Monday, December 20, 2010

71 days and counting.


Peace dough.


Since rice is, and has been the preferred carbohydrate for the region, Koreans have only recently begun to enjoy baked goods. Their palates are not well adjusted to the sweetness of candy, cookies, and other things sugar. Instead they opt for rice based treats, which can be chewy or dried, and tend to find flavor from added supplements such as mugwort, red bean, and sometimes honey. To provide a unique cultural experience for my students and coworkers--and to make use of the ovens at school--I have incorporated baking into a number of lessons. Cookies have proven to be the best choice for an introduction to baking. Though the most difficult process in the recipe is mixing all the ingredients, the students tend to struggle in any subject involved in keeping the operation clean.

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