Cari Grosland cooks up fun in Foods class.Maddie Patten
SJHS Staff Writer
Day after day, delicious aromas waft from Mrs. Kathryn Crandall’s foods room. Students look forward all day to the classes where they can take a 45 minute break from schoolwork to test and taste their cooking skills. Mrs. Crandall uses recipes that have all been tried ahead of time over the past few years by either her or Mrs. Natalie Luke, another foods teacher. Many of the recipes are personal recipes from home that are fun, so Mrs. Crandall and Mrs. Luke bring them to school for the students to use.
The foods class makes foods that include fruits and vegetables, carbohydrates and proteins. In the different units they do, the foods class learns about things like kitchen safety and nutrition. In the nutrition unit the class learns about eating healthy. They are taught which foods prevent which diseases, for instance, calcium prevents osteoporosis and fiber prevents colon cancer. They make fun things like fruit pizza, stir fry, fried rice, and breads. "My favorite thing to make is pancakes,” says Liz White, a foods student. When it gets close to holidays like Christmas, the class enjoys cooking holiday recipes.
