For Thanksgiving, I made my family’s famed pumpkin rolls. They are delicious and wonderful in every way. But they take absolutely forever to make. They are a huge amount of labor, too.

Luckily, not all breads are so labor intensive. Peasant bread, for instance, is very simple and easy to make! So I made some recently, to very happy results.

Peasant bread is super simple. It’s just yeast, sugar to feed the yeast, warm water for the yeast to live in, flour, and some salt. Also, butter to grease the pans. (If you’re vegan, you could use cooking spray. It’s really quite versatile.) And that’s it! Honestly, while they take, like, four hours to make, almost all of that time is just sitting around waiting for the yeast to bloom, waiting for the bread to rise, waiting some more for the bread to rise, waiting for the bread to bake, and waiting for the bread to cool enough to cut and eat. So, yeah, it’s all about the yeast. It’s a very needy ingredient, what can I say?

But I really enjoyed making this bread the other day. It makes a perfect two loaves. Perfect for thoroughly testing one for poison and donating the other to some hungry soul who appreciates homemade bread and is willing to take it off your hands so you don’t eat ALL of it yourself. It really is the perfect bread.

So that was a good day. If anyone wants to try their hand at baking bread for the first time, peasant bread is a great starter!

Hey y’all!

  Over the two week winter break I once again made my way back home to Texas. However, this holiday season my family started a new tradition. In years past, Christmas was always spent at my house. Family from both sides would head on over to exchange presents, eat prime rib and a large assortment of delicious desserts. Well, as the years go by, things change, children grow up and move away. In March of 2019 my brother took a job in Columbus, Ohio to sell Porsche’s. That meant we were spending Christmas in Ohio… Overall, the change was unusual but we all had a wonderful time! We went to the zoo, did a lot of shopping and of course ate a tonne of amazing food! In fact, the whole ordeal was so great that we already planned the same trip for 2020! 

  I hope all of y’all had a wonderful Christmas and are glad to be back at school! 

See y’all in class! 

今年の目標/抱負は何にしようかと考えていたら、もう１月も下旬になっていました！ヽ(￣д￣;)ノ=3=3=3

There is no time like the present. 思い立ったが吉日、善は急げ。

行きたい場所、会いたい人、したいこと、食べたいもの← …

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まずは３月の高校入試に向けて、みなさんと一緒に頑張ります！

２０２０年も、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。

ハローズでは来週、保護者の皆様との懇談会を予定しております。

子どもたちの普段のレッスンの様子やご家庭での学習状況、今後の目標設定

などいろいろお話させていただく年３回の懇談会ですが、この時期の懇談会は来年度のクラスの

ご説明などもさせていただきます。

In winter, I like eating warm street food whenever I go to a market or visit a temple. I like anything that comes on a stick, or things that have warm sauce or soup like oden or ddeukbokki. During the New Year holidays, I went to Tanigumi Temple with friends. There is a really long market street on the way, so we had fried squid, potatoes and taiyaki!

I really like red bean and pastry so I love taiyaki. It’s always warm and sweet, so it is perfect for cold days. I hope I can enjoy eating more street food this winter.