Monday, March 23, 2009

NEW EXPERIENCES


My sisters came for the night this weekend. S & I made falafels for dinner. She was excited & a little nervous to get her hands that close to hot oil for the frying- but we discussed how to put them into the oil so that it didn't splash, and how you can use pure vanilla extract to ease the sting of an oil burn...we probably should have also discussed that if the oil should catch on fire, you throw baking soda on it...next time.

While S & I were making dinner, M & Daniel were splitting wood and getting the wood stove going. S took one look out the kitchen window & ran for the door. The picture below is her first look at how the splitter works- the air was electric with the sheer awe of both of them.
And, immediately after S had her turn working the thing- the camera battery died...so though M did most of the splitting, you don't get to see that!