Santa Cruz Mission

We went to the Santa Cruz Mission and met our friends R, D, J and Twins. They thanked us for the trail-a-bike, and we found the flag, which D had been playing with, and had lost somewhere.

Then we went to a presentation about the Mission foods. First, we had two-rock acorn mush. It was called two-rocks to cook this batch, but it would usually take 3 or 4. We got to taste the acorn mush, in little paper cups with our fingers. It was really good, but the cups were really bad for the environment (because they are disposable).

Here is how you make acorn mush: First, you take the shells off the kernels, then you crush the kernels, then you did a hole in the riverbed and line it with leaves, and then you let it soak, then try a tiny bit, if its still bitter, let it go a little while longer, then keep trying it until its no longer bitter, then scoop it out into a basket, add water and stir. Then, if you have had rocks cooking in the fire for a few hours, then you use those and put them in the basket and stir them around. That will cook it. As soon as it is fully cooked (who knows how many rocks it will take) then you take the rocks out. And then eat it.

I am not sure how the man made the bread. But, he put it the hornita and put soaked burlap on the lid. And then, you put the lid on the hole, and then you put the handle of a hoe in the handle of the lid, and kick the blade as far in the ground as you can, and that will make sure it stays in.

The Ohlone were the indians who lived in Santa Cruz.