It has long been an Ozark tradition to make do with what you have on hand. Those are good lessons for today’s world too. But that doesn’t have to mean eating anything less than healthy, hearty, delicious meals.
Soups are a traditional winter food that are easy to make and that fit easily into modern life. There’s nothing quite like the comfort of a steaming bowl of soup on a frosty winter night. However, soup from a can leave a lot to be desired. You can learn that it’s really not hard to make delicious soup from scratch. Join Jeanette Larson at the Ozark Folk Center on January 22 to learn how.
In the first of the 4th Friday Food Day classes, you will learn to make pumpkin soup, lentil stew and chicken with dumplings. Class starts at 10:00 a.m., go to 2:00 p.m. and you’ll eat what you make for lunch. Class costs $30.00, payable upon registration. The minimum number of students is 3 and the maximum is 8. Call 870-269-3851 for more information or to register. Look online at www.ozarkfolkcenter.com for upcoming classes in cooking, crafts, herbs and music.
