Cultural Party

On February 12th we celebrated our cultural diversity by having a party! Every one, brought in a food item representative of his cultural background. We played music, talked about food, how it was made and why we brought it in. Here we are celebrating:

 Lucas enjoying dessert

 John enjoying his meal.

Ms. Cooper joined our celebration :)













Here is some of the delicious foods we ate:

 

My name is Francisco and these are Empanadas. They're a Spanish food.They have beef or cheese inside.They are fried.The other students loved them.                  

Hi, my name is Vijay Ramkissoon. I brought in a Guyanese food called pholourie. It is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. It is made of split peas, wheat, flour, and a type of gravy.  

Hello my name is Herzen Clerge and this is my fried pork. I am from Haiti and this is a food that is well known to my culture. It is a common food in Haiti, and it goes with fried plantains.

 

 

Hi, my name is John. I brought in golden rice and beans for our Cultural party. I brought in that kind of food because Im Puerto Rican and Puerto Ricans eat a lot of rice and beans.

                                            

Hi my name is James. My mom and I made it. The only reason I made it because  my family eats it a lot. There  is no special reason. It's  way too greasy.

 I am Luigi Apollon. I brought in rice and beans. My grandmother  made this for the party.

                                                  

  This is an Australian dessert. It is called Pavlova. It was named after a Russian ballet dancer. It is chewy on the inside and hard on the outside. There is cream on the top. It was first made in New Zeland.  Pavlova is very popular in Australia. 

I am Lucas and this is a coconut creme jello. It is made out of coconut milk and sugar.

                    I brought in flan. It is a Hispanic dessert that my family enjoys very much.