Cooking Class

I didn't take any pictures of yesterday's Cooking Class. It was all about EGGS... we talked about different uses for eggs, what's good about eggs, how to prepare eggs, etc. Then, for the big exciting moment, the kids each got to practice cracking some eggs. They loved that and surprisingly, they were all really good at it! They each cracked 3 and out of all 12 eggs total, only one had a bit of shell in it, one yolk broke, and none were catastrophes. I was prepared to let them crack a lot more than three each, but they didn't seem to need the practice!

I showed them how to separate an egg but none of them tried that. In fact, Molly was totally grossed out watching me separate one. Silly. Since most of their yokes were intact, I scooped them out and we used some of the whites to make some cocoa meringues. They loved watching the slimy egg whites transform in my Kitchenaid into smooth glossy peaks... and then into cookies! None of them loved the cookies once they were cooked (I guess meringues are an acquired taste... I love them!) but they DID love that I used some of the other eggs they'd cracked to make french toast for dinner.

All in all, another successful cooking lesson.