Saturday, November 5th, was a great day! A wonderful lady, Sister Edzita, was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are so happy for her and even happier for us, because we get to associate with her!
Right after her baptism we had a Relief Society party. I had mentioned that I wanted to learn how to make chortchellas - so here we go. Another name for them is 'Georgian Snickers'. First you string the walnuts using a needle and thread.
A picture of myself, Dali (she is an investigator that comes to my english group) and Armina - who is the mastermind behind our project today!
OK - Leala did not really string any walnuts - but she loves being in all the pictures - here she is with Keti, who is filling out her papers to go on a mission.
Next, you take grape juice and add a lot of flour and cook it slowly on the stove. She had this huge wooden spoon and I felt like I was stirring a witches brew!
When it gets really thick, you lay the string of walnuts in the sauce and use the spoon to cover the nuts with more sauce. Then you slowly pull the nuts up and they are covered with the sauce. Then we strung them on a stick between two chairs where they hang for several days until they dry. We put the extra sauce in cups and ate it for dessert.
They also showed me how to make Tolma. You start with a grape leaf that has been soaked in water and add a meat mixture (hamburger, rice, onions and spices). Then you roll it up and stack it in a big pot. They are covered with water and boiled for about 30 minutes. We ate tolma and a yummy chicken salad and bread with our grape sauce and cookies for dessert.
It took us almost 3 hours from start to finish - but we had a great time. Here are Tamuna and Edzita - new friends. Our sisterhood was strengthened by this activity.
Right after her baptism we had a Relief Society party. I had mentioned that I wanted to learn how to make chortchellas - so here we go. Another name for them is 'Georgian Snickers'. First you string the walnuts using a needle and thread.
A picture of myself, Dali (she is an investigator that comes to my english group) and Armina - who is the mastermind behind our project today!
OK - Leala did not really string any walnuts - but she loves being in all the pictures - here she is with Keti, who is filling out her papers to go on a mission.
Next, you take grape juice and add a lot of flour and cook it slowly on the stove. She had this huge wooden spoon and I felt like I was stirring a witches brew!
When it gets really thick, you lay the string of walnuts in the sauce and use the spoon to cover the nuts with more sauce. Then you slowly pull the nuts up and they are covered with the sauce. Then we strung them on a stick between two chairs where they hang for several days until they dry. We put the extra sauce in cups and ate it for dessert.
They also showed me how to make Tolma. You start with a grape leaf that has been soaked in water and add a meat mixture (hamburger, rice, onions and spices). Then you roll it up and stack it in a big pot. They are covered with water and boiled for about 30 minutes. We ate tolma and a yummy chicken salad and bread with our grape sauce and cookies for dessert. 
It took us almost 3 hours from start to finish - but we had a great time. Here are Tamuna and Edzita - new friends. Our sisterhood was strengthened by this activity.
Is there more to the snickers? Do you get to add chocolate? Can't wait to see the end of that project! The leaf and meat things sound yummy!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the baptism.