Today so totally rocked my handknit socks (that I actually forgot to wear, lulled by 80 degree temps yesterday, and therefore was very cold). My homeschooling martha stewart (who's real name is Mary) eared us onto a homeschooling group activity at a nearby nature center and we got to spend the day learning about that brown sticky stuff you sometimes see in the woods...yep...maple syrup!
It was so super cool. Ten kids about LB's age, all making their own spiles (what you use to tap the tree), hiking through the wood, tapping a tree, watching how indiginous peoples boiled it down (in cool hollowed out trees boiled with dropped in hot rocks), how the settlers did it (of course, first old whitey butched lots of trees, thinking a hatchet would would better and faster than a finesse tool), and then how the preserve does it. Then we tasted. Man oh man, homeschooling tastes goooood.
Speaking of tasting good --
This week's vegan eats:
lentil loaf (no really, it's good!)
tofu pot pie (recylcled from last week, we didn't get to it)
chilleeee
chickpea and spinach curry (that's what i'm talkin' about)
mango and ginger tofu
flax muffins
raspberry chocoloate chip blondie bars (new recipe!!)
Oooo...tofu pot pie is a big deal around my house. Does a Mommy good to see her 8 year old jumping up and down chanting "tofu pot pie."
Posted by: Ragnar at March 15, 2006 06:05 PMhey! i saw you in the new Bust, our things are sharing a photo :) Congrats! Will you be at the fiberfest in a few months? im hoping to get up there and see everyone!
Posted by: heidi at March 17, 2006 11:47 PMhi jacey! just stopped in to say congrats on the new BUST, but it looks like Heidi beat me to the punch. hehe. I have a picture of it if you haven't seen a copy yet! let me know.
Posted by: Dharia at March 18, 2006 10:02 PM