FRUITS

Today's topic was about fruits and more fruits.

Our morning started with a quiz about vegetables that led into the topic of the day--fruits and more fruits. Is a pumpkin a fruit? Yes. How about a cucumber?  Yes, says the botanist.  What about celery?  No; celery ribs that we eat are the stalks of the plant and the celery plant sends out a flower that becomes the seeds--as we saw on Monday with Mila Berhane's herb workshop.

     Today the campers learned all about fruits, which are, botanically, what a plant makes when it reproduces. Chef Corr showed a wide variety of stone fruits like peaches and plums; berries like raspberries, strawberries, kiwi and blueberries; citrus fruits like oranges and lemons;  and tropical fruits like pineapple, mango, and 3 kinds of bananas.  Apples, pears, cherries and melons were also on the menu.  Everyone in the room agreed that they were lovers of fruit--which helps when you try to consume between 9 and 11 servings of fruit and vegetables each day!

     Tasting time was a colorful buffet of fruit based dishes--a  Raspberry Salsa with toasted tortilla chips, Watermelon Gazpacho, Raspberry Pork Tenderloins, a GIGANTIC Fruit Salad in a carved out watermelon, Blueberry Pancakes with Pennsylvania Maple Syrup, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, and an arranged Fruit Tart.  Campers also had the option of making Fruit Parfaits with yogurt and granola or Fruit Smoothies--the more popular option.  Campers marched out to the Lab School on time today for the first time since we have been cooking. 

Happy Weekend Campers! Don't forget your homework:  to think about where you want to be in 5 years and in 10 years.  You will be writing it up in your small wins booklet on Monday before we move into the PHAT make that Fats lesson.