Students Teach in Foods Class

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At Springville Junior High, students get to show what they’ve learned in Mrs. Luke’s foods class by preparing a food of their choice in front of the class for their classmates to sample.  “There are two main reasons we do food demos,” said Mrs. Luke. “First of all, so I know that the students know how to measure.  The other reason is so that I know that students have learned in foods class.”  Food demos take place on Thursdays and Fridays near the end of each term.  According to Mrs. Luke, she wasn’t the one who came up with the idea; the school was already doing food demos when she started teaching here.

The rules for students’ food demos are fairly simple. Students have to prepare their food in class, and talk about what they are doing as they work.  They must prepare enough food to provide samples for the whole class (and Mrs. Luke), but the demonstration should be kept to about seven to ten minutes if possible.  After their presentations, students have to clean up any mess they made during their demos.  Finally, they have to have a recipe card for their food to give to Mrs. Luke.

According to Mrs. Luke, she has seen so many amazing food demos that it is hard to pick out her favorite.  Some of Mrs. Luke’s favorites are: naan (an African bread), egg rolls, sushi, and curry, which is a type of food made in India.  The food demos are popular with students, too.  According to Emma Page and Cooper Halladay, ninth graders at SJHS, Oreo Truffles and Icelandic pancakes stand out as two of the best foods they have ever had in foods class.  “One of the best things about foods demos is that I actually get to learn new recipes, too,” said Mrs. Luke.  “I can take the recipe cards home and try them out for myself.”

Attributions
Austen Moon, SJHS Staff Writer