Authentic Fry Jacks and Original Art

 

Want to know how to make an authentic Belizean dish that is scrumptious and fun?  Fortunately, William Guo took careful notes at yesterday's cooking class!

Guo’s (via his friends in Belize) Fabulous Fry Jacks
feeds 22 hungry kids and adults

• dump 10 cups of flour into a bowl
• add 3 tablespoons of baking powder into the bowl and mix— baking powder can be used to help with stomach aches
• add 1 tablespoon of salt
• add ½ cup of shortening and kneed until crumbly
• make a crater in the center of the mixture and dump into the crater, similar to making pasta
• stretch it into a long log, similar to making dumplings
• flatten outwards then roll it inwards
• repeat around 5 times
• grab out chunks
• roll into balls by pinching the edge and folding into the center of your palm
• roll along a flat surface to close the folds
• begin to stretch out the ball like pizza
• slice into 2 halves
• fry in scalding hot oil for 30 seconds on each side

Man on Horse in Water,

A Reflection from a Day at the Beach

by Jack Buntin