Playgroup took a cullinary twist this morning as Yukako treated us to a MISO DEMONSTRATION. We were truly spoilt as she had done all the hard work at home. Beans had been washed, soaked boiled and mashed. All we had to do was add salt, komekoji and mix mix mix. Then for some dango shaped balls of the miso mix - it was easy to see we had been practising in the sandbox with our kids:) But the most fun part was the 'throwing' of the miso-dangos into the container. After the mixture was all 'flung' iinto place and patted down, a small layer of salt capped it off. And with much ceremony, a pretty ribbon was tied around the tubberware container and it was placed in its cold dark subterranean home in our secret kitchen cupboards. Oh! how we are looking forward to seeing it next month to mix in the salt and then 'bury' it again until summertime. We all thought a 'Summertime Miso Party' sounded like a great idea to celebrate the wonderful endeavours of Yukako. Hontoni otsukaresamadeshita! Arigatougozaimashita:)
After our chef departed, we went back to our Valentine Craft Photo frames. Rie proved her artistry again and put us all to shame with her beautiful creation.
Meanwhile the kids were being SOOOO good. No-one whined. No-one cried. We weren't paying them ANY attention but they were good as gold! Apparently this is the trick - ignore them!! Jyoji decorated his head with some sparkly pearls, Daniel was besotted as ever with little Lui, Fumiko tried snacking on the miso-mix and Koki threw a few cups around just to remind us he was there.
All in all, an action packed, interesting, educational and fun morning for all.
See you next week:)
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