Making Butter and Bannock

We spent some time talking about how voyageurs had to make everything from scratch - there were no stores where they were, especially when they were on a trading voyage.  We decided to make our own butter and bannock from scratch.  Here we are measuring out our heavy cream and shaking it.  We took turns shaking it until it turned solid and we could drain off the liquid whey.  We spread the butter on our warm bannock and it was yummy.

We measured and mixed ingredients, listened to and followed directions, took turns and worked together to make real bannock.  We thought it was very cool that we were eating like real voyageurs.  The kids especially loved kneading  the dough, and eating the bread with strawberry jelly.