December 2009

Level 1 Feast and Plays: Friday, December 18th, from 10:45-12:45

Students brought home invitations for the level 1 second 'annual' feast earlier last week. We are in the midst of deciding on what food we want to make and are in a flurry of action as we practice our play "The Nine Little Survivor Pigs" where we will be teaching about three primitive shelters and correct shelter location criteria. It should be very interesting!

For the feast we have decided that we are going to use the amaranth grain that we harvested in the fall at B Street Farm, as well as the walnuts that we have been drying in our room (from Ben's dad, Peter). Part of our preparation will include separating the debris from the tiny amaranth grain and cracking the walnut shells. We are thinking about making walnut and amaranth bread and crackers, as well as making our own butter and ricotta cheese! I think we also might pop some of the amaranth grain-it pops like popcorn only is very tiny. These are big plans! I will see how I can fit it all into our schedule.

We will be doing most of the cooking/preparation on Tuesday afternoon and I will be buying ingredients on Monday night. If you are able to donate a few dollars towards our ingredients I would very much appreciate it! Last year we had families donate the ingredients, but it was tricky to communicate about who would bring what. This way, I will just make a quick trip to the grocery store and get what we will need for our level 1 feast.

Thank you! I hope to see you there!