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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

I am part Finnish...it's about time I acted like it:)

It was Multicultural Day yesterday at Jordan and Tyson's school. What a fantastic day to learn about so many different cultures!! Each class had 7 or 8 parents come in and run a 24 min. station teaching about a different country. I taught about Finland and how to braid Finnish Pulla using four strands of dough (something that my grandparents had taught me when I was young--although I had forgotten and had to watch a YouTube video to relearn it). It was a great opportunity for me to research and learn more about my Finnish heritage, as well as master my Pulla making skills:) I have a new appreciation for woman who used to have to make bread on a daily basis--holy cow, it's a lot of work! Anyways, it was a lot of work, but all the kids seemed to have good time and they all loved eating the yummy Pulla.

This was actually my first loaf that I "forgot" to let rise
My braiding got pretty good by the end of it!
I was going to teach them how to make these, but quickly realized that rye flour and rice might not be the yummiest thing to introduce to a bunch of 10 year- olds.

4 comments:

Erin said...

That bread looks so good...wish I could try it.

Lisa said...

Your Finnish baking looks amazing!! I love the unbaked braided pulla picture--so perfect. I'm glad it all went well :)

mom said...

Anita, it looks like you have been making pulla and "finnish slippers" all of your life!
Maybe the finnish life rubbed off, when you were a three month old baby and stayed with your grandparents while I was in Hospital!

kristib said...

That braided bread looks fabulous! I'm impressed...