June and July: Some afternoons, when the stable chores and the weeding and picking was done, we would gather in the kitchen and be taught how to cook or bake. Lorri was passionate about food, and Snazzy, one of her daughters, had a culinary collage degree. So they were both very knowledgable in the kitchen, to say the least. And being taught how to do these typical American dishes made for a really fun afternoon activity.
Snazzy taught us how to knead the pizza dough properly.
Sandra with flour all over her face – she took her kneading seriously.
Of course, we were also taught how to bake blueberry pies and cobblers. Abbie, who had just arrived at the farm when this picture was taken, couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw all the goodies we were surrounded with at the farm.
We were also taught how to do galettes, a popcorn candy with chocolate and peanut butter, American biscuits (not to be confused with the English kind), plum jam and a chocolate pudding to die for. I was in baker’s heaven.
Katja Malmborg 