Edible School Work

The sour dough starter has a prominent place in our fridge. The instructions says to feed it after discarding some, to keep it going. Well, it seems strange to through out something so delicious so this week we had Home Ec as first subject on the school day calendar. Out came flour, salt, water and starter and the boys happily stirred, mixed and kneaded the dough into shapes and letters, which were then carefully brushed with egg and sprinkled with salt before heading into the oven. While the school work was baking, we managed to quickly go through a few other subjects so that we could have a mid morning pretzel recess as soon as the baking came out of the oven. Lukas and Noah circled through the kitchen many a times that morning, for 'just one more' and generously shared the remaining pretzels with friends on the beach in the afternoon. School really can be both tasty and fun!