4/25

1.  Not everyone is the same. 

2. You should at least try something new

3. Don't be afraid to step outside your comfort zone

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                Many people don’t like to step outside of their comfort zone, especially when it comes to what they eat. They might not like the look or the smell of what they are about to eat so they are afraid. They don’t want to try it even though it might be one of their favorite foods if they were to just try it. Many of those same people are the same people that would be afraid to go out on some kind of adventure that might be even a little bit dangerous. They don’t want to live outside of their comfort zone because it is not what they are used to. Several people claim they don’t like any ethnic foods but don’t realize most of the things they eat are not originally American. Even hotdogs are not from the United States but have turned into a standard American food.

               

"Food is a universal concept," said John Ikpeme. "It brings people together." Even if you don’t like some of the ingredients in certain foods, there is always a way to change it. It is possible to make substitutes or even add to it. In some Nigerian food the ingredients include some spices, bell peppers and onions but they never include meat. Most Americans like meat and feel the need to add it. This is an American variation of a traditional Nigerian dish.

                I feel like people should step out of their comfort zone more often and try more foods that are new to them. It’s kind of like going on new adventures. You never really know if you are going to like it until you do it. I hate when people say they don’t like any kind of ethnic food even though they don’t realize that most of the foods they eat probably aren’t from America. They are more than likely ethnic  foods even though that is not what they would probably consider to be ethnic. Personally, I used to not step out of my comfort zone much with food but I have learned to try new things. Like a few months ago even I told everyone that I hated sushi even though I had never tried it. I am just not a big fish fan so I assumed I hated sushi. There was one time though that one of my friends forced me to try it so I did and now it is one of my favorite foods! But if I never would have tried it then I never would have known and I would have just assumed I hated it still. I wish more people would give it a try so that is what we are going to try to do. We probably won’t like all of the food we cook and that is just fine but at least we are going to give it a try. Some of the food might also be difficult to cook since we more than likely have never made anything like it before so it is fine if we mess it up, it just might not taste as good as traditionally made food but we are only trying so it is okay to fail.

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/19/local/me-36006

4/17

We did field work for our project. It allowed us to get a view of how this project is going to work. For our project we made turkey potstickers, which are similar to an Asian dumpling. We did not take a picture of the food we made but we screenshotted the recipe. My uncle cooks potstickers a lot and this is the recipe he uses so we had him send it to us and we used it for our project. This experience wasn't super life changing but it we now know how this project is going to work. It is going to be difficult to get all of the ingredients we are going to need because not only is it expensive but some of it they don't sell in a typical American grocery store. Some of the items will have to be bought at a special food store and being able to find the right ingredients will be difficult but we will figure it out.

3/24

I plan on continuing with my project because I am still interested in making foods from different countries. I like the idea of learning about new cultures and traditions. Cassie and I are excited about our project because we like food from other countries but have never cooked it before and we do not know where they come from or what they mean to the culture. For our hook, we were thinking about having my friend Anjali come and dance in our video. She is from India and she could help introduce how our idea is learning more about other cultures and we could turn it into a commercial sort of thing. One way is by having her dance and after she dances she could pretend to be tired and say, "I could really go for some food right now." Then, Cassie and I would ask from where and she would say a country and we would bring her one of the dishes we made from that country. We will need to prepare to have Anjali in our video and we would have to make a dish before Anjali got there so that we could also have that in our video.

Week 3 2/23

So far for my 20 Time Project we have decided what countries we are going to make the ethnic foods from. We have started to look into which foods we are going to make from those countries, that will probably be what we do this week. I also have conducted an interview with a foreign exchange student from France who have given us some ideas for French food to make. She told us about Gratin Dauphinois and Fondant au Chocolat. One is a potato dish that is very common and it is one of her favorite meals and the other is a chocolate dessert that is like a chocolate cupcake filled with chocolate syrup. I can't wait to try it! I have also talked to one of my friends named Anjali who is from India and she said she would be willing to help teach us to make her favorite Indian dishes and I am excited about that too! That is as far as we have gotten so far but will be making more progress this week!

Checking in

SassyPants:

What an interesting idea. You may want to add to your list of questions what are staple foods of the world (wheat, rice, tapioca, etc. ). Something you girls might also consider is how you can learn to cook ethnic foods from the people who make it. There are so many different cultures present in our school you can learn from. Is there a way you can collaborate with ELL students and they can teach you?

Let me know if this is at all of interest to you girls or not so we can connect with ELL teachers and see if students are interested in participating.

2/10 Week 2

1. What is the most popular food worldwide?
2. What is the significance of eating to different cultures?
3. What are healthy foods versus non-healthy foods across the world?