Today we created a little booklet for the GD library - World War One in numbers. Each student chose one fact of the Great War to represent in some way on a square card, which was later hole punched and clipped together with book rings.
Dave Gallaher |
Sir Harold Gillies |
Henare Te Wainohu |
Mrs Armstrong's recipe for Hard Tack
2 cups of flour3 tsp salt
Mix these together then make a well in the centre and add one cup of water slowly, mixing as you go. When it's all added and looks a bit stringy, use your hands to make a dough. Roll out to a quarter of an inch. Sprinkle with salt. Mark into squares or rectangles (we forgot this step at school), prick with a fork and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees. Flip over and bake again for 30 minutes.
Soldiers used to dunk hard tack in their tea or coffee to soften it. They also used to fix it on the end of their bayonets and toast it over the fire - it's definitely more palatable warm.
My strange children have demanded it in their lunchboxes.