Day 2 of Flavors class: Topic: Sour! We tasted vinegars, plain yogurt, buttermilk and other sour foods. We also got a taste of Agave nectar which is definitely not sour. But I have heard about it as a more healthy sugar alternative, and it was pretty wonderful. So many new things to learn about.
As a culminating activity, we were put in pairs and told that we had been invited to a dinner party (hypothetically) and the only thing we were asked to bring was the salad dressing. Once we had our partners, she passed out pieces of paper that told us what kind of main dish was being served. The choices were by countries. . . .France, Mexican, Thai, Chinese, etc. Lucky for me and my partner, Kevin, we got Greek/Mediterranean. We had a "pantry" full of ingredients with which to work. We created an olive oil/balsamic, garlic, red onion, kalamata olives, capers and feta cheese dressing. I got to practice some of my new chopping skills! After everyone had worked on their dressings, she came around with lettuce to put in the bowls to be tossed. Then we all tasted all the homemade dressings. All were fabulous. I wasn't so sure about how ours was turning out, but everyone, including the teacher, proclaimed it one of the best. What fun. Can't wait to see what we do tomorrow.
My friend Betty had invited me to the 3:15 social hour at the Disciples of Christ house. . .where I have stayed during the past two summers. Betty is one of my best friends up here. The speaker today was Kaye Lindauer who teaches classes all summer. Some of her topics are Storytelling, the poet Rumi, Jungian theory and practice, etc. Betty highly recommended I see this presentation on the poet Rumi. . . who I am embarrassed to say I had not been familiar with. I loved the presentation. Kaye is a very effective speaker/teacher. I was so impressed that after the presentation I felt compelled to do two things: 1. go right up to the front gate ticket booth and sign up for her class on Jung for next week, and 2. go to the book store and get a poetry collection by Rumi. Now when I woke up this morning I had no idea that by 6:00 in the evening I would have these two new interests (actually, from what I can deduce, that is a very Jungian experience!). But there you have it. The world is waiting for open minded people to discover its secrets!
So maybe the days are dwindling down up here. . . but the opportunities for new, significant learning are not. Full steam ahead!
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