I just printed out the recipe and came for a peek at the comments. I used to stop at a small place just to get fry bread. I would drive around while eating it. With the windows down I ended up with powdered sugar all over he dash of my truck. Totally worth it!
Does this mean I'm busted? ROFL!