Hi everyone!
We had a very busy meeting!
As usual, we started out by helping someone else. We had a guest, Ms. Andrea Hug from the Make a Wish foundation, who asked us to help Make a Wish make origami stars for their big fundraising gala later this spring. They have to make 4500! But our troop goal will be just 500 little stars. I completely forgot to tell the girls at the meeting, but if we hit 500, we'll have a special Girl Scout Party for our March Meeting. (If you could tell your scout that for me, that would be GREAT!)
Here's what we're talking about; if your scout wants to practice at home, that would also be fantastic.
After we learned how to make the lucky stars, and got some practice, we moved on to our two last Girl Scout Cooking Badge activities:
1) One of a chef's hardest jobs is to try to assemble flavors that other people will like. So our girls created a tea for you to try by combining 3 differently-flavored tea ingredients out of 15 different choices. I suggested they let you try the tea (add sweetener or cream, however you like it) and see if you can figure out what flavors they added, and also tell them how you like their choices. (Being able to figure out flavors is another important chef skill!)
2) The girls also created a menu for a meal they can make for their families. (And it would be great if you could help them actually do it!) The key here was to use another chef skill--using their words to make their meals sound enticing. We talked a little bit about how a menu that just said: "Mac and Cheese" doesn't sound as enticing as "Tender elbow pasta, cooked to perfection, and covered in a rich buttery cheese sauce." So the girls got to use their writing skills just like a chef would! The rules were that the girls had to write a menu based around things they knew how to actually prepare, and that they would ask you if they could prepare that meal for their families some time.
I look forward to hearing how all this learning about cooking turns out and if the girls can handle the heat in a real kitchen!
Next month, we'll be moving on to a whole new badge!
Aleks
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