Yesterday was salsa day in Salsakid's class! We did this last year also and the kids had such a great time, they wanted to do it again.
I supplied the ingredients, equipment and recipes, and they did the work. They made a pico de gallo salsa and a black bean, corn and cilantro salsa. Both salsas had fresh jalapenos in them for a little bite and I also saved 3 Red Savina habaneros from the fresh pods from Alabama Jack and put the 3 habs into about 2 cups of the pico de gallo in a separate bowl.
I arrived at the school about 30 minutes before the time we had agreed upon and they were already getting ready for the project so I did not have time to get any shots of the equipment or ingredients. They just jumped right in.
Each student was given copies of the recipes to take home. One boy very proudly proclaimed that he didn't need a copy because he still had his recipe from last year taped to the refrigerator!
After the project last year, the students sent me a thank you note and several of them said that they used to not like salsa or eat anything hot/spicy, but now they like salsa. And that, my friends, is what it's all about.
The small bowl with red savinas-
All the kids tried both salsas, most even tried a little taste of the Red Savina pico, and a lot of them tried some of the Ghost Fire hot sauce also. It was fun to see them get lit up on the Red Savinas, running for the juice and water, getting snowballs from outside and sucking on them. They all handled it really well and with good humor. Their last comments were, "can we do it again next year?" Absolutely!
I supplied the ingredients, equipment and recipes, and they did the work. They made a pico de gallo salsa and a black bean, corn and cilantro salsa. Both salsas had fresh jalapenos in them for a little bite and I also saved 3 Red Savina habaneros from the fresh pods from Alabama Jack and put the 3 habs into about 2 cups of the pico de gallo in a separate bowl.
I arrived at the school about 30 minutes before the time we had agreed upon and they were already getting ready for the project so I did not have time to get any shots of the equipment or ingredients. They just jumped right in.
Each student was given copies of the recipes to take home. One boy very proudly proclaimed that he didn't need a copy because he still had his recipe from last year taped to the refrigerator!
After the project last year, the students sent me a thank you note and several of them said that they used to not like salsa or eat anything hot/spicy, but now they like salsa. And that, my friends, is what it's all about.
The small bowl with red savinas-
All the kids tried both salsas, most even tried a little taste of the Red Savina pico, and a lot of them tried some of the Ghost Fire hot sauce also. It was fun to see them get lit up on the Red Savinas, running for the juice and water, getting snowballs from outside and sucking on them. They all handled it really well and with good humor. Their last comments were, "can we do it again next year?" Absolutely!