Bread Making

Bread Making at the Ancient Greek Agora

By: Abigail

First we moved our desks around into an agora.  Then we made our signs that told us what we were.  There were merchants, olive farmers, salt, barley, yeast and more.  Our parents came in to help us also.  Then we got to work.  We traded out ingredients.  After we did that we started stirring.  First it smelled pretty gross.  Then we poured the ingredients in one at a time.  When we got to the honey it was so tempting, but we knew we couldn't eat it.  After we got all of the ingredients in, we took our hands and had to smoosh it all together.  It felt gooey every time we touched it.  Also we got flour to help make it into a ball.  You heard lots of loud pounding.  After we got it into a ball we put it on the tray and it was all over our hands.  Finally, we finished and everyone went our for recess.  Later that afternoon we got to taste our bread.  It was warm and I could taste the salt, but I thought I would be able to taste more honey.  It reminded me of other bread that I had eaten before.  It was a lot of fun to make bread today. 

Bread Making at the Ancient Greek Agora

By:Jonathan

First we had gathered our supplies from the agora (trading market) and then we mixed them together.  It smelled like bread flavored oatmeal.  It felt like jello if you added enough water.  I loved that we were being helped by parents.  There is no way that only kids could pull that off.  The yeast made it go twice its size.  It should taste fantastic on Friday.  Our dough looked like a rock at first and then it looked like real dough.  We couldn't have done it without the bowls and spoons.  It felt almost like fake snow with a lot of water.  I loved the honey and the olive oil was a different kind than my mom uses.  Lastly we put the bread balls on a steel tray and then off to the oven.  Our ingredients were: water, flour (white and wheat), yeast, honey, olive oil, barley and salt.  I can't wait to try our bread.