Well, these 13 year-olds are researching into a festival now, and they are learning about St. Patrick's Day. Hence, this morning, they cooked an Irish beef stew and also Irish champ.
Each student paid RM5.00, and the teacher brought some of them shopping at the local supermarket for the ingredients yesterday. Today, after recess, the Home Economics room was theirs, and they worked together to cook a meal.
What went into the Irish stew were garlic, onions, carrots, beef chunks, cabbage, oyster mushrooms, tomato paste, Italian herbs, and garnished with fresh coriander. The stew was seasoned with a bit of salt and pepper. Well, actually this recipe called for a can of stout. But because of the kids, we naturally omitted this ingredient.
Irish stew
We ate the stew with bread. It really was quite yum - savoury and tangy at the same time.
Quite yum indeed .... Irish champ. Hmn. Honestly, it's the first time I come across this term. Traditionally, Irish champ is mashed potatoes with spring onions, butter, milk, salt and pepper. Today, the kids used parsley instead on spring onions. And it tasted just as great!
Irish champAfter cooking for about 3 hours, it was time for the kids to tuck in. For a few of them, it was their first time cooking. Whilst, it's a first for many to be cooking Western.
Anyway, thanks, kids. I had a great lunch today because of you. Well done, and keep it up!
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