STUDENTS EXPLORE BLACK HISTORY THROUGH FOOD CLASS COOKS, EATS WHAT SLAVES DID.Byline: Sue Doyle Staff Writer STEVENSON RANCH Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. - Okra gumbo bubbled to a boil in foods class this past week as students practiced new recipes in honor of Black History Month. It was a Southern departure from the chocolate chip Chocolate chips are small chunks of chocolate. They are often sold in a round, flat-bottomed teardrop shape (similar to a Hershey's Kiss). They are available in numerous sizes, from large to miniature, but are usually around 1 cm in diameter. cookies, chicken quesadillas and pancakes that West Ranch High School West Ranch High School is a public high school in the community of Stevenson Ranch, Los Angeles County, California. Mr. Bob Vincent has been the school's principal ever since it opened in 2004. students in the advanced class this year have learned to cook. Wednesday's recipes were chosen for the history they could bring to the class. They were lessons about slaves, what they ate and how they prepared their meals. And they were lessons about style, with some recipes focusing on comfort foods containing skyrocketing calorie calorie, abbr. cal, unit of heat energy in the metric system. The measurement of heat is called calorimetry. The calorie, or gram calorie, is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of pure water 1°C;. counts and zero regrets. ``In the days of slavery, they only had one pot to cook in. So I picked recipes that used one pot,'' said Tracie Priske, foods teacher. Okra, the slimy green vegetable, was a completely new experience for nearly the whole class. Some teens at one table eyed the chopped vegetable floating in their gumbo before cautiously tasting it. After one swallow, the group decided it was safe to continue eating, declaring that okra wasn't so bad because it really didn't have much of a taste at all. Sitting among them, Gary Bradley smiled. The Louisiana native has had okra and okra gumbo many times before. The 14-year-old swore swore v. Past tense of swear. swore Verb the past tense of swear swore, sworn swear the batch cooked up Wednesday was from his grandmother's recipe and wasn't surprised to learn that his classmates Classmates can refer to either:
``They probably haven't looked far enough in cookbooks The following is a list of cookbooks, sorted alphabetically by author's surname. This is not a list of external links to commercial sites; please list only cookbooks here. This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by [ expanding it]. ,'' he said. Across the room, Shannon Kane bit down on her first forkful ever of corn pudding Noun 1. corn pudding - pudding made of corn and cream and egg pudding - any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes; "corn pudding" . The sweet dessert got a thumbs up from the freshman. Meanwhile, Kane's friends reached for seconds. Fourteen-year-old Cristina Watson, who is African-American, said her family never cooks such foods at home and laughed about learning how to cook them in school. Around the school, posters of famous black historians are taped on doors, and prominent black leaders are presented on the school's TV system. In Watson's other classes, there have been some discussions about black history, mainly about racism. She said there is much more to learn besides these subjects about when it comes to Black History Month. ``Sometimes I think they should do more in classes,'' she said. ``They talk about racism, but there's so much more to talk about.'' Sue Doyle, (661) 257-5254 sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com |
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