Pizza and Home schooling

Well, seeing that today is Friday, in this house it's Pizza night.

Almost as bad as Nachos but not quite.

Sure sounds delicious and a great snack. It is delicious and great food........unless your the one who is making it.

I sometimes think I am the little red hen. Who will help me plant the seed?

So here it is:
First we have to milk the girls, to make the cheese.
Second of course make the cheese,
Make the crust, using the whey from the cheese.
Grow the cow or pig to make the sausage that goes onto the pizza (luckily one animal goes a long way).
Cut all the fresh vegetables that go on top (peppers, onion)
slice the olives, grate the cheese (pray that it has cooled enough so you don't cause blisters....
Place in the oven until cooked and of course serve.

OK, doesn't sound so bad,
Animal Husbandry, Critical control points and proper handling procedures with food (wash your hands, cover the milk (was that pail clean? Get that goats foot out of the bucket and start over..).

Chemistry: and standardize the recipe so that we get the same result, Mix the cow and goat milk what happens to flavor and texture and why?. Yeast in the crust and why does the whey work better than water.

Math: Weights and measures of ingredients. What about temperature of ingredients? Cooking temperature and why.Will fresh vegetables take longer to bake or will canned toppings dry out or get too soggy?

Critical thinking: What happens when the temperature in the oven is reduced or raised. What would happen when we use straight White flour without the whole wheat...(where do you think the garlic press is, where do you think you would find the can opener for the olives...)

Socialization: Patience (listen to Mom, I have done this a time or two......)

Language Arts: Reading of package for nutritional contents and calorie count. Portion control (yeah right..)

Communication skills......"Mom Pizza's done"