Yeah for the Cooks!

The colorful cooks’ aprons made by the women in Spokane Valley were a huge hit!  The aprons were immediately donned and put to good use.  In addition to the women who regularly do the cooking, there are now a number of caretakers from the neighborhood who volunteer to help.  The regular cooks take their aprons home with them so they can be washed and cared for.  They always bring an extra with them back to the school, however, so the volunteers also have an apron to wear.  Of course the kids aren’t as impressed with the aprons as they are with the food the apron wearers produce.  Now that’s good stuff!  Today’s menu was Sample (a coarse cracked corn) cooked in a huge kettle of water for over an hour.  When the Sample was thickened, a pan of soya flour was mixed with fresh milk and added to the pot.  The finishing touch was a bag of sugar.  Judging from the smiles on the faces of the children, the cooks got the recipe just right!