What better way to learn about pirate food is to actually make some. Gill and I thought that our classes would be totally put off by the food that no-one would venture a taste, let alone eat it enthusiastically - well how wrong we were!!
To celebrate our safe arrival we did what all good pirates do....downed some grog!! (ginger BEER and non alcoholic champagne) What a start!
Then it was time to make our fire - our pirates turned out to be fantastic fire makers, especially considering the some had never done anything like this before.
Next step was to make the food - Sillygolee, Burgoo, Salamagundy. Oats with onions and bully beef, sardines and potatoes and onions, boiled oats with sugar were some of the ingredients.
They had so much fun! Finally the proof of the pudding was in the eating. Well it couldn't have been too bad...the photos speak for themselves!!
We ended the morning with a treasure hunt where each group created clues using compass directions and another group had to find where the treasure was located.
It was a wonderful day, and judging by the comments we had on our return, it was very successful.
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