Celtic history co-op. Week 8: Food

Week 8: We cooked Celtic food.

We started with a story about food. Each child had a few cards with foods the Celts ate. When the story about Celts was read the children had to listen for their food items to be mentioned and then put them into the center basket.

The kids got a chance to grind wheat and barley into flour. We used rocks, wheat berries and rocks.

We made oat cakes. Honey, wheat flour, rolled oats, salt and water were mixed together and then pressed flat. The flat cakes were fried on the stove-top.

The kids cut apples for a sweet drink made with apples and honey. The apples, a few apple leaves, honey and berries were mixed together and boiled on the stove. The drink was served hot.

The kids mashed berries and apples with a mortar and pestle to make a jam for the top of their oat cakes.

Then the kids figured out a much more effective way to make flour.

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Celts
Vikings
Scythians
Ancient China