The field pea is a type of pea of the species Pisum sativum, sometimes called P. sativum subsp. arvense (L.) Asch. Also known as dun (grey-brown) pea, Kapucijner pea, or Austrian winter pea, field peas are one of the oldest domesticated crops, cultivated for at least 7,000 years. They are now grown in many countries for both human consumption and stockfeed. There are several cultivars and colors including blue, dun (brown), maple and white. The field pea should not be confused with the Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) which is sometimes called the "field pea" in warmer climates.

Now, where would one buy livestock feed? Any recs?

Though presumably it would be pretty cheap, per pound...

I'm guessing a livestock feed store? (though they wouldn't have it canned)

Hm... since, when I try to buy Dutch ethnic food, I tend to end up in Hispanic, Asian, or Middle Eastern grocery stores, where should I go to get field peas (kapucijners), preferably canned? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_pea

Unfortunately, there are only 4 of us, so, it doesn't work as well.

Thanks! I actually did see that, I just forgot.

Now, how to obtain broken rice in the US? The internet tells me the Vietnamese like to use it, and I found some big bags of it on Amazon, so, I guess some Asian grocery store?

I'm going to guess the boxes of dessert rice are broken rice. Broken rice is a side product of rice... so would be ideal to repurpose for dessert rice and sell at a higher cost, lol (okay, I don't remember for sure if dessert rice is more expensive than other rice... might be about the same for other boxed rice... but I usually buy rice in a bag, so, it's definitely more expensive per pound than a big bag). I also think it looked more like broken rice than like risotto or sticky rice.

The internet says risotto rice (arborio or carnaroli), or sticky rice, or broken rice. Thanks internet... those were pretty much my guesses... now, which one??? Also, it seems like maybe you do not add any sugar while cooking... I think I may have confused that part from semolina pudding (where you definitely do add sugar while cooking).

Yeah... I bought it 1-2 years ago, looked through it, and it's been on my shelf since. I was actually staring at its spine the other day thinking I should maybe pull it down and give it a try. Or maybe not yet. Too much work. Here's my method: follow instructions on a box of dessert rice. Okay, so I don't know what kind of rice that is, but the only ingredient listed is dessert rice, so there are no weird additives. Basically, iirc, bring milk and rice to a boil while stirring, add sugar, simmer for 10 min or something while stirring (basically, till it thickens), done. Serve with butter and brown sugar. The incessant stirring is pretty important. I'm sure about the part where you just boil the rice in the milk, not water - I'm feeling less sure about when to add the rice (I think right from the start, not when it boils), and sugar (I think after it boils, but maybe right from the start), and how long it takes to thicken after it boils. I should probably experiment with different rices to figure out what rice to use. Did I miss Junie's Long Division Method? What is it?

Just realized I can actually easily write a ê. And an è, é, ë, ē, ė, ę. I mean, I already realized I could do the é... it just hadn't registered with me yet that duh, I can actually write crêpes without much hassle.

Btw, I wrote crêpes, but I was actually thinking of Dutch pancakes, which are kind of in-between American pancakes and crêpes, but more like crêpes that are a bit too thick (and slightly less eggy, I think). Also, often the full diameter of a dinner plate. I wouldn't want to make that pancake-tower-cake out of actual crêpes - too much work. It's already a fair amount of work using pancakes. I just didn't want anyone to think of making it out of American pancakes... that wouldn't work. Crêpes would work, but would be a lot of time.

You can make a crêpes and stack them with stuff in between, e.g. crêpe, thin layer of pudding, crêpe, thin layer of jam, crêpe, etc (other ideas include, for example, nutella - obviously, whatever you pick, it all needs to go together). Then you can cut it like a cake (you could even put candles on the top layer).

Well, then you have a good reason to get better soon! :grouphug: At our homeschool potluck (at the Y), most people grabbed desert at the same time as the other stuff. Nobody ever got criticized for that. Though I did police my kids to not grab 2-3 brownies at the same time on the first go-through (likewise, no going overboard on other stuff on the first go-through either). Except last time, when I had a headache or something and stayed in my chair the entire time. I glared at my kid who did grab 2 hotdogs on the first go-through and told him to think of other people (they make them on the spot, so they're in limited supply but also come out fairly slowly, so if people grab more than one at once the people behind them need to wait longer). I know he wasn't the only kid to grab 2, but still - should've grabbed 1 and gone back for more later if he wanted more. ??? How *do* you make rice pudding? Yep... I woke up early one day in Thailand and helped myself to rice, with banana and sugar (no milk) for breakfast, and was perfectly content with that. My sisters about had a fit about not serving me a decent breakfast (their mom had put them in charge of that). :iagree: Yeah, I don't think that's just Overdrive though... I think I've become more critical as I've gotten older. I liked Warren Ellis's Normal. Though I guess it's sci-fi. It's too short. My almost 7yo told me the other day that he wants a 200 piece puzzle for his birthday. Not sure where that number came from, but he helped me put down the border for my 2000 piece puzzle, and is now helping me put in the last 100 or so pieces (didn't help in between). We've gone over this before. :toetap05: That word offends me. (as in 'moist' - no actual real serious offense)

My holiday china is made out of paper.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hungry-Man-Roasted-Carved-White-Meat-Turkey-Frozen-Dinner-16-oz-Box/15556207 We've had that for at least one Thanksgiving. It's actually pretty good (for a frozen meal).

Me neither. One thing I teach my kids is that if necessary they should break the window to get out (doesn't matter which room they're in - if necessary, just break a window and get out). Their bedroom window does open, but there is no way that they could get it open (it's one of those (heavy) windows that you need to push up on to open, and it actually falls shut unless you prop something under it... they absolutely should not try to open it, just break it). Obviously, with super young kids that won't work (I wouldn't really try to explain to a 2yo how to break a window to get out), but 4 and up or so, I would. Which reminds me, time to do our annual mandatory fire safety lesson. Totally misread that as "change the batteries every time you change your socks"... :lol: ETA: thus far, it depended on whether the kids wanted the door open or closed... youngest tends to want it ajar. Though I'd sometimes close it once they're asleep, to cause less noise disturbance for them. Guess I'll make it a habit to close it after they're asleep.

I agree that it'd be hard to make it age-appropriate for all kids K-5 in one room (though I'm not sure I agree that it matters all that much that it's modern history). I just didn't read the OP as saying they were in one room, just as that they have classes for K through 5 at their co-op, and that they want to keep each of their classes in the same time period if at all possible:

Oh, and Broccoli also hasn't long divided by a number greater than 4 yet. I'd want to see him divide by a multi-digit number as well (but, he'd need to be better at multiplication for that). He's only done 2, 3, and 4 (and 1 once, for the heck of it). Morning! Coffee! Too early!!! Don't know why I'm awake, other than I went to bed at a reasonable hour because of headache (migraine? - earlier in the day I thought sinus headache, but just before I went to bed it started to feel more like a migraine... don't know, doesn't matter). I seem to be all better now though!

I don't think anyone was suggesting going into graphic detail, showing photographs of the holocaust or w/e. I'm not sure that to a 6yo, it really matters whether something was 75 years ago or 2000 years ago. My almost 7yo is just beginning to have a sense of how recent stuff is/isn't, and I think that's mostly because I keep adding stuff like "this happened when my grandparents were alive, this stuff happened when my parents were little, this happened when I was your age". Because realistically, he asked quite recently whether mommy was alive during the Great Depression. Um, no. Of course, when kids are even younger, they might even ask if their parents were alive during stuff that happened 2000 years ago. K-ers and 1st graders may or may not have a good grasp on how long ago things are, and therefore not care whether horrible stuff happened 'recently' or a long time ago. Wrt SOTW4 (we're on the last disc of the audiobook), he seemed to like it less than the other books, and ended up reading others books instead a fair amount of the time we listened to it in the car. Though he seems to be a bit more interested now that we're in "opa and oma were your age when this happened"-territory (actually, we're past that now... we're at Chernobyl, so, "I was your age when this happened"). Quite frankly, I thought at least some of SOTW4 was kind of hard to follow at times (obviously, I can't pay as much attention when I'm driving, but I mean compared to SOTW1-3, which we also listened to while driving). My listening comprehension while driving is probably no worse than a 5-6yo's listening comprehension, so, SOTW4 might just be too hard to follow as-is.

To be clear, I hadn't tried situations with zeros in the middle yet (e.g. if the answer is 1907), though he stumbled on such a situation on his own, and came to ask me how to handle it. But, I haven't seen him do any more of those yet, so, I don't know if that's going to stick just yet. IOW, he's not quite mastered long division yet, imo (I'd definitely want to see at least some problems with answers like 30005 or w/e too). But, I'm pretty happy too with how he's doing thus far.

Yay, it unclogged itself!

Maybe I should teach him life skills, such as how to unclog the toilet, instead (guess what he just came to tell me?).

(to be clear, he didn't just learn long division today, in case anyone got that impression... we started on Friday. It must've 'clicked' today)