Today was the first day of school for our second youngest.
On their first day of school, German school children receive so-called “Schultüten” – big cardboard cones filled with sweets, fruits and small presents such as puzzles, coloring books, crayons etc. This is a tradition that dates back to the 19th century to Eastern Germany and, today, is popular across the country. In former days, the godparents would give these cones to their godchildren, today it is mostly the parents that craft or buy these cones, fill them and give them to their children on their first day of school.
So this morning our second youngest started school, carrying her cone with the unicorn design that she had previously chosen and her new school bag with the “forest/deer” design…every year, there are new designs for girls and boys and the kids just love their new schoolbags.
In order to celebrate her special day, she got to choose dessert too. And remembering Dorie´s Blueberry-Mascarpone Roulade that we made on July, Friday 13th, 2012 for the FFwD group, she asked that I “make that roulade but with strawberries, not blueberries”, and I gladly obliged using some late summer strawberries.
Dorie´s Roulade is equally delicious with strawberries as it is with blueberries, I think the kids liked it even better this way.
And I did add some mascarpone/whipped cream to the top of the roulade, decorated the outside with additional strawberry halves and served the remainder of the berries on the side!
This was a nice dessert for this special day!
A great tradition for kids Andrea! You can´t go wrong with strawberries and cream!
ReplyDeletePaula, you are right, the kids are toatally crazy about this wonderful combination and they really like the recipe for Dorie´s Roulade...but unfortunately, strawberry season will come to an end quite soon.
DeleteWhat a fun tradition & a perfect treat to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteMy first day of school was my 5th birthday. I felt a little cheated :-)
Cher, as you can imagine, kids love the tradition of receiving these cones filled with all kinds of goodies. And they all love to feel special on their first day of school - it is so nice to see all their happy faces.
DeleteAndrea, Such a wonderful tradition…it has to be so special to get a beautiful cone filled with wonderful goodies! My grandchildren would love this tradition! Your roulade looks fabulous! Strawberries and cream…sounds good to me.
ReplyDeleteKathy, as you can imagine, the schoolchildren all love this tradition! And I am glad that I managed to find some late summer strawberries for the Roulade, to my surprise they were still quite sweet.
DeleteFirst, I have to ask, Andrea, did you shed a few tears? She's a doll but I have to admit, in that first picture, it's as if she is saying, "I don't know, Mom, if I really want to do this." I think giving the Schultüten is a very neat tradition especially since it's come down from the 18oos. It's also nice that you are adding to traditions in a family way by letting her choose her own dessert. The roulade - that child has good taste. And, a good Mom.
ReplyDeleteMary, tears you ask...always, I answer...and she always looks like she has her doubts about a lot of things in life...but I really enjoy her expressions. And thank you for your very lovely compliment, always appreciated!
DeleteI love the tradition...it makes the first day of school very special. Your dessert made the day even more special.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Karen - kids adore this tradition and they really look forward to their first day at school long before school starts after the six week summer vacation.
DeleteWhat a cute tradition! Kids must be looking forward to that and it's a great motivation to go back to school. :) Your roulade looks so beautiful! I was writing about a strawberry post for tomorrow and I'm glad to see fresh strawberries on your post.
ReplyDeleteNami, you are so right, I was very hesitant too to post this strawberry roulade at the end of August - but the weather is still summery around here and there are still loads of berries available in the markets, so I just went ahead and posted it.
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