Mrs+Stait

​​​​ WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WIKIWORLD OF MRS. STAIT​

I am very happy to be working and learning with all the lovely people of 4KM this year. A very special part of week will be Class Chef on Wednesdays when I will take a small group to the Stadium Kitchen to make some yummy, healthy treats for our Grade and also to share with the other teachers. It will be a chance to have fun and learn a lot at the same time. Did you know that there is a lot of science, reading and maths in cooking?

We have been having lots of fun in the Stadium Kitchen learning new things and concocting tasty treats to share with the grade (and sometimes the other teachers - if they're lucky!) I have had a lot of requests for the recipes for the delicious food our Chefs have been preparing and have started to paste them into our new Wiki page which has been called Class Chef Recipes. I hope you are able to try some of them at home and show your families the new skills you have been learning during Class Chef time. Enjoy and - have fun!

On Wednesday, 28th April (just after Anzac Day) Eliza and Leah made Chocolate-coated Anzacs for the grade. They learnt about the history of the Anzac Biscuit which was first made to honour our soldiers in the First World War and shared their knowledge with 4KM and Mrs. Stickland. They worked beautifully as a team sharing the responsibility equally. They had a great deal of fun drizzling the chocolate over the top of our Anzacs and Leah especially liked this part of the cooking process. Great work girls.

​ We had a great time in the kitchen on Wednesday, 5th May when Adam and Bayley displayed their cheffing talents and made Cheese Sticks for all the hungry people in our grade. They were both very enthusiastic cooks and Bayley showed some impressive organizational skills. Mr. Walsh made a special point of coming into the kitchen to tell me that in all his years of holding classes in the Stadium and smelling the delicious aromas that come out of the kitchen, that the smell of our Cheese Sticks cooking was THE BEST!! Adam was very keen to try this recipe at home so it is now in our Class Chef Recipe page.

What a treat it was for me to work with Tahlia and Anna in the kitchen on Wednesday, 19th May. They were very organized, tidy, knowledgeable, keen to learn and showed a lot of initiative and teamwork. So much so that they both received 100 House Points for their admirable work ethic. We made Pikelets but had a mini invention challenge as we decided to make them extra healthy and added some apple puree.

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__//​TEENY TINY CHEESE AND BACON QUICHES//__

Ingredients:

4 sheets puff pastry 4 eggs 6 rashers short-cut bacon 1 small onion 200g grated tasty cheese 1 cup milk 2 tbs chopped parsley Salt Pepper

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius (fan-forced oven) 2. Chop onion and bacon finely and cook in a small pan with butter until the onion becomes transparent 3. In a large bowl combine the eggs and milk with a whisk 4. Add onion, bacon, cheese and parsley to egg mix 5. Add salt and pepper to taste 6. Cut pastry into circles with very small scone cutter 7. Place pastry circles inside mini muffin trays 8. Place a teaspoon of egg mixture into each circle ensuring that there is a little bacon, onion and parsley in each quiche 9. Bake in oven for approximately 15-20 minutes

Makes 48

Tayelle and Courtney were wonderful Class Chef's last week. They worked very well as a team and even tidied the kitchen up after cooking without having to be asked. They showed intiative, helpfulness and good manners and they both earned 50 House Points each. Well done girls!

This week we will see how well the boys cook when we make this recipe that is a great favourite for birthday and class parties. When we share with the teachers there are never any left. I wonder if you can guess what we will be making? Try to guess before scrolling any further................................................................... were you right?


 * //__HONEY JOYS__//**

100g butter 1/4 cup castor sugar 1 tablespoon honey 4 cups (120g) Corn Flakes

Method:

1. Line 2 x 12 hole deep patty pans with paper cases. 2. Combine butter, sugar and honey in pan and stir over heat without boiling and all the sugar is dissolved 3. Bring to the boil and then remove from heat 4. Place Corn Flakes in a large bowl and add honey mixture. Stir gently to combine. 5. Work quickly as the honey mixture will start to set (get hard) as it cools 6. Spoon mixture into paper cases 7. Bake in moderate oven about 10 minutes.

Makes 24 (but we will try to make a few more so that we are all able to have a taste!)

Well done to Nathan and Dion who were out Class Chefs today (3/3/10). Cooking was a bit tricky today because the power was out in the Stadium kitchen so we had to pack up all our cooking ingredients and utensils and work in the GP room. We had quite a few visitors who popped in because they followed the delicious smell of our Honey Joys cooking. We only made enough for our class to eat and a lot of teachers were disappointed that they didn't get to sample our yummy cooking. The boys worked well together and were great at washing and drying the dishes and had a lot of fun measuring out the Corn Flakes. Good job!