The kitchen is always the place where the family spends most of its time together. They get together to cook...have coffee and cookies...or simply as we used to say at my parents' house when a visitor arrived: come in, come in, we are in the kitchen.
This is from many years ago, as my mother tells me, that there was a space where the firewood was made and spaces to place the canarines and the dishes that were made with tapara (for those who know them, you know what I mean). There was always a home occupation...(maybe that's why they didn't make out much, or you think it didn't happen).
The ultimate recommendation for taking my mother day to day is to occupy her or involve her in activities that she can do. I have been doing that for a few weeks now to get her moving her hands, activate her brain, and feel like she is collaborating. To do this, I invite her to participate or I tell her tomorrow I will make cookie dough, so tomorrow we bake, so far the experience is good because she does not reject it as she did months ago.
Now, my assistance with her is not only food, medicine, and personal hygiene but also recreation, (so I have to come up with an activity every day to invite her to participate, and if there is a day that I am very committed we leave it for that day) so I am taking her. I call it occupational therapy.
This time, I invited her to make a CHOCOLATE marquise, very simple, without so many ingredients.
1 taza de cacao en polvo
1 taza de azúcar
2 cucharadas de almidón de maíz (lo que conocemos como maizina americana, los venezolanos sabemos)
1/2 litro de leche tibia
2 paquetes de galletas María (esta vez usé María la tradicional)
11/2 de café para humedecer las galletas.
The following ingredients were used:
1 cup cocoa powder
1 cup of sugar
2 tablespoons of corn starch (what we know as American cornstarch, Venezuelans know)
1/2 liter of warm milk
2 packages of Maria cookies (this time I used the traditional Maria)
11/2 cups of coffee to moisten the cookies.
Her job consisted of opening each package of cookies and reserving them in a container. She talked about her childhood and her grandmother.
In a pot she added the sugar, cocoa, and cornstarch. It all came together very well.
It was taken to the fire and the milk, already a little warm, was added.
She began to stir until the mixture began to boil.
When it starts to plop, plop...it is time to turn it off and remove it from the fire. The mixture was very tasty.
Now everything is ready to begin to assemble the marquise.
We start the assembly with the first layer of chocolate mixture.
My mother entered the scene again, passing the cookie through the coffee, placing it on top of the mixture in an orderly manner, I filled the empty spaces with more cookies, I also reminded her: first the cookies through the coffee.
A second layer of mixture was placed, with the same procedure. This repetition was done three times or until the mixture was enough.
Once assembled, comes the decoration process, with the same crushed cookie, it was placed to close.
Once decorated, it was refrigerated for a few hours. Then it was tasted. Here you can see the chocolate and cookie layers.
Very good taste, we loved the cocoa flavor.
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