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IV. Canada
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Chapter 11: Whistler, British Columbia
Myrtle Phillip Community School
Teacher: Alison Hunter
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Student: Tabitha A.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1 stick of butter, chilled
2/3 to 3/4 cup of half and half milk, or cream
Fillings:
1 quart strawberry
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
for topping, or non-dairy of whipping cream
Recipe
Step 1: Rinse the berries under cold water, drain well. Hull and slice the berries, place in the bowl. Sprinkle with the sugar, cover and let it stand in room temperature for about 1 hour. Whip the cream (sweeten with 2 or 3 tablespoons of sugar, if want to) until it holds a soft peak. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Step 2: Preheat the oven 425 degrees. Set rack at center level.
Step 3: In food processor (you can use a pastry cutter or fingertips) combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar and pulse to mix. Cut butter in about 8 pieces and add to the mixture. Pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and make a well in the center. With a fork stir in the cream or milk, just until the moist. Be careful not to overwork. It doesn't have to hold together well at this point. Let the dough stand for a minute. Lightly flour the work surface and turn the dough out onto it. Fold the dough over on itself (knead) 2 or 3 times, until it is holding together and is less sticky.
Step 4: Gently pat the dough into a 6 by 12-inch rectangle about 3/4-inch thick and cut into 8 (3-inch) biscuits with floured round cutter. Transfer to a buttered foil lined cookie sheet. Brush on a little cream or milk and sprinkle tops with some sugar, if desired. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until risen and golden brown. Remove to a platter and split each biscuit horizontally with a serrated knife. Butter the hot biscuits then top with about 1/3 cup of berry mixture. Replace the tops and top with a tablespoon or so of berries. Serve with whipped cream for topping. Note: it will serve 8 people.
Essay
My recipe is called Strawberry Shortcake. It is one of my family's favorites. We make it on birthdays and other special occasions. Sometimes I help my mom make it too. Sometimes my brother and sister help me and my mom make it. Strawberry Shortcake is one of my favorite foods. If I and my brother and sister are really lucky, sometimes my mom gives us some of the cake when we come home from school. When you eat the whipped cream and the strawberries together it tastes soooo good! I also love it when it is really cold because it is nice and fresh. When my mom makes Strawberry Shortcake, she puts extra strawberries and whipped cream because she knows that My brother, sister, my dad and I love it more when there is lots more of it than what it says to put in it. My recipe is kind of traditional because we have it on almost everyone's birthday but we don't have it on all the other special occasions. My brother and I sometimes get in a huge fight over the last piece of the cake. I love how the cake is nice and spongy in the inside and soft and creamy on the outside. At my grandparents' house once my grandma and I did a surprise birthday party for my grandpa and made huge Strawberry Shortcake because as I told you before we love to have it on birthdays
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Student: Steven B.
CHEESE DREAMS
Ingredients
hotdog bun
cheese wiss
bacon
Recipe
1. Put cheese wizz on the hotdog bun
2.Put the bacon on the cheese wizz
3.Put in oven for about 7 minutes
4.Then eat
Essay
Hi, I'm Steven and I live in Whistler BC. I am 12 years old. My birthday is Jan 25, 1991. My favourite summer sport is skateboarding. Skateboarding is a molded piece of wood and there are wheels on it. My favourite winter sport is snowskating. Snowskating is like skateboarding but it doesn't have wheels and you slide across the snow. Enough about me and I'll tell you about my recipe. It's called cheese dreams and it's basically a hotdog bun with cheese whiz and bacon. It's my favourite food for dinner at my house. My entire family really likes it, especially when we've been out in the snow all day.
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Student: Alex B.
BERNIE'S GRANDMA'S RIBS
Ingredients
1 1/2lbs back ribs or
3lbs side ribs
BBQ (barbeque) Sauce-recipe:
4tblsp brown sugar
2tsp dry mustard
6tblsp vinegar
1tsp chili powder
3tblsp Worcester sauce
2tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 1/2 finely chopped onion
6 cups tomato juice
Recipe TO MAKE THE SAUCE
1) Mix brown sugar and dry seasonings
2) Mix rest
3) Simmer for 10minutes
4) Makes about 3 cups.
Recipe TO MAKE THE RIBS
1) Cut ribs into 3inch pieces
2) Place on a rack in roasting pan and bake in oven at 425 F / 220C/gas 7 for 30 minutes.
3) Pour off fat.
4) Remove the rack and put meat into pan.
5) Cover with 3 cups of BBq sauce.
6) Reduce heat to 325F/170C/Gas 3 and continue baking for 1 1/2 hours. Baste several times with sauce.
Essay
We got this recipe from my dad's mum. I am half Canadian, my dad's side, and half English, my mum's side. I was born in England but my essay is about my grandma's ribs. She made my dad these ribs. We usually eat these ribs when my dad asks my mum to make them. He only asks on a Sunday night. With the ribs, we have different kinds of vegetables such as broccoli and green beans. We also have potatoes. Sometimes we have scalloped potatoes, sometimes roast potatoes but not usually. This is one of my family's favorite dinners. Whenever we have my Grandma's ribs, I always have more, especially of the ribs. Sometimes I scrape off the sauce, but my dad eats it altogether. This is my dad's favorite dinner. I do not help in the making of the dinner; the only person that makes the dinner is my mum. Whenever we have the ribs we always have a pudding after. I sometimes help with the pudding. Different kinds of puddings we might have are sticky toffee pudding with ice cream, different kinds of pie or different kinds of crumbles, both of those with ice cream.
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Student: Samantha B.
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S POT ROAST
Ingredients
1 pot roast
1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 Envelope of dried onion soup
1/2 Can of water or wine
Vegetables
Other additions if wanted: Worcestershire sauce, garlic, Ketchup.
Recipe
First brown the meat on a high flame to sear in the juices. Then line a cake pan with 2 layers of foil, to use as a working surface and pour in 1 can of cream of mushroom soup and one package of dried onion soup mix with 1/2 a can of water or wine. Place the meat on the soup mixture. Add vegetables such as Potatoes, Carrots, parsnips, onions and mushrooms. Seal the meat and vegetables with the foil, turn it over and wrap it again, so that it is a nice neat package. Cook on a medium grill for at least 1 hour. Can be made in oven at 350 degrees for about 2 hours.
Essay
Every once in a while my Mom will make her special pot roast. Her mother used to make the same recipe and my Grandmothers mother also did. It is usually a Sunday dinner that my Mom makes the pot roast because that is when she has the most time to prepare it. Since the pot roast is cooked in the soup, it makes it very tender and almost melts in your mouth. The juices and the soup make delicious gravy to pour over the meat and vegetables. My favorite vegetable to have with the roast is parsnip. Parsnips are a root vegetable that looks like a white carrot. My Grandparents always had a big garden and would pull the vegetables right from the ground to have with their meals-yummy! When the spring comes we plant a small garden in our backyard but it is not as big as my Grandparents was. We usually get most of our vegetables from the farmers market or grocery store. When I grow up I want to have a large garden with as many different types of vegetables as I can fit. I was born in the United States but have lived in Canada for 8 years. My family background is German, English, Danish and Scottish.
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Student: Kirby C.
CHEESE BRAINS
Ingredients
1 head of cauliflower
1/4 C cheese whiz
1/2 C shredded cheese
1/4 C Parmesan cheese
Recipe
Trim head of cauliflower, being sure to leave it in one piece! Microwave on high for 6 min. Drain well. Place on ovenproof plate or pan. Cover 'head' with cheese whiz. Place shredded cheese over top and press well into the cheese whiz. Repeat with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 375oF for 10 min 'til cheese is bubbly.
Essay
"Hey, I'm going to be talking to you about my household recipe, Cheese Brains.
Three or more years ago I was bored so just for fun I wanted to make up a recipe. That recipe was Cheese Brains. Ever since that day I have never forgotten how to make Cheese Brains and my mom doesn't forget how to make it either because she makes it way more then I do. Ok, let's stop talking about my recipe and let's talk more about me. I have a mommy and a daddy, a dog-named Jady, a lizard named Izzy and a brother (not much different than my pets) named Jordan. "Oops" I almost forgot. I'm 11 years old, I'm in grade six and I have lots of pets (including the dead ones). I live in Whistler, BC, Canada. My name is Kirby and I am a boy. Let's talk about different recipes now; like the recipe my mommy gives me when I'm all-sick. This recipe tastes very good, I mean really, really, really good. This recipe is a drink. I think it has some lemon juice and honey and lots of water. I don't want to listen to any more of the recipes. Let's talk more about me. I like to play soccer and go swimming plus I'm really good at taekwondo. I'm a blue belt red strip, only two belts away from a black belt. Bye.
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Student: Ellika C.
VEGETABLE SHEPARD'S PIE
Ingredients
1 uncooked pie shell
6 potatoes diced
1 chopped carrot
1 minced onion
2 garlic cloves mashed
1-cup fresh or frozen corn
cup sliced mushrooms
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp mustard
3/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp flour
1/2-cup cheddar cheese (optional)
Black pepper
Recipe
Boil 2 liters of water in a large pot. Add potatoes, gently boil about 15 minutes or until tender. Drain them, remove about 1 cup of potatoes, and set aside. Add 1 Tbsp. butter, salt, and 1/2 cup of milk to remaining potatoes, mash and set aside. (Optional: stir in 1/2 cup of cheese to potato mixture.)
In saucepan, heat vegetable oil, add onion, garlic & carrots and sauté them over medium heat until the onions soften. Add the mushrooms; continue cooking for 3 to 4 minutes stirring frequently. Sprinkle flour over the vegetables and stir constantly for 2 minutes until the flour begins to brown. Pour remaining milk over the vegetables and turn heat to high. Stir with a whisk until smooth. Add corn, pepper, salt & 1 cup of reserved potatoes to mixture. Smear mustard on bottom of pie shell. Spoon vegetable mixture into pie shell. Completely cover pie with mashed potatoes. Sprinkle with pepper. Preheat oven to 350 F. Bake for 30 minutes or until done.
Essay
Hi. My name is Ellika and I live in Whistler, B.C. Canada. I am 12 years old, and I love to eat sugary food, pizza, fondue, burritos, sushi, vegetable Shepards pie, and many other things. My favorite thing to do is horseback ride. I like to have sleepovers with my friends whenever possible. Whistler's Myrtle Philip Elementary School has about 500 children in it. Our school is named after one of the first people who came here, Myrtle Philip. Some rooms in our school are named after places in Whistler. Whistler has 2 main skiing and snowboarding mountains, which are usually covered, in snow from November to sometime in April. Lots of tourists come to Whistler from countries all over the world. It is a very fun place to be. In the summer there are fun things to do, too, such as biking, swimming, hiking, and many other things. Whistler is a very fun place to be all year round. There are bears here. People think that bears hurt you and are vicious, but not black bears. The bears in Whistler are harmless, unless you leave your garbage outside. That's when the start coming back to your house and they become problem bears. Whistler might have the Olympics come to it in the year 2010. I hope it does. By that time, I'll be old enough to compete in it.
My recipe isn't traditional, but it is one of my family's favorite things to eat for dinner. Most people think Shepard's Pie is only made with meat, but since my mom is a vegetarian, we only eat meatless food. We eat Shepard's pie quite a lot, even if it isn't a holiday or occasion. Shepard's pie takes quite along time to make, but in the end, it's worth the time you took to make it. Because there are only 3 people in my family, the pie lasts a long time. The vegetables are the main things in the pie. They're like the flavoring. I hope you learned a lot about Whistler, and my family's favorite food.
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Student: Samantha E.
BLUEBERRY BUCKLE
Ingredients
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
2 cups fresh blueberries
Crumble for Top:
1/2-cup sugar
1/2-cup flour
1/2-teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4-cup butter
Recipe
Oven temp 350 deg. F. Thoroughly cream shortening and sugar, add egg and beat till light and fluffy. Sift together 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Spread in a greased 11x7x1-1/2 inch pan. Top with berries.
Essay
I am a 12-year-old Canadian girl but I have lived overseas for most of my life. Every time we came to Canada to visit I remember picking Blueberries with my parents and sister. When we went picking we would pack a picnic lunch and after picking the berries we would find a nice place to sit and eat our lunch. We would then munch on fresh blueberries for dessert.
Out of what we brought home my Grandma and I would make Blueberry Buckle. We didnt get Blueberry Buckle when we lived overseas because you could not get blueberries in the stores. I will never forget the smiling faces on my family when we served Blueberry Buckle, but the picking and making is just as much fun as the eating.
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Student: Ethan F.
MOM'S TOMATO SAUCE RECIPE
Ingredients
1/2 C extra virgin olive oil
1 whole hot chili pepper
1 small onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 pounds ripe tomatoes, pureed
4 leaves basil, chopped
Small bunch cilantro, chopped
Salt, Fresh pepper
Recipe
Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the chili pepper, onion and garlic. Add the tomato puree to the pan, together with salt and pepper to taste. Add basil and cilantro and simmer for 30-45 minutes. Remove chili just before serving, and serve the sauce poured over freshly cooked, hot pasta.If sauce is thick add a splash of red wine and some liquid from the cooking pasta. Serve with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Essay
Hello. My name is Ethan, I am 11 years old and I live in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. I live here with my mom, dad, little brother and pets. I do very well in school and I love to do sports. My favorite sports are HOCKEY, skiing, skate skiing, running, baseball and soccer. Obviously my favorite TV channels are The Score, TSN Canada's Sports Leader and Sportsnet Pacific. My favorite things to eat are meat, fish, spicy stuff and PASTA. When I have pasta I just got to have my mom's nice, fresh tomato sauce spread over the top.
I chose my mom's tomato sauce for the recipe because I love it and because it is one of the few recipes that everybody in my family likes. I love this tomato sauce because everything in it I like, and it is very spicy. Every time my mom says that we are having pasta for dinner I can already taste the sauce in my mouth. In 1985 my mom went to Southern Italy. When she was there she tried many different foods. But her favorite food was an Italian pasta sauce. When she came back to Canada she made her own pasta sauce based on the simple, but flavorful Italian pasta sauce. So that is how this recipe came in to our family (and it will never leave). When I grow up I want to learn how to make this sauce so I can always enjoy it.
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Student: Rhiannon F.
GINGER SNAPS
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups of granulated sugar
2/3 cup of vegetable oil
1/4 cup of fancy molasses
1 egg
1 3/4 all purpose flour
1 1/2tsp ground ginger
1tsp each of cinnamon baking powder and baking soda
1/2 tsp of salt
Recipe
In large bowl whisk together one cup of the sugar, oil, molasses, and egg until smooth. In separate bowl whisk together flour, ginger, cinnimon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir into sugar mixture. Shape by rounded tablespoonfuls into balls, roll into remaining sugar to coat. Place 2" apart on parchment paper- lined or greased rimless baking trays.
Bake in top and bottom thirds of 375F. Oven, rotating and switching pans half way through until cookies spread out and tops crack, about 12 minutes. Let cool on pans on racks for 10 minutes, transfer to racks and let cool completely. ENJOY!!!
Essay
My Ginger Snap recipe is a family favorite. My Mom always bakes them for me and my brother as a snack or a treat. I usually help my mom bake them. I think my cookies taste better then packaged cookies. I sometimes wonder about my recipe. It says you need 1 tsp of baking powder and 1 tsp of baking soda. What's the point? I'd think you'd only need one, not both of them! My favorite part of the recipe is the fancy molasses because it is called fancy. Why can't it just be called molasses? There's a part of my recipe I don't get either. In my recipe it says to get or add 1 1/2 tsp of ground ginger. It tastes better fresh. My brother seems to try and sneak them and, by the time my mom opens the cookie jar, they're all gone. My brother tries to blame the cookie jar case on me. My mom never falls for it! There's usually a trail of evidence leading to his room anyway. I like my Ginger Snaps soft and squishy. My mom likes burnt ones and my brother likes hard ones. My mom seems to like all her cookies burnt. I'm just lucky she doesn't burn all of them. My mom bakes the cookies because her mom made them for her and she past downs the recipe! Her and her sisters used to love them as well! I have always wondered if other people in the world make them. I hope other people will enjoy my recipe and Im looking forward to trying theres
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Student: Takuma I.
TAKO-YAKI (Octopus Balls)
Ingredients for BATTER:
1 kg all-purpose flour
8 medium eggs
4 L seafood soup stock
(made from dried bonito and dried seaweed)
1 tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. salt
Fillings:
Octopus- cut into small
(square pieces)
Dried small shrimps
Green onion- cut into
(tiny pieces)
Pickled ginger- cut into
(tiny pieces)
Recipe
In a large bowl, mix all the batter ingredients well until it becomes smooth. Heat up a special tako-yakipan. (See picture 1) Grease the pan with vegetable oil using a brush (See picture 2) or a paper towel. Pour as much as possible of the batter into the tako-yaki pan. In each hole on the tako-yaki pan, put 1 piece of octopus, and then sprinkle the green onion, dried small shrimps, and pickled ginger. When the batter becomes firm, keep rolling the batter using a special tako-yaki stick (See picture 3) until the batter becomes small balls. When the ball's color is golden brown, remove all the balls onto a plate. Brush the balls well with tako-yaki sauce. Then sprinkle the bonito flakes and green seaweed flakes over the octopus balls. Serve hot with mayonnaise, if desired.
Essay
I am 11 years old. I have a little sister, mom, dad and two dogs. My little sister is 7 years old and her name is Emina. My dad is 37 years old and his name is Yasu. My mom is 36 years old and her name is Makiko. Also my two dogs are 2 years old and their names are Puffy and Fluffy. My little sister and I were born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. My mom and dad were born in Japan. My dad was born in Nara and my mom was born in Chiba. We do not now where Puffy and Fluffy was born.
In Japan, tako-yaki is the most popular snack for everyone. You can also find them at street venders in front of train stations. Also you can buy them at amusement parks or shopping malls. And especially in the summer, you can eat them at most of the festivals, which are held all over Japan. When my dad was little, he always was looking forward to eat tako-yaki, which was on small boats made out of bamboo leaves at local festivals. Even though my dad is an adult now, when we go to Japan, he always eats tako-yaki. Now he makes tako-yaki for us at home. He usually makes them at parties at our house. And he calls the parties tako-yaki party. My dad is a very good chef and I really like my dad's tako-yaki also I think it is one of the best tako-yaki. My family loves tako-yaki a lot.
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Student: Hideto I.
GYOZA (Potstickers)
Ingredients
450g Cabbage (finely chopped)
350g Ground pork or beef
(or combination of both)
1 Green onion (minced)
1/2tsp. Salt
1/2tsp Pepper
2tsp. Mirin ( Japanese rice wine)
2tsp. Soy sauce
2tsp. Sesame oil
1tsp. Ginger (grated)
1tsp. Garlic (grated)
Gyoza or pot sticker-wrappers (round ones)
1tsp. Vegetable oil
DUNKING SAUCE:
3tsp. Soy sauce
1tsp. Rice wine vinegar
1/4tsp. Rayu
Recipe
1. Chop the cabbage
2. Put the ground beef and ground pork in a bowl
3. Add minced green onion, salt, pepper, mirin, soysauce,, granted ginger, granted garlic and sesame oil
4. Let stand for 30 minutes
5. Place a spoon full of filling in the center of wrapper and brush 180 degrees of wrapper lightly with water and close potsticker. Press firmly or use your fingers to pinch edges together.(make the shape zig zag)
6.. Add 1/2-tablespoon vegetable oil in pan.
7. Brown on one side only until it forms a golden brown crust.
8. Add water and bring to a boil.
9. Cover; reduce to a slow boil and steam for 8 minutes.
10 Remove the cover and cook over medium heat until all the liquid is absorbed and fully cooked.
11. And enjoy!
Essay
I chose to do gyoza because gyoza is my favorite food. I love gyoza because there are lots of kinds of gyoza. There is seafood gyoza and there is normal gyoza (shown on recipe) there is also ham and cheese gyoza. My favorite gyoza is ham and cheese gyoza. I like it because the taste of the melted cheese combined with the great taste of ham. If you are a vegetable lover you can make gyoza out of only with vegetable like you can put mushroom, green onion, cabbage, onion, potato, beans, carrot, broccoli, green pepper, yellow pepper, red pepper, avocado, cucumber, celery, bean sprouts, pumpkin, squash. If you are a meat lover you can make gyoza out of only meat like pork, beef, turkey, duck, lamb, pigeon, ham, smoke turkey, bacon, and chicken. You can even put gyoza in soup. You can cook gyoza in hot water. It will texture like ravioli. If you bake it in a pan the bottom will be crispy and the inside will be juicy. You can also make steamed gyoza. You can also make deep fried gyoza.
For desert you can maybe you can put banana, apple, pear, grape, pineapple, cherry, prune, strawberry, blueberry, cranberry, black berry, peach, plum, water melon, melon, apricot, fig, grapefruits, persimmon, raspberry, mango, papaya, kiwi, cantaloupe. In Japan it is very popular. There are lots of gyoza stores in Japan. This gyoza idea came originally from China. But now becoming most likely Japanese food.
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FOOD FACTS: PASTA TRIVIA
There are more than 600 types and shapes of pasta produced in the world today. In 18th century England, macaroni was symbolic for perfection and excellence. The Chinese have been eating pasta since 5,000 BC. To cook one billion pounds of pasta, you would need 2,021,452,000 gallons of water - enough to fill almost 75,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.
Resource: http://www.foodreference.com/html/fpasta.html
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Student: Megan L.
CRAB MEAT PASTA
Ingredients
1 Tbs. oil
2 Tbs. butter
2 cloves garlic
1 medium onion, chopped
3 green onions, chopped
Pinch of thyme
1 Tbs. tomato paste
2 tomatoes, peeled
2 oz. sherry
4 large crab legs or
1 lb. crabmeat
4 oz.heavy cream
Salt and pepper
8oZ. rigatoni, cooked
and drained
Grated Romano cheese
2 Tbs.chopped parsley
Recipe
Heat oil and butter in a fry pan and sauté the onions and garlic for about 5 minutes. Add peeled tomatoes, thyme, tomato paste, and sherry. If you are using fresh crab add to the sauce now. Canned crabmeat can be added 5 minutes before the sauce is done. Simmer for 15-20 minutes. Add the cream and simmer for 5 minutes. Toss the rigatoni with a little butter and grated cheese and place on a serving dish. Check the seasoning in the sauce, and pour over pasta. Sprinkle with cheese and parsley and serve immediately.
Essay
We chose this recipe because we love seafood and crab. It's healthy and it is very good and tasty. Every time someone comes over to our house and we cook crabmeat pasta, everyone loves it and wants the recipe to take home and cook for his or her family. We also chose this recipe because we love Italian food and this recipe comes from an Italian cookbook. My family is not from Italy but from England and New Zealand. My Dad's side of the family all live in New Zealand whereas my Mom's family lives in Canada and England.
Crab is used often in our house along with shrimp, prawns, and other small marine animals. We cook them in curries and other dishes from all around the world. But my favorite is our crabmeat pasta because we have made it for such a long time and it is so warm on a cold day.
Crab is a small marine animal that has 8 legs and two big pinchers. You might think it is scary but you kill it, cook it and eat it with melted butter (but you have to take off the shell first) You can also put it in pastas like we did, it is so yummy.
Tomatoes can be put in almost any dish and are used as a sauce to make pizza here in Canada and the U.S.A. Whistler is a small town on the west coast British Columbia in Canada. It is still very small but very expensive. I really hope you like my recipe and like the flavor of the crab with the pasta.
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Student: Bronwyn L.
BROWN SUGAR BROWNIES
Ingredients
1/2 Cup+2 tablespoons butter
or margarine
1 Cup sugar
7 Tablespoons cocoa
2 Eggs
2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 Cup flour
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
Recipe
Grease an 8x8x2 inch baking pan. Melt the butter or margarine. Remove it from heat-stir in sugar and cocoa. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat them 'till just blended. Stir in flour, and then stir in brown sugar. Bake in a 350f oven for 30 minutes. Enjoy!
Essay
Hello. My name is Bronwyn and I'm 11 years old. My favorite foods are brown sugar brownies, 3-cheese tortellini, and my Mom's chocolate ice cream log. I picked this recipe because it is one of the few recipes that everyone in my family likes. The recipe is from an old cookbook from the 1970s that my Mom has. The cookbook smells like flour and chocolate. When I think of cooking, I think of this cookbook. This recipe tastes very good with frosting. Especially chocolate frosting. Just be careful not to make the frosting too sweet because then you won't taste the brownies as well. I live in Whistler, BC, Canada. It is very beautiful here. There are many tall mountains here, and lots of trees.
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Student: Kyle M.
NO BAKE CHEESE CAKE
Ingredients
2 cups crushed vanilla wafers
1/2 cup melted margarine or butter
Large package cream cheese
1/2-cup sugar
1 small package of Dream Whip*
Recipe
*Dream Whip is a powdered mix that you add milk to. When the powder and milk are beaten together it makes a thick creamy substance that tastes like whip cream.
1. Mix crumbs and melted butter together, spread in bottom of 9X13 inch pan
2. Whip Dream Whip according to instructions on package
3. Mix cream cheese and sugar together, add Dream Whip
4. Spread mixture on top of crumbs
5. Top with your favorite fruit and chill for 2 hours
Essay
Hello. My name is Kyle. I live in Whistler, British Columbia. I was born on April 6,1991 in Lions Gate Hospital. I love dinner, but even more I love dessert. After dinner I just love to have my Mom's home made cheesecake. When my mom makes her special cheesecake, one piece is never enough. I always need to have another piece. The cheesecake recipe has been in the family ever since my mom can remember. Her grandma used to make it for her on special occasions. I like to use strawberries for the topping but you can put any fruit you like. Some people like to eat it with ice cream, but I like it by its self. I chose this recipe because it has been my favorite ever since I was 3 years old. When I was just 3, I was still able to eat two pieces! It is definitely one of my favorite foods. If you can get the ingredients needed to make this cheesecake, I really suggest trying it.
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Student: Chantal M.
PEANUT CRUNCH BARS
Ingredients
1 package butterscotch chips
1 package semi/sweet chocolate
2 & 1/2 cups crushed ripple potato chips
2 & 1/2 cups dry roasted peanuts
1.oz white chocolate baking square chopped (optional)
Recipe
1. Melt chocolate butterscotch chips
2. Add peanuts & chips
3. Press into greased 9x3" pan and let chill
4. Drizzle white chocolate on top (optional)
5. With hot knife cut into 48 squares
Essay
Hi my name is Chantal, I live in Whistler B.C. Whistler has a lot of snow that is why I love Peanut Crunch Bars. Peanut Crunch bars are my favorite because they are crunchy and delicious! I like the white chocolate on top because it reminds me of the snow. A friend gave them to my family and we tried to make them and we loved them. Peanut Crunch Bars haven't been in my family for a long time but I hope they will stay. The potato chips are one of the most important ingredients because it makes them crunchy. My mom makes them all the time for treats or special events, every one of my friends love them as well. That is why I like Peanut Crunch Bars.
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Student: Ian M.
HOMEMADE HAMBURGERS
Ingredients
700g lean minced meat beef
1 egg
60g fresh breadcrumbs
1 onion
4 tablespoons tomato ketchup
1-tablespoon oregano
4 hamburger buns
4 thin slices of Swiss cheese
4 slices of tomato
4 lettuce leaves
Salt and pepper
Recipe
Peel the onions under running water; cut very finely .Add the minced beef. And beaten egg. Add the breadcrumbs and mix well .Add the ketchup and oregano, season with salt and pepper. Mix well, shape into four balls and flatten to form patties 1.5 cm thick. Heat a little butter in a frying pan, fry the hamburgers 5 minutes each side. Cut buns in half and spread mustard. Now place the ingredients on top.
Essay
My name is Ian and I am 11 years old. I picked this food because it is one of my favorite foods to eat. My grandma makes the best homemade hamburgers I have ever had in my life .She makes them super juicy. This recipe was passed down from my great-grandma to my grandma. Some of my hobbies are skiing, biking, hiking, skateboarding and hockey. I live in Whistler B.C., Canada We have two ski hills in my village. One is Whistler Mountain and the other one is Blackcomb Mountain. (See Artwork at end of chapter)
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Student: Allyn P.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Ingredients
2/3-cup butter
1/2-cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1-teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup white flour
1/2-teaspoon baking soda
1/2-teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Recipe
Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour, baking soda and salt. Add chocolate chips. Place in heaps (about one tablespoon) on cookie sheets and cook for 9 minutes in oven at 325o F.
Essay
Hello, my name is Allyn and I'm 11 years old. My favorite foods are sourdough buns, fettuccine, and chocolate chip cookies. I picked this recipe because it is one of the few foods that my whole family agrees on. My mother used to make these cookies once every week for when my oldest sister came home from kindergarten. Now we usually make the cookies to put in our school lunches. She adapted the recipe from basic cookie dough she had in a cookbook. The recipe is thirteen years old and my family still makes it a lot. Everybody in my family knows how to make these cookies except for my oldest sister and my father. The best time to eat the cookies is when they are fresh out of the oven. Since it only takes nine minutes to bake the cookies, there are almost always new batches out of the oven by the time you're full
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Student: Taylor R.
NANNA'S CHICKEN
Ingredients
4-6 chicken breasts (split)
Fine bread crumbs 11/2 cups
Parmesan Cheese 1cup
2 eggs, beaten lightly mixed with 1/2-cup milk
2-3 Garlic Cloves, chopped
2-3 Tablespoons of fresh Parsley, (chopped)
1 teaspoon of salt
1/4 Tsp pepper
Recipe
Place Egg and milk mixture in bowl add garlic. Combine breadcrumbs, cheese, parsley, salt and pepper in a large plastic bag. Dip each chicken piece into egg and milk mixture and then shake in crumb mixture. Place in baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for about one hour.
Essay
My name is Taylor and I am an 11-year-old boy. I have a sister, a mom, a dad and a dog. My sister name is Caitlin and she is 14 years old. My Moms name is Elaine and she is 44. My Dads name is Stuart, he is 50 years old. My dog is named Kea and she is a four-year-old yellow lab.
I was born in Boston; Massachusetts USA.I lived there for three years then we moved to Washington State where we lived for seven years. Then we moved to Whistler, BC Canada. Whistler is the largest ski resort in North America.
We eat Nanas Chicken as much as possible! It is a great dish to have when we have lots of friends over. When my Moms Nana made it they would eat the skin that is covered in cheese, breadcrumbs salt and pepper. Little did they know that the skin was very unhealthy. Now my Mom says the skin and toppings just leaks through the skin and seasons the chicken but it is okay. This recipe has passed through my family for many generations. When my Nanna is visiting she usually makes it and my Mom stands out of the way. As you probably know this recipe came from my Moms side that went from Ireland to Canada. We call the grandma's on my Moms side Nanna. My family is pretty big who mostly live in Canada and some in the U.S. My mom has a brother and a sister who are both married but only my moms sister has kids they are twins and have red hair. My Dads side is HUGE! He has four siblings and they all have kids. My grandpa came from Russia and he was one of 12 children. My dads side of the family has very large reunions, but not my moms side.
Nanna's chicken has been made by three generations that we know of, maybe more!
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Student: Brandon S.
MEAT CHEESE WRAP!!!!!!!!!
Ingredients
Tortilla bread
Bacon
Turkey
Chicken breasts
Fried onions
Cheddar cheese
White cheddar cheese
Recipe
1.Put tortilla bread flat on table
2.Put toppings on
3.Put in microwave for 30 sec.
Essay
Hi /hello/bonjour, my name is Brandon. This is my cool recipe I make after a long day of skateboarding (wood with wheels), biking (frame with two wheels and handle bars) and I like to snow skate (wood with a blade for winter (snow time). Well, enough about me. Let me talk about my recipe. I made this recipe from two other recipes - a beef wrap (red tortilla bread, beef, fried onions, lettuce, cheese) and a cheese roll (tortilla bread, cheese). I made it after a long day of sports. At my house, I only had a few items of food so I took what I had and I made this. The meat and cheese wrap is made with cheese, bacon, turkey, chicken, white cheese and fried onions. You put all the toppings on top of the tortilla, wrap it up and then microwave it for 30 sec. In this recipe you can add different items of food. You could make vegetarian, meat or both. Pretty much every thing that's food can go in to it. The wrap can be wrapped many ways like flat, like a pizza roll, like a tube, any way you like
it works.
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Student: Eric S.
PINEAPPLE DELIGHT
Ingredients
2 cups icing sugar
500 ml. whipped cream
1 cups butter
2 cups graham wafer crumb
(put 1/4 aside for topping)
2-3x 398-ml. tins of crushed pineapple (drain them first)
Recipe
Cream 3/4 cups of butter + sugar, add eggs 1 at a time then beat Melt 1/4 cups of butter. Mix into graham wafer crumbs.Place layer of graham wafer crumbs in bottom of 9x12 glass pan. Spread sugar- butter mix over the graham wafer layer. Spread whip cream layer. Add layer of crushed pineapple top with light layer of graham wafers
Keep cold over night.
Essay
Hello, my name is Eric. I live in Whistler, BC, Canada. I am 11 years old and born Aug.13, 1991. I love playing hockey, soccer and baseball. Skiing is my favorite sport in Whistler. We get lots of snow. We average 1 meter a year and skiing is so much fun, especially on Blackcomb Mountain which is my favourite place to ski in the world. My family is from British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. My great grandparents were from England and Ireland. My great grandmother's dessert recipe called "pineapple delight" is still a favorite of my grandfather and my mom. My great grandfather loved to have a dessert after every supper even if it was only a bit of ice cream. My great grandmother would make this recipe for dessert on special occasions or sometimes just for "potluck" or a luncheon. It combines the flavors of pineapple and whip cream and with a delicious sweet layer. It tastes best the second day after it is made. It is a family favorite.
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Student: Suzanne S.
SCALLOPED POTAOES
Ingredients
2 pounds potatoes (about 6 medium)
3 tablespoons margarine or butter
3 tablespoons flour
1-teaspoon salt
A quarter teaspoon pepper
2-quarter cups milk
1 medium onion finely chopped
1-tablespoon margarine or butter
Recipe
Heat 3 tablespoons margarine in saucepan over low heat until melted. Blend in flour, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute.
Arrange potatoes in greased 2-quart casserole in 3 layers, topping each of the first two layers with half of the onion an one third of the white sauce. Top with remaining potatoes and sauce. Dot with one-tablespoon margarine. Cover and cook in 350-degree oven for 30 minutes. Uncover and cook until potatoes are tender, sixty to seventy minutes longer. Let stand five to ten minutes before serving. Approximately six servings.
Essay
Hi my name is Suzanne S.I am 11 years old, and in grade 6.I was born in Squamish, B.C., on August 21.I have fish and used to have a cat. I love dolphins and want to adopt one.
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Student: Casey S.
BREADED CHICKEN BREASTS
Ingredients
1 egg
Salt
Little bit of flour
Milk
Pieces of chicken
Breadcrumbs
Recipe
Mix batter with a fork until smooth. Dip the pieces of chicken into the egg mixture and then into the breadcrumbs. Heat some oil in a frying pan on the stove. Then fry the coated chicken until done.
Essay
My name is Casey and I am 11 years old. I have a mom, a dad, and 1 dog. I was born in Vancouver, BC, Canada but I live in Whistler, BC. I have a grandma and a grandpa but they live in the Czech Republic. That's in Europe. I chose breaded chicken breasts for my recipe because I like it a lot and my parents like it. We have this recipe for Christmas because it's part of my parents' tradition to eat breaded chicken breasts on Christmas Eve. Another reason I chose my recipe because it is very popular in Czech Republic. I really like my recipe and I like to eat it. I remember when I was little, I never liked to eat breaded chicken breasts when I was little but I had to because it was a family tradition. The more I was eating it; the more and more I started to eat it. Back to my life, I like to play golf,soccer,hockey,tennis,and I like to go swimming. My dad's name is Mirek and my mom's name is Petra and last, but not least, my dog. His name is Argi,he's three months old.
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Student: Rebecca W.
APPLE CRISP
Ingredients
8 Apples
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 cup of Water
6 tsp. Butter
1 cup Brown sugar
_ of a cup of Water
Recipe
Arrange apples in buttered casserole dish. Pour over water and cinnamon. In a bowl mix flour, sugar and butter. Mix till it is crumbly.
Spread crumbly mix over apples and bake at 400 Degrees Leave it for half an hour. Serve with whipping cream or vanilla ice cream. This recipe can be made with fruit such as Cherries, blueberries or rhubarb.
Essay
Hi my name is Rebecca W. I am 11 years old; I was born in Toronto, Ontario. Then I moved to Victoria and lived there until I was 6. Then I moved to Whistler. I have one dog, two sisters, and one brother - Alyssa who is 8, Sierra who is 4, and Jonathan who is 14. The reason I chose this recipe is because it is one of my favorite family desserts and I love apples. We usually eat this dessert any time for dessert after dinner, but mostly on special occasions
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