MSC archived stories - October 31, 2020
I recently asked the children in my second 'group letter' to write a recipe for a healthy dish. They were asked to imagine that one day I travel afar from Scotland to come see them, and they are going to make a special dish just for me. Before my travel, a food bag will be delivered to their home, which contains the following items & ingredients costing total of less than $10.
1) Mix vegetable packet, 2) Pack of tomatoes, 3) Packet of red onions, 4) Rice packet, 5) Tinned salmon, 6) Olive oil bottle, 7) Curry powder, 8) Chilli powder, 9) Fresh green chillies, 10) Cooking salt.
Assuming they have all the pots/pans/utensils, the challenge was to write a set of instructions for preparing their dish but only using the above list, name the dish and finally, as a paying customer how much would they charge me for the meal. I was looking for their best of culinary skills to prepare a recipe for a nutritious and tasteful dish.
To my astonishment, Aaron from Guayaquil has beaten his previous 'hypersonic CP' (child response letter) record from 23 days to exactly 14 days this time, and taken me by surprise with a recipe of his favorite dish instead. And after 4wks later, today I just got Juliana's recipe from Bicol, again one of her favorite dishes. (added to My Media)
A world apart from Latin America to Asia, yet both having a go at their own dishes seem to suggest that the ingredients I presented don't seem impressive enough to beat cultured palate. The two dishes sound not only delicious but nutritious too, and I must try when I get around to making it!
chelaka, I'm always amazed and inspired by your creativity in communicating with your kids. I'm about to write letters to my kids, and will tell them you idea about having their family members describe each other in 6 words or less. Now I'm going to include your idea about sharing a healthy recipe. Keep those ideas coming, chelaka!
ReplyDeleteOctober 31, 2020
... and the recipes posted on your media look great!
ReplyDeleteOctober 31, 2020
Thank you for your appreciation. Depending on age, you might find interesting interpretation of the task 'describe your family members'. Mairani (age 10) has literally taken it by describing their physical appearance and given a whole different perspective to ‘If you were a coin..’ (letter added to My Media), but the older children should be able to get the ideas. The best of luck with your experiment!
ReplyDeleteOctober 31, 2020
Great idea, maybe you should check twice about the tinned salmon. I don't think everyone knows this ingredient in latin America.. when I lived in Caracas I never saw or eten (tinned) salmon..tinned tuna however is very popular.. Juliana's chicken curry sounds delicious to me..
ReplyDeleteNovember 1, 2020
Oh.. that’s new to me, but Aaron motivated me to try something different from my usual diet. Like today, I bought a packet of persimmon to try his dish and because of his appetite for being 'king' of tomatoes I started using it too in my curries :-)
ReplyDeleteNovember 1, 2020
Are you emailing to your kids? I waiting for my snail mail!
ReplyDeleteNovember 1, 2020
Morning! I think snail mail are delayed.. you should instead write via MyCI or send an email to your child via children@children.org – response rate currently at 4wks from the Philippines.
ReplyDeleteNovember 1, 2020
Chelaka, what a wonderful idea! I think I will use that with my children as well. Even if they did not utilize the ingredients you listed, it is still interesting to see what their favorite recipe is and have the chance to try to make it yourself!
ReplyDeleteNovember 2, 2020
Venettes
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
March 5, 2021
barbmc
ReplyDeleteYou should check with CI before sending an email to your sponsored child. Make sure it's allowed as that might be a form of direct contact and not allowed.
March 5, 2021
Fun idea; sounds like everyone enjoyed!
ReplyDeleteMarch 6, 2021