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July 20, 2006
Medieval Munchies
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The History of the Pretzel
(Give each child their ingredients and allow them to mix their own batch.)
Per child:
1/2 tsp. yeast 3 Tbsp. water, warm
Stir until dissolved.
Add:
1/2 tsp. sugar 1/2 cup flour
Stir, knead on lightly floured surface. Cut into four (4) equal pieces. Roll into snake shapes (about 12 inches long), fold into pretzel shapes. Place on greased cookie sheets. Brush pretzels with beaten egg white. Sprinkle with course salt (optional). Bake at 425 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.
Pretzel Recipe
As early as 610AD at a monastery somewhere in Southern France or Northern Italy. Monks used scraps of dough and formed them into strips to represent a child's arms folded in prayer. The three empty holes represented the Christian Trinity. The monks called it a Pretiola, Latin for little reward. (Pretzels are believed to have been first given to children as a reward for learning to say their prayers correctly.) From there, the pretiola transformed into the Italian word, brachiola, or "little arms." The popularity of the brachiola journeyed beyond France and Italy to where it really found favor, in Austria and Germany, where it became known as the Bretzel. Since pretzels didn't contain any ingredients that weren’t eaten during the pre-Easter season - eggs, milk, butter, lard - the pretzel became a popular Lenten food throughout the Middle Ages. |
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August 6, 2006 - Hi Melissa!
About the map... After I painted the room blue (for the ocean) I used my overhead projector (which I know most people don't have) to project an outline map of the world onto the wall. Then my husband, kids and I all used pencils to draw over the lines and then we used a black marker and went over the pencil lines. It is not perfect but that's part of the beauty of it!
You might be able to borrow a projector from a library or private school. I know other people that have them so maybe you could even just ask around if you don't have one yourself.
We do a country study every Friday. We study a country we talked about in history over the week. If we studied Joseph in Egypt in history, then we study Egypt obviously.
Let me know if you have any specific questions about it.
Take care,
Betsy