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"Miam" in my Tummy (Miam is yummy in french)

School:: New Smyrna Beach Middle School
Subject:: Career & Technical Education
Teacher:: Jennifer Sylvester
Students Impacted:: 300
Grade:: 6-8
Date:: August 1, 2024

0% Funded

Only $560.00 Needed

Goal

Students will investigate different areas from around the world and how their cultures, environments, and traditions have affected their food choices. We will explore many different countries’ cuisine styles, learn about their cooking equipment, practice cooking techniques and trying new foods and seasoning. Within this study students will spend 3 weeks exploring French Cuisine, the mother of Culinary School techniques.

What will be done with my students

Students enrolled in Culinary/Hospitality and Tourism classes at New Smyrna Beach Middle School will actively study the French Cuisine. Focusing on many different aspects such as: Dutch Oven Cooking (breads, stews, cassoulets, roasted meats, and bouillabaisses) Baking (breads, crepes, quiches, and tarts). Students will learn how the Dutch Oven pot became important to the French and the many dishes you can make with a Dutch Oven. They will learn the proper care and cooking techniques that a Dutch Oven requires. Students will also explore the street foods of the French and focus in on Crepes and the proper techniques and care for crepe pans. While using the crepe pans students will explore the many different recipes the French use with crepes.
CTE06.02: Identify and demonstrate the proper safe use and care of culinary tools.
CTE07.05: Demonstrate recipe conversions
CTE09.01: Identify factors that affect menu planning, i.e. seasons, cultural influences, environment, trends, and technology
CTE14.06: Analyze the relationship between resources and attainment of lifestyle.

Benefits to my students

Students will have explored the French cuisine with a hands on approach that may inspire some to continue on with their culinary education and someday a career. It will leave all students with an understanding of a very popular cooking techniques they can use for a life time.