Library! December 19

I think I have contacted everyone who can go, but just in case, I'll write it here, too. Let's meet in the foreign language picture books section of the library at 10:30. See you there!

Cooking Day!

Delicious! Well done, everyone!! After all the chopping, mixing, slicing & dicing, we made a spectacular feast. What was your favorite? I loved the potstickers! I have posted the recipes here if you want to try them at home. Check out the pictures, too.

Simple Pork Potstickers

I N G R E D I E N T S
2 scallions, minced
1 cup finely chopped green cabbage
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1/2 pound ground pork
Salt
1 egg white
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 package gyoza or wonton skins (thicker)


I N S T R U C T I O N S

1. In large bowl combine scallions, cabbage, ginger, and pork. Mix well with a fork and season with salt.

2. Add egg white to bind mixture together. Place a spoonful of meat mixture on top of a wonton wrapper. Wet edge of wrapper with fingertips, make pleats on one side, fold over and seal closed. Continue with remaining meat.

3. In large skillet heat oil. Brown dumplings in oil on one side. When bottoms are brown and crispy, add water. Cover pan and steam over medium heat for 8 - 10 minutes, until dumplings are cooked through. Serve with dipping sauce.


Dipping sauce

30 ml Soya sauce
100 ml juiced yuzu or kabosu
splash of lemon juice
1 clove garlic, crushed
70 ml rice vinegar


Grandma Bobbie's Broccoli Salad

1 big head of broccoli
1 large carrot
1 bunch of green onions
1/2 - 3/4 cup of sunflower seeds
1/2 - 3/4 cup of raisins
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon white sugar
3 teaspoons rice vinegar
1 teaspoon grainy mustard (optional)

1. Cut broccoli into small pieces. Cut the stem off, then peel it and cut into small cubes (about 1 cm). Separate the broccoli flowers into smaller and smaller pieces. If the stems get too long as you separate the flowers, just cut them off and chop them up. Put the cut up broccoli in a bowl.

2. Peel and grate the carrot. Add it to the bowl with the broccoli.

3. Chop the green onions into small rings. Add them to the bowl.

4. Add the sunflower seeds and raisins to the bowl. Toss all of the ingredients together. Set aside.

5. In a large measuring cup or small bowl, mix the mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar and mustard well. Taste it to make sure it is not too sweet and not tooo sour. If too sour, add a little more sugar. If too sweeet, add a little more vinegary.

6. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss together, making sure the dressing coats all of the vegetables evenly.

7. Chill the salad in the refrigerator until it's time to eat!


For the egg drop soup, click here for the recipe.

Cooking Day December 12

Hi everyone -
Well, I think that our shopping lists were prepared well, so if everyone manages to get what's on their lists, we should be all set for cooking next Saturday!

We are going to meet at Provenzanos' place next Saturday. If you don't know where it is (Natsuko?), please contact me for directions. Also, our meeting time is going to be a little earlier - 10:00a.m., please. I think we'll need the extra time to put the finishing touches on our yummy lunch.

Please bring your shopping list (if you are a shopper), the things you bought, and the shopping receipts. Also, please bring an apron for yourself, and if possible a knife AND a chopping board for cutting up ingredients. The salad, soup, potstickers AND crepes need lots of ingredients chopped up. It would be great if each family member could also bring their own chopsticks -- then we won't have to buy and throw away disposable ones.

For homework, since we didn't have enough time to do the Fable's comprehension questions in class, please take a few minutes to do those questions. I won't be checking them at the cooking day, but it would be great for you to work on them so you have a little reading/writing time this week.

See you Saturday, chefs!
(Who is that girl???? I don't know, but she looks like she knows what she's doing!)

Hhhhhhomework!

Hi guys - as I mentioned in class last week, I would like you to have a close look at your "holiday" report and do some editing of it. Look carefully for spelling mistakes (use a dictionary if you need to), check for capitals at the beginning of sentences and punctuation in all the right places. Make sure all your verbs are in the right form (NOT "Last year I give a present to my friend...").

I would also like to do a little reading - read the story on p 96, and we'll work on the questions in class.

I am thinking that December 12 (not this week's class but next week's class) should be COOKING DAY!! Let's review our menu and make plans for getting the ingredients. I don't remember our menu exactly, but I remember Nina's chicken soup, Sophie's Chinese potstickers, Angus' dipping sauce, and ... ?! Broccoli salad? Help! Remember that cooking day will happen at the Provenzanos' house, not at Ropponmatsu.

See you Saturday!