Too Many Tamales?

After reading the Gary Soto book, Too Many Tamales, Sandy's crew set out to make their own.  

Fufu

Third graders made fufu--a dish of African origin.  Which the diaspora has brought to Caribbean cuisine.

Recipe

Ingredients

5 platanos

2 large yuca (wax root or casaba)

Salt

Steps

1.  Set a pot of salted water to boil.

2. Peel and slice platanos and yuca.

3. Put to boil until smooth or soft.

Once cooked, start by mashing platanos.  Once you reach a doughy consistency, start to add the yuca a bit at a time to the platanos. Smash with a pestle and fold the dough with your hands.  Continue to mash and fold until it is a blended dough.  Roll into balls and serve with soup or stew.  

Katherine Sorel made a peanut stew.

Soup's On

What do farmers do in the winter?  Not a riddle:  They make soup!

First graders cook up batches of veggie soup. 

Jennifer Donlin cooked up these photos! 

Green Studio Goes Remote

Johanna Visits Remote Kindergarten Classes to Introduce Them to Hermit Crabs

Snow Day or White Recess

 

    Nature supplied the snow.  Johanna the equipment.  The kids brought the joy.