Day three in the Kitchen- Brunch

On Sundays we serve brunch at 10:30a.m.. You have to show up at 7:00 to get things going and I have moved into a dorm with 2 other women so you try to be as quiet as you can geting up and getting down to the kitchen.  The energy is high because most people are excited about brunch.  My job tofay with to make "Ohagis"  They are a sweet brown rice treat that tastes delicious and is fun to make.  You first cook the sweet brown rice (You can buy at any Asian store) in a pressure cooker for about 40 minutes and then spread it out into a pan.  You then commence to pound the rice with a wooden stick until it becomes gelatinous (about 20 minutes).  You then roll the rice into rice balls that will be rolled into jam and sesame seeds or brown rice syrup and then cover in walnuts or almonds.  They are very tasty and healthy for you.  Those little rice balls are full of energy that you can only eat about one.  The rest of the breakfast was steel cut oats, stewed onions with a little scallions, kale, split peas in a puree, and miso soup.  I was all very good.
Everybody is excited because we have a group of about 40 people arriving from all over the world to start their classes tomorrow so the energy of the quiet little repose is starting to fade and the Institute is becoming an international place of education and healing.