Blog Post #8
As this is the last blog post for this website I decided to make it an in-depth reflection
Starting this project, I felt that my ability to create and follow soup recipes was limited. So I thought what better to do with a free inquiry project than to develop that skill further. I started by creating a board on Pinterest finding easy one pot recipes that could get me started. I then went and organized each one into grocery lists and timetables. As I look back the timetable did not really work according to my paycheck… but nonetheless, the soups got done. They tasted great. I had leftovers for weeks because I struggled to figure out when I should cut the recipe in half, which my friends didn’t seem to mind.
The first soup I made was really good and is definitely something I’m going to make in the future with some minor tweaks of course, but that was one of the best soups I will say. Then moving forward. a soup that I really enjoyed at the moment if it was seasoned more, but as it spent a little time in the fridge I noticed that it’s best before wouldn’t last very long. Next was the potsticker soup which was very tasty and lasted a long time but was on the blander side. I would have added more to it or not have it as a soup. At this point it was Midway through my blog post so I decided I would try to make a soup from memory or with context clues, like what’s the first thing to go into the pan: onion and oils. I feel I learned a lot from this recipe, so I followed up with a recipe that would be comparable and see what things I could have adjusted to the original recipe. The last two soups were done at the same time. One was a prepacked soup mix, which I had never tried before, but was really intrigued by. It was really good and there was not much I could change about it but following was my cowboy soup. I had forgotten to purchase a couple of the ingredients though it still turned out just how I had imagined it would.
A classroom connection I can make with this free inquiry project is how versatile ADST and culinary arts can be in the classroom. Connecting family, friends, culture and even science and math into cooking is a very cross-curricular activity that definitely helps many students stay engaged and even let them have a Hands-On opportunity in their learning. Adding technology into this, as I made a pinterest board, students can do the same going forward with visual or other classroom projects. Some of the projects I had suggested were creating their own recipes, inquiring with family, and making reference to old recipes that students could revamp.
I really enjoyed this process and would definitely encourage teachers and other educators to try a free inquiry project in their own classroom, especially older grades as I have tailored most of these assignments towards a middle school classroom.
below is a link to the Pinterest board I had curated for this project: