Today I tried for the second day in a row to conquer yeast... dough... kneading. I feel like I failed the pizza dough two days ago, so it made me feel like I needed to practice and work on it. So, today, I found a cinnamon bun recipe, and went at it again. I tried to really take my time at the stage of adding the flour and it really worked pretty darn good, if I do say so myself! I followed the recipe to a "t", but feel like the last step of adding a vanilla glaze, might have been a bit too sweet, in hindsight. I brought a pan of them over to the neighbours house and they seemed to enjoy them so that's a good sign. Tomorrow my plan is trying some naan bread and then making some thai coconut curry chicken to go with it. We'll see how well it works without having access to a grill/BBQ to do the more authentic job. Hope it works out!
Photo today is of Jason and an elder, Johnny Sam Annanack. I don't know Johnny Sam very well. I know his daughter Mary and son, David Dan, who was a former student of mine, much better. I was completed impressed however with him from the recent Culture Day. He demonstrated how Inuit in the old days used to put a net under the ice using a "Y" shaped stick and a branchless tree. Once he had shown them once, he pulled the rope out from under the ice and helped many of the kids one by one to try doing it themselves. It was a really well organized, presented and executed lesson, by teacher's college standards, and I appreciated the care, patience and enthusiasm that he took when communicating with the kids. It was a very meaningful thing to watch. Here's to you, Johnny!
Theme Song of the Day: Awake my Soul- Mumford and Sons
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