On Saturday’s we usually have some of the kids from the
orphanage visit us at our house and it is not unusual to find a few kids in the kitchen with me. Each week I invite two different kids to bake with me. We make cakes, cookies and other different treats together
and then share what we made with everyone else. The kids really love it.
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| Baking Cinnamon Pull-apart Bread |
Last week I was invited by one of our boys (pictured above) to cook with him
in the orphanage kitchen. This consists of pots over a fire with various
sticks. To adjust the heat you just add or remove sticks. Ingenious!
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| The African Kitchen |
We made a traditional treat called Sugared Peanuts or
Arachide Sucre. You can buy these in bags all over Burkina and they are
addictively delicious. And now I can make them myself and I am sharing the
directions with you if you would like to try making them as well.
First you start out with shelled peanuts. We had about 5
cups of peanuts. Place these in a pot and add water. Just enough to cover the
top of the peanuts. Turn on the heat. Add sugar. We used about 1 ½ cups. Stir
well over the heat until it starts to boil. Cover the pot and simmer. Check to
see if the water is evaporated. When water is gone start stiring with a wooden
spoon and keep stirring until peanuts develop a sugary hard coating. Take pot
off the heat, pour peanuts into a heat safe bowl and let cool.
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| We're Cooking Now! |
It was a lot of fun trying out the African kitchen and
letting one of our kids teach me something. As usual, we shared our snack with
everyone!
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