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This week Sarah Galvin introduces us to Mark McConnell and Cecilia Rikard, owners of Off the Rez food truck, which has been serving up amazing sounding food like quinoa succotash and Pow Wow Sliders with Velveeta (VELVEETA ON EVERYTHING, PLEASE!).

Here's just a bit of their interview:

Being of Irish descent, I, too, have known culinary underrepresentation. Is the lack of Native American restaurants also the fault of boiled cabbage?

M: I don't know if boiled cabbage is to blame, but European settlers are—Irish, English.

Cecilia: Reservation-style food was originally about making limited government rations work.

M: But things like fry bread have become staples. They're still a big part of the culture.

I'm surprised putting quinoa and Velveeta in the same truck didn't make it explode. Are both popular on the Blackfeet reservation?

C: Definitely.

M: Quinoa is more Southwest, but we wanted people to have something on the healthier side.

Read the full thing here. And find out where Big Chief, the Off the Rez truck, will be next here!